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One way to jam Echelon and missile defence

A thinker | 10.05.2001 11:10

A simple system for jamming the Echelon eavesdropping systems at Menwith Hill and Flyingdales.

I've been thinking about a way that Echelon, the covert surveillance network operated at Menwith Hill and Flyingdales, and potentially Bush's proposed Star Wars system could be jammed.

Produce about 200 or more small jamming units. These units are electronically quite simple, pumping out radio signals on a wide range of frequencies. Attach a timer circuit to each unit which randomly turns it on for no longer than five seconds each time it operates.

Walk around the Flyingdales and Menwith Hill eavesdropping sites, using an appropriate cover such as hiking, and drop the units randomly around the place, hiding some of them where possible.

To track down each of the little devices would prove incredibly difficult and time consuming due to the short bursts when they are operational. However they would quite effectively block any eavesdropping due to the close proximity of the jammers swamping any potentially eavesdropped signals.

Thoughts?

A thinker

Comments

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  1. Indupitably — Holmes
  2. Or an easier solution . . . — George Henry Charlie Quentin. (GCHQ)
  3. nice one — el jackel
  4. we are not alone — j p r
  5. Wet work — prroffr@fuckmicrosoft.com
  6. spamming — Paxman
  7. Paxman's the man! — Dimbleby.
  8. jam echelon email — john
  9. Hello Echelon and GCHQ — Disillusioned kid
  10. Jam Echelon Day — MoonKat
  11. Great Idea — Bladerunner