At 07:22 PM 4/11/01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From what little I know of GPS, the receiver [sic --antenna] must be able to "see sky." >Other speculation was that it might have been inside a vinyl bumper. Also you should think patch (ie flat) antennae as a possibility. >Gordon's testimony was that it was a continuously-transmitting bug. Which >of course brought up the question of the power supply. Second rate equiptment. Even the russians have burst-bugs now. >The bug transmitted on an RF frequency. Bell had mentioned to friends that >he believed that he had been bugged, but lacking an RF frequency analyzer, > he had been unable to find the bug. He apparently was concerned that both >his house and car were bugged. Although why he didn't hire the services >of a "bug-sweeper" is beyond me. Didn't Bell use a field strenth meter (output to vibrator in pocket) to direction-find the spook in the Libertarian Party meetings? >The power supply was a considerable source of speculation. If the bug had >been attached to the battery, then it would have been much more detectable. > Stories had it that Bell had checked under the hood; it would not take >more than a VOM to detect a discharge. The picture of Gerry Adams holding the GPS bug that MI-5 planted in his car last year (during a truce, heh) shows a rectangular box about the size of a man's forearm; this could hold plenty of joules. A motion sensor would be pretty clever for waking the thing from sleep mode, to conserve power. Sounds like the Ultranoids need to monitor the weight of their car before operating. >If you weren't on the radar before, you are now. > >So are you planning on rooming with Jim or C.J.? > Jim sounds moody; does CJ's tourettes' really make him spit, or did the Mountie deserve it (or both)?
