Re: [PSES] How cops are catching grow ops with AM radios.

[Doug Powell]

Ken, This is great. These people who are dialing 560 AM are likely just dialing their radio to a spot between local broadcast stations. Almost any frequency around that band will do just fine.  It's very possible a scanner radio can be used as well.   I sometimes do this sort of thing when driving around town and sometimes hear strong RF noise coming from traffic lights at intersections.  ‎These lights are apparently exempt from FCC regulation. The stated reason I have heard is they are exempt for reasons of public safety.  It's really about keeping costs as low as possible.   ‎Where I live in Northern Colorado, they caught a guy running a grow operation  because an REA electrician who was replacing a pole pig transformer and noticed an abnormally high load from one house. I am not certain how it all transpired but further investigation found a fairly large operation.   All the best, Doug Douglas Powell http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01   From: Ken Wyatt Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 4:51 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Reply To: Ken Wyatt Subject: [PSES] How cops are catching grow ops with AM radios. A interesting use of RFI… http://www.policeone.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/8224280-How-cops-are-catching-grow-ops-with-AM-radios/ Ken _______________________ Kenneth Wyatt Wyatt Technical Services, Inc. 56 Aspen Dr. Woodland Park, CO Phone: (719) 310-5418 Email Me! | Web Site | Blog The EMC Blog (EDN) Subscribe to Newsletter Connect with me on LinkedIn - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>