[Scan-DC] Arlington Police Locate Missing Elderly Man UsingLoJack

[cohenner at gmail.com]

The best place to find your answers (not technical in nature, thought) is to look up Project Lifesaver's web site. We are currently looking to partner with them and become an accredited agency. 
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From: Andrew Clegg <w4jecom at w4je.com>
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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 13:35:57 
To: Doug Kitchener<oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
Cc: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net><scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Arlington Police Locate Missing Elderly Man Using
	LoJack

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!
> 
> ----------------------------------------
>> 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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