Re: [TSCM-L] {5129} Re: {5085} the best way to find digital recorders

From: James M. Atkinson <jm..._at_tscm.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:32:47 -0400
It depends on the digital recorder.

If the digital recorder is small, and shielded on par with a typical consumer device the Broom will have very poor results in finding it.

If it is a cheaper quality unit with cheap shielding then the Broom or any other NLJD will have a better chance of finding it.

-jma



Denis Goodson wrote:

How about the Broom, surely this will detect a digital recorder ?

 

Regards

DMMG

 

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A NJLD will provide unreliably results, and a high probability of a missed eavesdropping device.

A spread spectrum NLJD will give better results, and a broad band "chirped" or "swept" NLJD will give even better results.

If you can use an spectrum analyzer that  has a "discontinuous sweep generator"  as part of the spectrum analyzer then you can use the spectrum analyzer itself as an NLJD and there will be zero reason to haul a NLJD to the job site. The ESA-E is a good example of this where you  can illuminate at one frequency, and have the SA display only the harmonics of where you are illuminating, and give you audio of the signal via the Y/Z axis output.

It is pretty cool to turn a spectrum analyzer into the the Mother-of-all-NLJD's

-jma



Humberto Sodre wrote:

James,

The best way to find a digital recorder or any device that is not broadcasting an RF signal with good intensity, is not to use a non-linear junction detector?

Humberto Rigotti

 

2010/10/24 James M. Atkinson <jm..._at_tscm.com>

The loop antenna that you describe will help a little, but as the frequencies get lower and lower the geometry of the antenna starts getting cumbersome, things start getting larger, and is you use a sideband antenna is is very easy to saturate the entire band that you are trying to filter, the specific frequency you are seeking is not finely dialed in, and it can be tricky to use for this.

Yes, the loop and bandpass filter will work, and I have used them in the past like this. But I got vastly better results when I wound a single bar antenna of a very specific frequency, and tunes it so that essentially it was a huge filter itself. Then I ran it into a small concentrator ring inside the frequency specific antenna, and then  outside of the antenna passed the signal into a BPF attached to a ultra-low noise pre-amplifier.

cptkaos wrote:

 How effective would a bandpass filter (say 32.0 KHz - 32.9 KHz) be   
 when used with a loop antenna with the range of 20 Hz to 50 KHz?   
     
 On Oct 18, 2:51 pm, "James M. Atkinson" <..._at_tscm.com> wrote:   
      
 The optimal electronic way is to use a magnetic antenna, in the form of   
 a small loop of ferrite core with a very sharp bandpass filter at 32.768   
 kHz. A good rule is that if you can "hear" the timing crystal on a   
 digital from 2 feet away you should be able to "hear" any magnetic   
 radiation coming off a digital recorder.   
     
 A very sophisticated digital recorder that presents miniscule amounts of   
 RF energy will often provide a considerable magnetic signal if you know   
 what to watch for.   
     
 The spy is going to deal with a very large and very heavy enclosure to   
 keep this leakage down, but since most spies obsess on keeping their   
 devices small they compromise the detection of magnetic signals.   
     
 I have some very nice stick antenna's that I have made that are resonant   
 right at 32.768 kHz, and they are easy enough to build and impedance   
 match to a 50 ohm filter, and then to a 50 ohm pre-amp, but get the   
 preamp well away from the antenna and use double shielded cables for   
 everything.  It does involve thousands of loops of wire, some careful   
 use of capacitors, a ferrite loop, and a piston cap to settle it right   
 on frequency.   
     
 -jma   
     
     
     
     
     
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