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Re: Listening in on police radio
I believe the product you are referring to is called a "Chips Detector".
I believe it works on the following principle. When an officer leaves
his car he turns on a radio traffic forwarding system that relays radio
traffic from his car to his belt radio (the one with a mic on his
shoulder). Most don't bother with turning this forwarding system on and
off as the leave and then return to their car - they just leave it on.
The Chips Detector picks up on these "forwarding broadcasts" specifically
and goes off like a radar detector and notifies of police proximity
whether radar is in use or not. I read a review a while back that seemed
pretty positive.
Scott
'87 535is