This is a bad idea. Transmitting on a government frequency with enough power to interfere with other radio traffic will get you a police visit. You’re basically turning on a big lightbulb that says “come find me” for anyone who would bother to triangulate the source of the interference.
what if you had something like that running in a bag or backpack at a protest, with hundreds or even thousands of people around you? How about if you had three or four people with them coordinating, switching them on and off at certain times as they move through the crowd?
Oh I know all about Kent State, I just mean right now, ICE has not (to my knowledge) started firing live ammunition into crowds of protestors yet. If or when they do, I hope they get a lot of return fire.
they probably kick down your door pre demonstration because buying the equipment with that power and bandwidth for this to work is already raising red flags
It’s real hard to find the interferer when there’s interferers everywhere, also triangulation is hard, particularly for a bunch of meat heads who have been shown to struggle with high school education.
It’s still a significant escalation of “extralegal” activity on the same level as torching a police cruiser in a parking lot, and isn’t really congruous with the first paragraph in that regard. Probably from ignorance of how serious signal jamming is more than anything.
It’s like saying to leave your phone at home and know your rights, but also remember that .243 Winchester lead-free ammo can penetrate level IV plates.
It’s real hard to find the interferer when there’s interferers everywhere
It’s actually pretty easy to locate a radio source on a particular frequency, especially if it’s a frequency where most transmitters are known/registered (e.g. police radios).
also triangulation is hard, particularly for a bunch of meat heads who have been shown to struggle with high school education.
You do realize that not all police are beat cops, right? They have technical specialists. If there’s an issue outside the qualifications of a regular officer, they just refer it to the specialists who know exactly what to do.
Police have been driving around with suitcase-sized Stingray devices since at least 2006. They absolutely have equipment that can triangulate a radio source - they don’t even really need to understand how it works, just turn it on.
This is a bad idea. Transmitting on a government frequency with enough power to interfere with other radio traffic will get you a police visit. You’re basically turning on a big lightbulb that says “come find me” for anyone who would bother to triangulate the source of the interference.
what if you had something like that running in a bag or backpack at a protest, with hundreds or even thousands of people around you? How about if you had three or four people with them coordinating, switching them on and off at certain times as they move through the crowd?
they will shoot you all and sort it later.
well they’ve yet to actually fire on an entire crowd with live ammo – though I’m sure that’s coming, too.
Just ask the 4 students in Ohio.
Oh I know all about Kent State, I just mean right now, ICE has not (to my knowledge) started firing live ammunition into crowds of protestors yet. If or when they do, I hope they get a lot of return fire.
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not sure i understand correctly, but i don’t have a dictator. i am watching this from behind the ocean.
they probably kick down your door pre demonstration because buying the equipment with that power and bandwidth for this to work is already raising red flags
secondhand microwave has entered the chat
A word of caution… Fucking around with microwave parts can and will probably kill you if you don’t know for sure what you are doing.
it at least 3 different ways and all of em gona hurt a lot
You’re carrying a big felony around if you get caught. Just decide if and when it’s worth it.
Plus, since jammers are illegal for civilians, you will have to build it yourself.
Yes, extremely illegal. Wise people don’t mess with radio waves or trees.
You mean stoned people?
Tree Law. It’s pretty unbelievable how much trouble you can get in for messing with people’s trees.
. . . . . . What?
I misremembered the slang term “tree” for cannabis as being slang for people smoking said trees. My bad 😄
That would be Ents, the tree people
. . . Woah
reminds me of that one “someone is committing a federal crime right here” XKCD
EDIT: XKCD 3030: Lasering Incidents
It’s real hard to find the interferer when there’s interferers everywhere, also triangulation is hard, particularly for a bunch of meat heads who have been shown to struggle with high school education.
It’s still a significant escalation of “extralegal” activity on the same level as torching a police cruiser in a parking lot, and isn’t really congruous with the first paragraph in that regard. Probably from ignorance of how serious signal jamming is more than anything.
It’s like saying to leave your phone at home and know your rights, but also remember that .243 Winchester lead-free ammo can penetrate level IV plates.
It’s actually pretty easy to locate a radio source on a particular frequency, especially if it’s a frequency where most transmitters are known/registered (e.g. police radios).
You do realize that not all police are beat cops, right? They have technical specialists. If there’s an issue outside the qualifications of a regular officer, they just refer it to the specialists who know exactly what to do.
Police have been driving around with suitcase-sized Stingray devices since at least 2006. They absolutely have equipment that can triangulate a radio source - they don’t even really need to understand how it works, just turn it on.
The problem isn’t one strong stationary interferer, its a large number of weak intermittent interferers.