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MORE RAIN. Yes! It's Spring! It's such a nice day.. Wait a second. Who are those guys standing next to
that big box? Ah, you noticed them, huh? Good eyes ya got there, buddy. What we have is a couple of
phone dudes doing their yob (otherwise known as job). They've got a big box '0 wires opened up and
they're diggin' in. We've seen phone company activity quite a bit at this particular location over the last few
weeks and figured, what the heck? Let's take another simple picture of something familiar to us. Actually,
we have a whole series of photographs concerning the goings on situated in the picture above. These guys
can be doing anything from installing a line and tracing a wire pair to tapping a line and making a few calls to
their family in Florida. Who knows? We didn't ask them. It's your job to ask the questions , people. When you
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Inside this issue..
4 Intro 42 Incendiaries
4 Letter From The Editor 46 Stopping Power Meters - Review
5 Letters by Shiva
12 The LAPD's Radio System 48 Fast Food Drive Thru Freqs part 3
21 Our Trip To ECSC 49 Big Bro & National ID Card ...
23 Caught In The Blacklistedl Web 51 kOOI Pictures
23 Deadlines 53 Enhanced 911
24 News And Updates 54 Chicago Area Freqs
28 Unabombers Manifesto part 4 55 Greetings From THUD Magazine
29 Pirate Radio Survival Guide 56 Bullet Buster
34 Mail Order Electronic Stores part 3 57 Driver Bits
36 Black Market 58 Monthly Meetings
39 Reno Casino Freqs 59 Subscription Info
40 What Is The Difference Between... 59 Back Isuues
common sense IS THe uncommoneST sense OF ALL
Introduction
Hi everyone! We're here with another issue of Blacklisted! you will notice all sorts of minor differences we introduced to
411. I'm sure all the veteran readers know all about the give an overall more appealing appearance to our readers.
magazine, but for the new people joining the viewing For all of the new readers. we're happy to have you
audience, Let's recap what this magazine is all about and aboard! We just LOVE to hear from our readers as much as
where it came from...Read this once again: possible and we're more than happy to accept any question
This magazine is provided to the individuals out there who which falls into the general direction of our usual subject
are interested in knowing more than they're supposed to. matter. No question is too dumb! So, if you want to know
according to the powers that be. We would like to basically something about topics we write about. please ask us • we
tell the powers, more or less. we are ALL entitled to. and have won't put you down like some other magazines might tend to
a right to free information. We are here to tell the people what lean toward. The best way to have a question answered is by
they want to know. You wanted us. here we are. either sending it to us via Internet E-Mail. snail mail (post
Anyhow. we're starting our third volume. Yes, we've been office) or via FAX. If we get a call by phone. we'II have to
here for two whole years now. The first volume consisted of convert speech to text and it takes the longest for us to reply
12 issues. We decided to go to a quarterly format for our to these type of questions.
second year? Why? Distribution! We wanted more people to For those of you who HATE our magazine. well. despite
read what we had to say, so we concentrated on producing the threats. despite the hatred, despite the anger....guess
MORE copies for each issue. It's worked out very well for us what? WE'RE STILL HERE! ....and. more importantly. we're
• and our readers. We've got a HUGE distribution now! going to STAY regardless of your pathetic verbal/written
Originally, we came up with the magazine because we attacks . We laugh at you . Ha..haha. Hahaha.. But.
were all looking for a magazine which covered more than seriously. if you have a legitimate complaint. we'd love to hear
telephone hacking. etc. So, with a lot of work and such, we it. If you want to call us to flame us for awhile. don't bother - it
managed to produce our first issue of Blacklisted ! 411 and won't help you out. really. It seems that all the bad press you
had it on the shelves January. 1994. It was an exciting time sort of guys give us. we just end up with more subscribers
for us. because of it. Go figure! Anyhow, we do thank you for the
Anyhow, for the readers who have been with us from the time and effort you put in for us in getting more people reading
start. you will notice a LOT of changes to the magazine. For our material -AND- shortly thereafter SUBSCRIBING! We
one. you'lI be sure to notice the front cover! Yes, we decided can't begin to thank you enough. Hahaha One last thing... Uh.
to go back to the title bar we used for a couple of issues we're STILL not gonna accept COLLECT CALLS. -BL411
during our first year. Why? It looks nice. That's about the
only reason, really. On the pages throughout the magazine,
Hi hacker dudes. Welcome to another issue of Blacklisted! send in those lists of BBS's ON DISK (so it will make my life a
411 magazine . We're all excited that we've completed little easier)....oh, and make it a CURRENT list. Thanks.
another entire volume of Blacklisted! and now into Volume 5. If you want to see a specific piece of equipment. book.
