Re: Help on a strange problem

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

goodday wrote:
> On Aug 26, 8:42 pm, Frank Olson
> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> goodday wrote:
>>> I recently manage to get hold of a RF scanner. I use it to scan the
>>> living room of an apartment. The scanner beeps in mid air when a human
>>> body object is near to the scanner. Can some one tells me what can
>>> possible to the cause?
>>> Is it possible for the reflected frequencies from a motion detector to
>>> trigger the beeping sound?
>> "Human body object"...  HBO...  "New show every day."  :-)
>>
>> Seriously...  An RF scanner is liable to pick up any RF (depending on
>> the quality of the unit).  What's the make and model #?  Is the security
>> system in the apartment a wireless job?  Before we can answer your
>> question, we need some more info.
>
>
> I use a normal RF scanner call pro hunter. It has a wide RF range. To
> my knowledge there is no security system installed in the apartment. I
> tried using the scanner in other parts of the apartment it doesn't
> beep. Most of the beeping is in the living room. The strange thing is
> it beeps in mid air at a distant away from the floor and ceiling. If
> you move away to one side, it stops beeping. Please help me to
> understand.
>
>


Without knowing all the specs for this particular scanner I can't
comment.  If you're looking for "wireless spy cameras" (which this unit
is supposedly designed to detect), then I would suggest you start by
looking for objects in the area where you're getting the signal that may
be big enough to conceal a camera or microphone.  These days you can
hide cameras inside smoke alarms, light fixtures, etc.  Please be
careful when removing any ceiling fixture that may be connected to mains
power.  If there's nothing discernable then you're probably getting a
false reading from someone's wireless internet router, or perhaps one of
your neighbours is running powerline equipment like X-10 (as an
example).  These days, we're all "drowning" in RF signals.  They're
everywhere.  You could also have a defective unit.

On a side note, I find I'm changing my tin foil hat a lot more
frequently these days, which also affords me the opportunity of trying
out different designs to tune out different influences.  ;-)