The article clearly states that he bought a "modified handheld radio" on eBay, and simply googled the appropriate tone/access code(s).I have to wonder 1. Why would he have a radio that is capable of broadcasting on the Police frequencies?
It would appear that he bought that radio with the specific intention of using it to transmit over police frequencies.2. Is (was) he a licensed Amateur.
If you are going to own a radio such as the Wouxum KD-UV1P and you have your local law enforcement frequencies loaded into the radio, your should only have the receive frequency entered. This might keep you from doing something foolish. It is stories such as this that give the radio hobby a bad name.
I have a copy of the audio if anyone would like to listen to this mans ludicrous behavior.
The article clearly states that he bought a "modified handheld radio" on eBay, and simply googled the appropriate tone/access code(s).
It would appear that he bought that radio with the specific intention of using it to transmit over police frequencies.
I doubt he was a ham, you have to have some intelligence to pass the ham test. Not only was this guy stupid enough to transmit and threaten police officers over their own frequency, he was so stupid that he was transmitting all of this from his own house, with a handheld! :roll:
That guy was almost as dumb as the fellow near Denver who was hitting airplanes with a laser. A green laser. The kind that shows the beam along the entire path, saying here I am. After the first night the cops knew to be watching, and he pointed them right to himself.
I never saw it in the news, but I know one of the pilots who was lased.
The article clearly states that he bought a "modified handheld radio" on eBay, and simply googled the appropriate tone/access code(s).
It would appear that he bought that radio with the specific intention of using it to transmit over police frequencies.
I doubt he was a ham, you have to have some intelligence to pass the ham test. Not only was this guy stupid enough to transmit and threaten police officers over their own frequency, he was so stupid that he was transmitting all of this from his own house, with a handheld! :roll:
That guy was almost as dumb as the fellow near Denver who was hitting airplanes with a laser. A green laser. The kind that shows the beam along the entire path, saying here I am. After the first night the cops knew to be watching, and he pointed them right to himself.
I never saw it in the news, but I know one of the pilots who was lased.
I know that there used to be a VHF radio, (was mainly fir marine use), but you where able to "program" it to go on to other frequencies. I know this for a fact cause the fishing company I used to run for had them, and we programmed a "secret" channel so other boaters cold not hear us..... The frequency was..... The Stafford County, NH Sherrif's Dept.
And I ment to add..... we where on the same freq..... TX & RX.