Yes! I have a few goodies to talk about before you head on manual. video or other item reviewed. please contact us and
into the rest of the magazine....so. bear with me. give us the information we need to get ahold of the item (what
the item is. how much it costs, where it's sold. what it does.
First. I totally forgot to plug our sister publication in the last etc) and we'lI get ahold of a review copy and do a write up on
issue of Blacklisted! WHOOPS! I've been getting HELL for it. We have a bunch of stuff we plan on reviewing sometime
that one. Anyhow. our sister publication is called THUD soon. so be on the lookout for more reviews. If you have an /
.Magazine (or the long name: The Hackers Underground item that you'd like us to review . send it in and we'lI do a write
Digest) and it's not yet available in the same circles as up on it. You know how it works.
Blacklisted ! 411. But, Volume 1. Issue 1 is absolutely
Artwork. We have tons of artwork that has been submitted.
available as a sample/back issue direct from the publisher
but we're always looking for MORE. If you're an artist and
and it should be out right now. So. check the bookstands for
you have a talent with artwork. please send your work in and
it • you may just find a copy of the premier issue available
let us use it.
right next to this issue of Blacklisted! 411.. Volume 1. Issue 2
should be out the same time the next issue of Blacklisted! 411
Pictures. We need our readers to send in as many pictures
hits the streets. Be on the lookout for it. The cover is in color.
as they can. At times. our picture archive gets a little dry and
the content is much like that of this magazine. but you'lI find
I really HATE it when that happens. So. if you've been
more technical information in the articles. including
holding onto some cool pics that you've been meaning to
schematics. circuit board layouts. etc. The physical size is the
send in but haven't, SEND THEM IN NOW! You know what
same. so it should be found right next to Blacklisted! on the
kind of stuff we're looking for. so get with it. We can use
bookshelves. Cover price is $4.95. Look for it. Look for it.
whatever you've got.
Check out the advertisement in this issue of Blacklisted!
THUD Magazine. P.O. Box 2521. Cypress . CA 90630.
Articles. We're looking for articles on a few topics of interest.
THUD is on the lookout for anyone that would like to submit Mainly DSS. satellite. cable TV and telecomm. Anything else
articles. artwork. pictures. letters. etc. The same kind of stuff the readers feel like sending in would be much appreciated.
you send to us. pretty much. Even if you haven't seen their too. We seem to get too much material on ONE topic at any
first issue yet. you might want to consider sending them given time and it makes for a lopsided issue if we didn't go out
something anyhow and possibly getting a freebie subscription and search for something to balance the scale. so to speak.
while you're at it. Mention that ZACHARY (or Blacklisted! So. send us some of that good info you've been holding onto
411) sent you. Again. their info: THUD Magazine. P.O. Box for so long.
2521. Cypress. CA 90630. Be sure to make contact. THUD's
first issue looks pretty cool. Web site. It's still not ready. Anyone willing to help out in the
effort to get a web site put together. please contact us.
Next. please note that there are no BBS number lists in this
issue of Blacklisted! After one too many complaints about Email. Some of you may have noticed mail bouncing back
their presence within our pages. I decided to AXE them in this more often than not. Our email addresses are disabled for
issue and see how it rolls over. Besides. the lists we have are now - it's a result of the web site not being completed. Go
TOO OLD. Anyone else notice how DEAD BBS's are these figure. Anyhow. send everything via USPS for now. until we
days? I suppose the intemet is responsible for that one. eh? can get a hold on the web sitelemail situation.
If you'd like to see more BBS numbers. please send in a letter
with your support for this material....and. while you're at it. I suppose this is enough from me for now. have a good one.
