[Scan-DC] Arlington Police Locate Missing Elderly Man Using LoJack

[Andrew Clegg]

There was an FCC Report & Order a couple years back that included a good description of how the system worked. I'll see if I can find that again.

Andy

On Feb 5, 2011, at 12:48, Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> OK, so I've programmed in the LoJack frequency below, and it's doing something, because at regular periodic intervals I'm getting a squelch break - possibly a data burst, as it sounds similar to the MSP helos' locator beacons.
> 
> But, what kind of signal / modulation does it use if it spots something?  In other woids, what does it sound like?  Also, what's the range?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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>> From: aclegg at nsf.gov
>> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:12:43 -0500
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Arlington Police Locate Missing Elderly Man Using LoJack
>> 
>> (FYI, LoJack signals use 173.075 MHz. Always cool to have that in your scan
>> list, so you know when you're passing a stolen vehicle, missing person, or
>> LoJack base station!).
>> 
>> http://www.arlnow.com/2011/02/03/arlington-police-locate-elderly-man-using-l
>> ojack/
>> 
>> 
>> Andy
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