At 07:22 PM 4/11/01 -0800, auto211076@hushmail.com wrote:

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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.

The bug transmitted on an RF frequency. Bell had mentioned to friends

Second rate equiptment. Even the russians have burst-bugs now. 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)?