4 1st Quarter· April 1998 Blacklistedl411
Oear411, hackingiPhreaking World. We may not be elite quite yet but
I am in need of some manuals for some old test equipment hey were not lamers .. Mostfy everything you need to know is
from the 80's. Particularly some Data 10 programmers. I right here but you might want more there will be a list later ..
think you mentioned them in one of your recent issues, so I out.. -Cyberaktif Brain Leak
figured I should go ahead and ask you guys. You seem to
have most of the answers people are looking for. Btw, cool ...intro message conceming hacking by Jarhead ...
mag you guys run over there. Keep it up. Yeah, I was a little 13 year old once, went around asking
InSearch people what hacking was, how I could be a good hacker and
Redding, CA stuff with my 486 wlWindung 3.1.... well first off you need
Routed> Internet Email access to a UNIX box, and it really helps to have root . that's
why you need to get Linux, the 2 most common types of Linux
It's a good thing you asked us this. We just recentfy did a bit are Red Hat Linux and Slackware Linux. when you set up
of looking around for something very similar and here 's the Linux, you get a better understanding of whats going on . you
results . Please contact all of these people in your search for see where the logs are, where the sysadmin 's around the
your manual(s) . We're sure one of them is bound to have world have their log files, how you edit them, and basic
what you're looking for. Between a few of these guys, we system security. THERE IS NO WA Y AROUND THIS! nothing
managed to find every manual we were looking for. By the is as good as first hand knowledge, no text file will ever teach
way, we happen to like Manual Merchant the most. They had you as much as you get by yourself. this is the first step into
a good supply . becoming a hacker. do it now. reading all those text files over
and over again will get you nowhere without your own unix
Manuals Plus, 100's of thousands of manuals , (801) 882- shell account or a Linux box.
7188.
How do hackers do what they do? well, first they find the
Ed Matsuda , HP & Tek, good quality , fast delivery , great computer they want to break into. they find all about the
prices, (619) 479-0225 . computer they want to break into, exactly what programs are
running. they port scan it, find what as it runs, and find out
Manual Merchant, (6 19) 490 -9076 , FAX 490-9075 , who owns lt. then they know what programs are runn ing on
linday@ix.netcom .com. which ports. (If you don't know what ports are then go here
and buy TCPIIP for dummies ) they then see if there are any
Susan, HP, Tek, Fluke , about 10,000 manuals , (800) 435- bugs in the software that run on those ports , if there are then
1516. they find an exploit and run it, trying to add an account or get
l etc/passwd . if there isn't any known bugs in the software
Bob Garcia, Tek & Racal , about $35 each , (770) 977-5701 . then they either find some , or social engineer(PHREAKING).
once they get an account on the system, then they find all
Bob Lee, Tek, (503) 774-6560. programs that can be run on the system and see if there are
any holes in it, and if there isn't then they find one, and take
Deane Kidd, Tek, (503) 625-7363. root .
Art May, Military connections, (503) 632-6973 . When a guy has root , they can do anything to the system , like
erase the entire harddrive , install a rootkit , run a sniffer, run
Tektronix (800) 426-2200. eggdrop , anything. thats the goal of it all. have phun ...
Hewlett Packard (800) 227-8164 .
Ok, that's their intro . Check it out for yourselves . I'd like to
Wavetek (800)622-5515. comment that if a hacker (or anyone for that matter) has
access to "roo t" it's not necessarily a good idea to "erase the
Oear411, entire harddrive" or anything nearly as severe . Remember
I was checking out the net and came across this web page: folks, "hacker ethics " We do have a set of rules we like to
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/4613/ think hackers keep in mind.
The guy (Cyberaktif Brain Leak) who did the page dedicated
it to the "Guiding the Newbie" article in volume 4, issue 3. Try this site also , if you 're looking for resources as a newbie :
Just thought you guys and your readers would like to know http://members.tripod .coml-synflood/
about it so you could check it out.
CowDung Oear411,
Cyberlilly, FUBAR Your mag is great. I have a few questions:
Routed> Internet Email #1 What kind of screwdriver do I need to open up a gameboy?
