{"id":2900,"date":"1993-10-01T12:58:00","date_gmt":"1993-10-01T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:21:24","slug":"stalking-the-bear-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/1993\/10\/01\/stalking-the-bear-with-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalking the Bear with Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When the first atomic scientists started experimenting with nuclear materials, they would push two lumps of Uranium-235 together slowly until a dangerous blue halo formed . Pushing the material toward imminent critical mass was a sport called “tickling the dragon,” roughly analogous to poking a beehive with a sharp stick, but with much more serious implications. The same principle applies in the activities of Phil Henry and Gray Electronics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conjunction with radar detector maker Uniden, Henry has outfitted a midnight-black GMC Typhoon with more electronic eavesdropping equipment than a Russian trawler. The purpose? To send the patently unstealthy vehicle on snooping missions around the country to learn about speed-law enforcement and the technology arrayed by police to catch speeders. The data, including intelligence gathering on highway-patrol communications frequencies, will be used to update Henry’s “National Highway Patrol Reference Guide.” The complicated electronics suite may be the most complete signal-gathering platform outside the National Security Administration. It includes two radar detectors, one radar\/laser detector, two frequency scanners, a CB radio, one VHF\/FM transceiver, a cellular phone, an electronic automobile compass, and two ultra-sophisticated devices to monitor police broadcasts and determine unknown frequencies. Electronic countermeasures weren’t overlooked, either, with active X-band and K-band microwave transmitters onboard. Henry promises an after-action report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n