mobile (cell) phone jamming

[Nomen Nescio]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

 

[Jaime]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

To quote from the link:

"And while it may be legal to buy Mobile Squelcher, it is certainly illegal
to use it -- in the UK, at any rate, where authorities discourage
broadcasting on unauthorised airwaves through hefty fines."

Which is probably why no one is bothering to sell them.

Jaime

 

[NorwichLad]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

what's the point in buying one, if you [legally] can't use it?

 

[Hiram Hackenbacker]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

The article is four years old, £18.00 was mentioned and the product
never appeared - at least not in the UK - where its use would be
illegal.

 

[The Rifleman]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

Why so you can haunt or Stalk alan erskine even more?

 

[Hiram Hackenbacker]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

what's the point in buying one, if you [legally] can't use it?

I am not sure that would stop me getting one and using in on my daily
commute to Waterloo (in the non-mobiles car).

 

[Dave Topping]

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See
http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/cell phone jammers.htm

 

[Jaime]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

what's the point in buying one, if you [legally] can't use it?

I am not sure that would stop me getting one and using in on my daily
commute to Waterloo (in the non-mobiles car).

Non Mobiles car? Didnt know swt had any of them.

Jaime

 

[Mike GW8IJT]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

I believe that jamming mobile phone frequencies can result in a prison
sentence.
Mike.

 

[Hal]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

It is illegal in the U.S.

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/cellular/operations/blockingjamming.html

 

[futureworlds]

According to an article in the Register, Anil Vora has invented a
handheld phone jammer for about £30.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7284.html

But I can't find his company. Anyone know how to buy one of these?

what's the point in buying one, if you [legally] can't use it?

With the short range and low power he/she mentioned, it seems very
unlikely that he/she would get caught. Cellphone users would just
assume it was a fluke or a bad area rather than the work of an
"activist". Even if they complained, would the police or even the UK
equivalent of the FCC be interested in expending the resources to
track down and prosecute a nut with a few mW transmitter? I don't
think so. Selling it, on the other hand...

 

[starwars]

Why so you can haunt or Stalk alan erskine even more?

who's Alan Erskine?

 

[Jon S Green]

Even if they complained, would the police or even the UK
equivalent of the FCC be interested in expending the resources to
track down and prosecute a nut with a few mW transmitter?

Oh, yeah. Big time.

Operating a low-power illegal "normal" transmitter (like an unlicensed
CB set) is one thing - a minor offence under Part I (s.1) of the
Wireless Telegraphy Act; they'll just get the kit seized, and a Police
caution. Perhaps a small fine if it's worth a prosecution. Maybe even
a suspended jail sentence if it was shown to be interfering with
licensed equipment (by accident).

Deliberate jamming, on the other hand, is a Part II (s.13) offence, and
a whole different order of magnitude. The Radiocommunications Agency
(www.radio.gov.uk) will rain Hellfire on offenders: expect a jail term
and/or (probably 'and') a stiff fine. And seizure of anything, not just
txing equipment, that could be argued to be relevant to the offence.


Jon

 

[oo]

there was talk that bush was planning to be party to some mobile phone
jamming action during his visit to blighty.
how would that stand?

oo.

 

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there was talk that bush was planning to be party to some mobile phone
jamming action during his visit to blighty.

No, he wanted the networks switched off.


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Browse now while stocks last!

 

[oo]

isnt that interfering with licenced bandwith?

oo

No, he wanted the networks switched off.


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http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html
Browse now while stocks last!

 

[Jon S Green]

isnt that interfering with licenced bandwith?

Sorry, I think I must have woken up. For the past decade or three, I've
been living in a dreamworld where the US ignores any international or
national laws it considers inconvenient.

Jon

 

[Jon]

oo reckoned that:

there was talk that bush was planning to be party to some mobile phone
jamming action during his visit to blighty.

That talk was bollocks, much like your posting skills.

how would that stand?

It would not.

 

[Jon]

oo reckoned that:

isnt that interfering with licenced bandwith?

The network can do what they like. If Mr bush said "would you mind turning
off your network for a few hours" and the network said "yeah, OK" then it's
up to them. It would piss off a huge amount of bill-paying customers
though.

 

[Richard Wood]

Oh, yeah. Big time.

Operating a low-power illegal "normal" transmitter (like an unlicensed
CB set) is one thing - a minor offence under Part I (s.1) of the
Wireless Telegraphy Act; they'll just get the kit seized, and a Police
caution. Perhaps a small fine if it's worth a prosecution. Maybe even
a suspended jail sentence if it was shown to be interfering with
licensed equipment (by accident).

Speaking from personal experience many years ago this just didn't happen.

Yes the DTI did go round in their detector vans when the problem got out
of hand. Found out the people using, say, 500W 27MHz amps and hi-gain
antennas with SSB rigs.

Then normally told them to stop using it & get rid of it. Took gear off
them if it was causing interference to phones/TVs/radio.

I've never heard anyone get a fine. Never heard police involved. Police
didn't want to know if people reported severe interference to them.
Suspended jail sentence? Never heard of any.

Deliberate jamming, on the other hand, is a Part II (s.13) offence, and
a whole different order of magnitude. The Radiocommunications Agency
(www.radio.gov.uk) will rain Hellfire on offenders: expect a jail term
and/or (probably 'and') a stiff fine. And seizure of anything, not just
txing equipment, that could be argued to be relevant to the offence.

Have you ever seen this happen? Seisure I can see, but nothing else. The
RA/DTI are/were a bunch of lazy sods



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