And to open the cartridge? Where can I get these?
Thanks for the update . We checked it out and the website is #2 Are there any books that describe the Minitel system that
called "Hack Central" They provide the LOD Tech Joumals they have in France?
and a bunch of beginner hacker material. I would recommend #3 Are there any ftp sites that have only really old computer
checking it out if you're new to hacking. Hell, I suggest that games?
everyone go take a look and make and suggestions to CBL #4 What are the best places to go dumpster-diving? I like to
on how to make the site better. Remember people , the more go to a nearby college.
hackers that are around, the better. And also remember that #5 Whenever I go to Radio Shack and buy something , the
we were ALL (I repeat A-L-L of us!) newbie hackers at some employees there are always really nosy. They keep asking
point, so drop the 'Ieet attitudes. We wish more people out me what I'm gonna do with this stuff. Does this happen to
there were doing the same thing this dude is doing for the anyone else or just me?
hacker community. Good going, CBL! Thanks in advance.
Master Ka
Here's the intro Cyberaktif Brain Leak provides on the Hack Burlington, VT
Central web page : Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
Ok well this page was brought on because of a Author in The screws on the Gameboy and Pocket Gameboy are your
Blacklisted! 411© The author that wrote the particular article every day run of the mill slotted (or Phillips) type screws. The
went by the name of Alaric.. The article was Entitled "Guiding screws on the Gameboy cartridges are called "line head "
The newbie" He has a list Of Files to get started in the screws . More precisely, they are "extemalline head " screws .
Blacklisted! 411 15t Quarter· April 1998 5
TI. Y or a v ry proprietary screw used in Japanese made Excite, Lycos, Infoseek and Dejanews. if you can 't find it
d vic , typically. You can find the tool needed to remove there, hit up the IRC and make some friends. You CAN find
1/
1 cr ws in many tool supply catalogs. Let me provide this stuff if you look on the net.
you with th n me of two places that DO carry the tool you
n d. (you will be buying "line head" bits that fit on a 1/4 " Are you interested in dumpster diving? Best places are ulil
driv sh ft) companies, schools, electronic-related stores, etc. Here are
some web sites to take a look at if you 're into trash digging.
J n n Tools, Inc.
(800)426-1194 http://dumpster.home.ml.org/
http://www.jn sentools.com http://www.spub.ksu.edu/ISSUES/vl00/FAln024/op-dumpstr-
(P Ige 193 bottom right of their 199B master catalog. The page.html
ptcu» " mislabeled, so we 're not sure if it's catalog http://www.econet.org/frugalltips/dumpster.html
II 47-459 or #647 -555 it's the "external line head" variety,
tholi gh) As for Radio Shack. We get a lot of letters similar to yours
about the nosy workers over at RS. Pay no attention to them.
P rt xpress Go in, buy your stuff and get out. You are under no obligation
(800)338 -053 1 to tell them anyth ing you plan to do with anyth ing you
http://www .parts-8xpress.com/ purchase or are thinking of purchasing. Be rude. Don 't say
(Lac ted on page 97 in their "video game parts " section anything to them.
/I 60-2 15 & #360-2 16 - get both bits. Let me explain. The
360-2 15 is a 3.8mm "game bit driver" and will fit the cartridges Dear Blacklisted! 411 ,
on m boy, N64, SNES and Sega Genesis. The 360-216 is To correct the letter by sinister8 in v4i4 RCMAC is recen t
4.5mm "game bit driver" and will fit the main consoles for chan ge memory administ ration center . 5ESS and 5E are the
SN S, N64, etc - You can use them so get BOTH bits! $6.95 same thing . And it is Resporg 1.0. not Rasporg .
cl•.) Bill Preck
Litchfi eld, CT
Th r 's a small article concerning drive bits on page 57 of this Ro uted > U.S. Sna il Mail
i ii . You might want to check it out j ust for the hell of it.
