Signal jammer located in Morgan Hill

[jimvm]

FYI,

Signal jammer found at Morgan Hill residence

Authorities say the device was disrupting public safety communications throughout South Santa Clara County.

www.mercurynews.com

 

[jimvm]

Here is a picture of the jamming device.

 

[laidback]

South Santa Clara must be awfully small manufacture claim 250 meter range, 820.21 feet range.
Part number in second picture.

 

[citiot]

Saw another spec showing 30 watts

 

[KevinC]

The size of the town has no bearing on it, the proximity of the device to cell sites and LMR sites is what matters as these devices also jam the uplink band. So if your signal is weaker into the cell or LMR site than the jammer you lose.

Once inside the residence the downlink jamming capabilities is probably what caused the cell phones and law enforcement radios to stop working.

WiFI and GPS was probably local to the source though.

I've tracked down numerous jammers with some of them affecting sites many miles away. And a strategically placed jammer on a hill or a multi-story residence/business could wreak havoc for a long way.

And no contractions were harmed in this post.

 

[Outerdog]

Technicians with the Communications Department immediately disabled the device.

So they unplugged it.

Single-handedly managed the successful upgrade and deployment of new self-contained environmental illumination device with zero cost overruns and zero safety incidents.

 

[ebuchanan1970]

I live in the same town as the jammer. I can say I did still get Cal Fire though it sounded like it was on a repeater very far away. It did not sound right. I figured they just went over to an antenna I did not hear well. I think one time the signal died before they were done speaking. Also VHF air did not sound as good for a while. I think I heard funny noise on 15 meters lately. Basically what I was hearing was not the kind of thing you hear with bad propagation. I do not know about the how the SVRCS was because I have analog scanners.

 

[N6JPA]

FYI,

Signal jammer found at Morgan Hill residence

Authorities say the device was disrupting public safety communications throughout South Santa Clara County.

www.mercurynews.com

This article is behind a paywall and can't be read. Please keep this in mind. No one is going to pay a $100 yearly fee to read one article.

 

[jland138]

Here's another article:
Police locate signal jamming device in Morgan Hill | Morgan Hill Times | Morgan Hill, San Martin, CA

And a TV news story:
Authorities disable electronic signal-jamming device in Morgan Hill (ktvu.com)

Both don't seem to be behind paywalls.
Wasn't there another jammer found in San Jose a few months ago?

 

[AB5ID]

After visiting the manufacturer's website I was like
China Phone Signal Jammer, WiFi Signal Jammer, GPS Signal Jammer Manufacturers and Suppliers - Texin (txjammer.com)

 

[belvdr]

This article is behind a paywall and can't be read. Please keep this in mind. No one is going to pay a $100 yearly fee to read one article.

Open it in a private window and it should work.

 

[mmckenna]

So nice of the Chinese to provide these products to good law abiding US citizens.

God knows every good US citizen needs a Lojack jammer.

 

[chrismol1]

After visiting the manufacturer's website I was like
China Phone Signal Jammer, WiFi Signal Jammer, GPS Signal Jammer Manufacturers and Suppliers - Texin (txjammer.com)

Wow Holy macakeral ! wow anti-drone assault rifle

But BUT! did they mention lowband?....Everyone forget about lowband, my go to, for "hidden" signals. Everyone forgets lowband

 

[gmclam]

This article is behind a paywall and can't be read. Please keep this in mind. No one is going to pay a $100 yearly fee to read one article.

It opened for me. Thank you.

I can't help but laugh at the picture. I'd like to know the thinking behind actually labeling the device "signal jammer". LOL