Mobile phone jammers
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From: UK
BBC Radio 2 mentioned it today as a 'mail-order' item from Japan.
I'm off to do an internet search............
I'm back! All I could find was this link
DECIDED TO SCRUB THE LINK, SINCE SAID ITEM IS ILLEGAL! Virgin, email me.
The BBC said this new one was 'pocket-sized' I want one!
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: BOAC ]
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: BOAC ]
I'm off to do an internet search............
I'm back! All I could find was this link
DECIDED TO SCRUB THE LINK, SINCE SAID ITEM IS ILLEGAL! Virgin, email me.
The BBC said this new one was 'pocket-sized' I want one!
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: BOAC ]
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: BOAC ]
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From: Dirka-dirka-stan
virgin and others,
mobil phone jammes would be fantastic on flights.
no matter how many times you tell pax about turning your phone off on flights you always find one or two that don't or forget.
then don't have to worry about interference on instruments flights.
mobil phone jammes would be fantastic on flights.
no matter how many times you tell pax about turning your phone off on flights you always find one or two that don't or forget.
then don't have to worry about interference on instruments flights.
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From: UK
Virgin et al
I started a thread on this about a year or so ago after hearing a programme on the Beeb about their use in Japan.
I have tried searching for the original thread again but with the search facility in it's present state, no joy. The details are that they are available mail order in the UK (and elsewhere) at about 100GBP. They are NOT (as far as I know) illegal, and they pose no threat to the emergency services since they do not affect pagers. The operating range is about 50 metres so it deals quite nicely with the verbal diarhoea addicts and are installed in some concert halls to deal with the prats who can't cope with sensible social behaviour.
The information in the original thread was kindly provided by Ex Sim Guy and, if he is still with us, perhaps he could repeat the URL for the e-mail source.
So far, my IQ (irritation quotient) has not quite reached the £100.00 mark but it's getting there !!
I started a thread on this about a year or so ago after hearing a programme on the Beeb about their use in Japan.
I have tried searching for the original thread again but with the search facility in it's present state, no joy. The details are that they are available mail order in the UK (and elsewhere) at about 100GBP. They are NOT (as far as I know) illegal, and they pose no threat to the emergency services since they do not affect pagers. The operating range is about 50 metres so it deals quite nicely with the verbal diarhoea addicts and are installed in some concert halls to deal with the prats who can't cope with sensible social behaviour.
The information in the original thread was kindly provided by Ex Sim Guy and, if he is still with us, perhaps he could repeat the URL for the e-mail source.
So far, my IQ (irritation quotient) has not quite reached the £100.00 mark but it's getting there !!
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From: Currently Dubai
kavu: If cellular phones cause disruption to instruments, wouldn't a jammer have similar (or even worse, since it's broadband) effect? 
Fully agree that concert halls/lecture theatres ought to be fitted with them as standard though.
[ 24 November 2001: Message edited by: sanjosebaz ]
Fully agree that concert halls/lecture theatres ought to be fitted with them as standard though.
[ 24 November 2001: Message edited by: sanjosebaz ]
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From: Gold Coast
Yep, simply jamming them unfortunately won't help, as all you're doing is making *more* signal in the same band as mobile phone.
I fully agree that the d*mn things MUST be turned off on the plane, in flight or on the ground.
Perhaps a wand (like the metal detector type) that is waved over you as you board the plane that detects if they're on or not. If it's on, then it's taken from you and crushed in a vise ...
Um, sorry, I meant taken off you and returned at the end of the trip.
Freudian slip ...
I fully agree that the d*mn things MUST be turned off on the plane, in flight or on the ground.
Perhaps a wand (like the metal detector type) that is waved over you as you board the plane that detects if they're on or not. If it's on, then it's taken from you and crushed in a vise ...
Um, sorry, I meant taken off you and returned at the end of the trip.
Freudian slip ...
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From: Geriatrica, UK
If there had been a mobile 'phone jammer operating on board UA93 on 11 Sep, there would have been an even greater disaster in Washington. The heroes who averted that disaster learned of the earlier NY and DC attacks on their mobiles.
Best to accept the inconvenience and irritation in return for the benefits.
Best to accept the inconvenience and irritation in return for the benefits.