Dear Blackl isted! 411 ,
Wo c n'! locate any source for the Minitel system technical I know this may not have anything to do with hacking but I
(f lim nt tion you 're looking for. Anyone out there have a would like to know who is the current Defender champion of
urc for this one? the world . I would also like to know the specifications of the
NED GEO arcade board and if possible, the CPS II arcade
At ny giv n time, there are hundreds if not thousands of ftp board . P.S. How could I get ahold of a Motorola 6809
It 1/. t corry software...new.. old, etc.. What particular kind microprocessor and it's development kit? Codially ,
of "r ally old computer games " are you looking for ? Ken
Commodoro 64 ? Atari BOO? Tl 99/4A? Older? We can't list Montclair, CA
Illy It s with software since it is considered piracy, so we'll Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
uivl you to simply do a search on the net. Use Yahoo,
It 's new!
It's different!
It 's a HACKERS MAGAZINE!
T.H.U.D.
The Hackers Underground Digest
Check it out!
That's right. Your eyes aren 't
messing around with ya . From th e
same people who b roug h t
Blacklisted! 411, comes a brand
new hackers zine with all new
stuff.
Ins ide THUD Maga zine , y o u 'll fin d
more technical hacker in fo. It's got
a neato color cover, too.
THUD Mag azine
P. O. Box 2521
Cypress, CA 90630
Blacklisted! 411
In a video game cover story for the January 18th, 1982 issue your roots . When money and power and corruption are
of Time magazine, a Mount Prospect Illinois high school tugging at you from all directions , remember where you came
student named Steve Juraszek was profiled as the "Defender from , what it was like to be blamed for doing nothing other
champion of the world." Juraszek played 16 straight hours on than leaming , that the real people behind the problems went
a single quarter racking up 16 million points . While Juraszek 's free while you suffered . REMEMBER ! When you get old, you
feat was amazing, his status as "champion" is a bit tend to forget these things and you start making really stupid
misleading . Around the same time, there were expert players decisions . Our government is old and stupid. Simple as that.
who were literally playing the game for days.
The comment of being put away for life for trying to learn may
A scoring bug that occurs at 990,000 points allowed players to be a little extreme however, I can understand and appreciate
rack up enough ships to take a break and go to the bathroom the feeling and thought behind it. The fact is, people in
(important for long games ). Once you reach 990,000 general are not very smart and the smart people that DO exist
everything you shoot earns you a free ship. If you try to shoot and ask questions and want to learn more are pretty damn
as many low scoring targets as possible you can turn the scary to those dumb people around them. The government,
game over with dozens of free ships . The only catch is that being nagged to death by all these not-so -brite people to DO
you don't earn another ship until you accumulate enough SOMETHING about pornography, hacking, intemet gambling ,
points to "pay" for the ships earned between 990,000 and etc, has no choice but to end up making an example out of the
000,000 (one million). It's an advance , not a gift. first few (hundred) people they can get ahold of breaking the
newly found laws (or not quite yet laws). While the smarter ,
The "bug" was later corrected in updated ROM revision(s) like curious people are outnumbered and never seem to voice
many of the other Williams games (Robotron , Joust, etc) their opinions quite as loud as their lame-eounterparts .
Other than this, we have no information on a current Defender Science is a funny thing. Scientists are supposed to be in
champion of the world. Anyone else that can clue us in on search of factltruth , etc and use whatever means they can to
this one? get to it. However ....and this is a huge however, scientists are
mocked and ridiculed any time they make a claim that does
Anyhow, The last highest recorded champ of Defender was not conform to the science community . Sometimes it takes
76,377,300 points scored by Bert Jennings from Durham, NC extreme measures by one to make the community open their
on 4/8/83 eyes. Most of the time, these people with new ideas never
make it known to the world because they 're snuffed out by
The Neo Geo system was described in a "Tony's Workshop " their peers before they have a chance. Again, stupidity .
article that appeared in Volume 4, Issue 2 of Blacklisted! 411. Afraid of change . Etc.
