Baby Monitors On Okinawa Irritate Japan Officials

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Baby Monitors On Okinawa Irritate Japan Officials - Defense News

TOKYO - The U.S. military is in trouble in Japan - but this time it's not low-flying fighter jets or misbehaving Marines who are ruffling feathers, but infant babble transmitted over illicit baby monitors.

Hmm...

Didn't know them things were that powerful!

 

[instrumentphilip]

Nice! I was just wondering where that baby monitor is coming from on my street that I heard on my radio the other day. Maybe it is a conspiracy plot by the Chinese since they were most likely the one's who made the Baby Monitors. Hahahaha ha ha hahaha.

 

[madhatter66]

Wow... Can take over the Japanese airwaves with baby monitors...Begin the subliminal messaging and propaganda!

On a serious note, I can't imagine they put out that much power... I mean one baby monitor messes with the radios within what, MAYBE 200-300yds and the government has a fit about it? Something doesn't seem right about it... although would be interesting if the baby monitors are hitting near by repeaters and being re-broadcast all over the area...

 

[instrumentphilip]

Ohh that would be cool, the hitting the repeaters that is.

 

[motorola_otaku]

Some U.S.-bought baby monitors transmit signals on wavelengths that are reserved for cell phone traffic and radio services in Japan..

Ahh, there's the rub. 900 MHz is co-allocated in Japan for GSM cellular and a nationwide business trunking service called JSMR. A micro-power baby monitor spewing out spread-spectrum in our 902-928 band could potentially interfere with the input side of cellular base stations over there.

The ones to get would be the old ones that operate on 48/49 MHz, since a.) they're shared with US military freqs to begin with, and b.) 30-50 MHz isn't allocated for land-mobile use in Japan.

 

[GTO_04]

Ahh, there's the rub. 900 MHz is co-allocated in Japan for GSM cellular and a nationwide business trunking service called JSMR. A micro-power baby monitor spewing out spread-spectrum in our 902-928 band could potentially interfere with the input side of cellular base stations over there.


The ones to get would be the old ones that operate on 48/49 MHz, since a.) they're shared with US military freqs to begin with, and b.) 30-50 MHz isn't allocated for land-mobile use in Japan.

Do they even make the 46/49 MHz monitors anymore?

GTO_04

 

[instrumentphilip]

Shows how much I know about baby monitors.I didn't know that newer baby monitors transmitted in the 900 mhz range. Which makes me wonder, why do newer baby monitors transmit in the 900 mhz range? What is the need for that anyway?

 

[cifd64]

Distance, i guess. To allow parents to run to the store and not leave their children "unattended"

 

[mikepdx]

If I were an official of a country being protected by the mightiest
military in the world, the last thing I'd do is moan about baby
monitor usage by those putting their lives on the line.

Ask them if they'd prefer a North Korean presence on their little island.

 

[bryan_herbert]

Well its nice to know those weren't my fellow hams I heard crying.

 

[DickH]

If I were an official of a country being protected by the mightiest
military in the world, the last thing I'd do is moan about baby
monitor usage by those putting their lives on the line.

Ask them if they'd prefer a North Korean presence on their little island.

Their "little island" is more crowded and a lot busier than many U.S. cities. And everything works the way it's supposed to. Just as an example, trains run on time vs the 7 hours late some "premium" U.S. trains run. I'm referring to the Coast Starlight - or whatever they call that lame excuse for a west coast express train.

 

[kayn1n32008]

If I were an official of a country being protected by the mightiest
military in the world, the last thing I'd do is moan about baby
monitor usage by those putting their lives on the line.

Ask them if they'd prefer a North Korean presence on their little island.

what would you think if some Aussie's or Brits were using T-band CBs in LA or New York causing interference to LMR users???

 

[f40ph]

Their "little island" is more crowded and a lot busier than many U.S. cities. And everything works the way it's supposed to. Just as an example, trains run on time vs the 7 hours late some "premium" U.S. trains run. I'm referring to the Coast Starlight - or whatever they call that lame excuse for a west coast express train.

Other than the 12km monorail connecting Naha City to the airport. There are no trains on Okinawa. Pretty easy to run on time for 12km.
No one ever said the Coast Starlight was an express train, sorry if you were mis-led.

 

[DickH]

Other than the 12km monorail connecting Naha City to the airport. There are no trains on Okinawa. Pretty easy to run on time for 12km.
No one ever said the Coast Starlight was an express train, sorry if you were mis-led.

I was referring to Japan of which Okinawa is part of. And, I agree wholeheartedly, the Coast Starlight is by no means an express train. LOL

 

[poltergeisty]

I think the baby monitors Japan's Internal Affairs is worried about are the one's in their own offices. :twisted: