- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (4 Mar 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750625821
- ISBN-13: 978-0750625821
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,053,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Although interested in electronics for many years, I thought that devices for electronic surveillance were complicated until I read this book. The book has loads of circuits diagrams that are easy to build, with a good write-up on how they work... There is no waffling or unnecessary photos of obsolete or irrelevant material, and is an excellent reference guide for any person interested in electronics. Excellent.' Reader's review from amazon.com of the first edition Particularly strong on worked examples.,Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,034067699X A practical and straightforward handbook, complete with circuit diagrams, ideal for security ststem installers. Containing detailed material for building your own surveillance devices- making you wonder why you hadn't tried it before!..- International Security Buyers Guide 04/02
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Starting with two case histories, this book outlines the reasons for various types of surveillance equipment. The remainder of the book is devoted to circuit diagrams and construction techniques.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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Format:Paperback
For amateur or pro. this book delivers. If you just want an appreciation of how electronic surveillance devices work or wish to try them yourself this book does it all. Most devices are simple to construct with easy to obtain parts (nothing seems that criticle and it is easy to substitute parts). You can get most parts from old radio's TV's etc.
All in all a very good book
All in all a very good book
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A disappointment even for wannabe spies
2 Sep 2001
Format:Paperback
The author presents dozens of circuits for audio surveillance devices many feature obsolete components like 741 operational amplifiers. They have such poor stability and noise poor performance that they have not been used for many years. Others use design techniques that were abandoned long ago such as transmitters made from one-transistor oscillators.
Basic physical principles are ignored. A diagram of a laser for eavesdropping through a window shows a collimated beam passing through a simple convex lens without being spread. The laser beam bounces off the glass at at an angle defying explanation.
Who can remember vidicon TV cameras? This old design is featured as one of two main types of cameras.
The section on countermeasures misses most useful techniques for finding bugs. For example, if any of the circuits shown in this book were hidden under a board room table a nonlinear junction device location technique would be most commonly used to discover it. This technique is not discussed by the author, however.
[exerpted from a review for Security Management all rights reserved]
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A true Benchmark for anyone interested in Surveillance
17 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Although interested in electronics for many years, I thought that devices for electronic surveillance were complicated until I read this book. The book has loads of circuits diagrams that are easy to build, with a good write-up on how they work. Despite the physically small size of the book (only just over one hundred pages), this goes to show that size is not everything!
There is no waffling or unnecessary photos of obsolete or irrevelant material, and is an excellent reference guide for any person interested in electronics. Excellent.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Not worth the money.
2 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
This book is definitely not worth the money. I expected alot more detailed circuit designs and instructions. This book is mainly an overview of the types of circuits used, with maybe 1 or 2 designs present. Again don't waste your money.
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