Check it out. Look for a CPSII article in this issue or the next
in the "Tony 's Workshop " area . So, American Youth, I give you my fondest best wishes and
urge you to remember your youth when you are in a position
You can find the 6809 at just about any electronics store (we of power to make changes. You see how screwed up the
do NOT recommend Radio Shack for parts like this) As for world is around you now - it will get worse if you, the future
the development kit, you might want to take a peek in Radio leaders , decide to give in and follow along with the rest of
Electronics Now. I believe there is an ad. for a 6809 trainer. society . Keep in mind that: change is good, too many laws
Perhaps Motorola still carries technical specs/reference is a bad thing, smaller government is good, welfare is bad.
material on the 6809. Call up Motorola in Irvine and get their Please, always remember how you feel right now about the
address (and ask if they still have a technical document room) way things are run. It will go a long way in helping iron things
If they do, take a trip on over there and visit the tech doc room out in the future.
- they have tons of books and manuals on pretty much all of
their IC's and you can take as much as you want - for FREE. (Reply #2 - yeah we all have something to say)
It's good if you're interested in their 68XXX series processors , Hey, you forgot to mention a certain football player who used
especially. to rent cars. Did you notice he said he never beat his wife
even though it was a matter of police record that he had.
Dear sir, There were even photos ...but I digress ...
We the youth, the future leaders of tomorrow have a couple You're right. You have a very important point to make. There
things on our minds . It seems that every time we turn on the is a very bad image of what a 'hacker' is and I feel it's all the
TV, radio and internet that the people in Washington DC are media's fault. Children and young adults are by nature very
blaming the American youth for the crimes , that's not true. If curious about the world about them. It is this curiosity that
anyone that should be blamed it should be the adults . We the leads many to go on to become physicists, chemists ,
people allow big business like the phone company, insurance electron ic technicians, and teachers . They want to learn more
companies, Internal Revenue Service even the corrupt and sometimes want to share that knowledge.
government agencies to time and time again steal from us.
What our we the future leader of tomorrow supposed to be The only counter argument I can give is that many of these
learning? We have teachers, preachers , counselors etc ...that curious youth take their curiosity a little too far. I can consider
rape, molest, and murder and more times than not they get something like trying to make a working quarter box a test of
out on good behavior just to do it again, while people looking personal knowledge and skill. I can even go so far as figuring
for info and trying to lean goes away for life . What is this out how credit cards and such work as curious. But when that
supposed to be teaching us? We allow groups like the KKK , same person goes on to use such skills to break existing laws
the Mafia etc... to get away with all these crimes . is that what not just once, out of curiosities sake, but several, sometimes
the American government is trying to teach? Infonnation is hundreds of times more than curiosity.
suppose to be free to leam but we go to prison for trying . Do
they put scientists away for trying to invent? NO then why us?We have all been tempted by something illegal and anyone
We the American Youth would like to request answers to who says they have never succumbed to such temptation is
these questions. an all out liar. What makes it wrong is to continue to do so for
THE AMERICAN YOUTH personal gain. You may say that seeking knowledge is for
South Jersey. NJpersonal gain but having the know-how to commit an act and
carrying it out are two entirely different things. There is
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nothing wrong with wanting to know how something works
(Warning: long response to follow) and how to bypass the normal systems. That knowledge can
Man, does this hit a nerve with me. Though, I cannot be used to protect yourself from someone else who may wish
necessarily provide answers for you, I can provide my opinion to 'hack' some part of your personal life...like your bank
on this one. If you want me to tell you what to be leaming account.
from all of this, then so be it. Here I go. What are you
supposed to be leaming? If you are to be the future leaders See, when people do commit these vast crimes it DOES hurt
of tomorrow, I sure as hell hope you are learning that YOU are the rest of us. I'm sure most of us have been the victim of
the answer. Get into those positions of power and remember mass punishment because the minority of the group coutdnt
get their act together .
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I think your magazine totally rocks. I only have the last two
issues, 4:3 and 4:4, but I've spent hours mesmerized by them,
reading every single word . if I ever hit a lottery , I'll buy all the
back issues .
First, in the "bad news first" vein, let me ask this: your spelling
is atrocious, why? like, really, not just here and there, but
everywhere . What 's the deal? Stuff like "phreaks" and
"warez " I get, but there 're a zillion other, shall I say, dumb
mistakes. Are these made by the writers , whick you then print
verbatim, or are they editorial slip-ups? I mean , when you
type in a URL , you have to get it exactly right , or you don't get
there . This would be my one word of advice to 411, that you
should not have any typos-you'll get more respect.
