Radio

The operation of transmitters designed to jam or block wireless communications is a violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"). See 47 U.S.C. Sections 301, 302a, 333. The Act prohibits any person from willfully or maliciously interfering with the radio communications of any station licensed or authorized under the Act or operated by the U.S. government. 47 U.S.C. Section 333. The manufacture, importation, sale or offer for sale, including advertising, of devices designed to block or jam wireless transmissions is prohibited. 47 U.S.C. Section 302a(b). Parties in violation of these provisions may be subject to the penalties set out in 47 U.S.C. Sections 501-510. Fines for a first offense can range as high as $11,000 for each violation or imprisonment for up to one year, and the device used may also be seized and forfeited to the U.S. government.

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Post by amnite »

Just a question cause i'm curious. I was wondering if the Wave Bubble could be used to jam actual radio waves. I dunno what the point would be I was just wondering.

My apologies I knew it blocked radio waves what I meant was the ones that you receive on you car stereo. My bad should be more specific.
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That is already what the WB is designed to do.

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Post by Seamus »

amnite wrote:Just a question cause i'm curious. I was wondering if the Wave Bubble could be used to jam actual radio waves. I dunno what the point would be I was just wondering.
That's exactly what it does - cellphones use radio waves in the GHz range to communicate with the towers, and it interposes a strong local foreign signal to interfere with those signals that the phone is expecting to see. It's a lot like if you were having a conversation with someone by yelling over a long distance, and someone nearby kept honking one of those compressed air horns, keeping you from hearing the other person. It wouldn't take long before you gave up trying to talk - in cellphone terms, a dropped call.

If you read through the WaveBubble documents, you can get a good idea of what it does, how it does it, and how it interferes with the signal to disrupt the phones.

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