Well, maybe just one more small point, which is rather just my
Inform lion sf/ould be free to all. Of course there will always personal opinion . I'd like to see more strictly "hacker" info in
b om form of censorship. One way of looking at the your pages (where space is at a premium), as opposed to
prob l m Is from the point of view of the censors. What do they articles tending to more "non-tech" related issues . For
h v to g In by censori ng a piece of information from the example, while I won't say they weren 't interest ing, pieces
m s. An obvious example is the secrecy of stealth such as the Unabomber's "Manifesto", "State Citizen 10
t chno/ogy. It's a no-brein er. But something subtle like Card ", "Cheating the library", "Legal Words and Their
ontrolllng Information about how credit cards work , or phone Meaning ", "The Sovereign Individual" (in 4:3) and "Restore
y t m , power meters, or viruses is a little more difficult to Our Common Law", "Factual Info About Jury Service", "SSN:
WId rst nd. Mandatory or Voluntary?" (in 4 :4)-are these "hacking" issues?
Obvious ly you woutdn': want a criminal to know how to access This leads me to my next question : perhaps you would print
your id ntity and charge thousands of dollars to your credit 411 's defin itions of "hacker", "phreak", and other hacker
rd. Yet conversely, there will always be a criminal who terms?
know ex ctly ho w to do that. That's where being able to
know how these crimes are committed one can protect ones While you're at it (as I am a newbie) , maybe you could
" from b coming a victim of such a crime . introduce a new column to your mag "The Newbie Corner" ,
where those such as myself could find out about more basic
I hop th t my examples help explain why the little guy gets hacking ideas . Put stuff there in simpler terms (but keep the
pi k don. Don1 let it discourage you from continuing your rest of 411 as it is, esoter ic), and I think you might expand
xptomtion of the world. If people stopped seeking answers your readership to readers that aren 't now, but would
w 'd nev r have the car, the plane , the telephone or become , hackers .
CD...we'd still be runnin g around naked eating grubs and
tirub s. Next Question. Why do BBS Reviews seem so, well , out of
date? Most ot them were reviewed or checked only in 1996.
My chemistry teacher taught that the definition of a scientist is What gives?
p rson who seeks knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
Th term 'hack' generally applies to making a modification to Also, let me mention that the area code for Connecticut (in
om thing to Improve it or to make it do something it was not your BBS list in 4:4, p. 57) has been changed to 860 except
origin lIy intended to do. It's not hard to take those two for Fairfield and New Haven Counties (those closest to NYC)
t t ments and equate hackers and scientist. Scient ists could
b Id to be the ultimate hackers. Anyone hacked TCl 's new digital TV cable boxes? How
about their @Home cable modem service?
R m mber, knowledge is power!
Does anyone remember the number you dialed as a kid that
o r BI cklisted! 411, rang back your phone anonymously after you hung up? Does
Ih v imple request. How do I find out the long distance this number still exist?
c rri r ot a phone line? Great magazine!
Deadlurk What are the best web sites , in general, for hackers?
(location withheld) (Besides 411 , of course , which will surely be awesome -I've
Routed> U.S. Snail Mail been checking for month now in eager anticipation of its
debut) .
The following may be well known to everyone, but in 4 :4, p.
21, Pirho wonders what HFAI means , I don't work at Wal-
Mart, but this means "Hands-Free Answer on Intercom" .
Lastly , my own "newbie" hacker tip, If you're somewhere
where you shouldn 't be (like dialing from someon e's unlisted
number) and want to know what the number is, try dialing
970 . This should give an automated confirmation of the
number you dialed phrom .
N.E.wbie
(location withheld)
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Hiya , newbie ...Glad to have you aboard, dude . Man , what a
mouthful of questions and {constructive} criticism . Anyhow,
on to a response . We get tons of letters with offers of help .
ques tions concerning everything from red boxes to bad credit,
compla ints , ideas. etc. Most of this comes to us via USPS .
We do get occasional pieces via email, though. The reason
for this is because our email addresses under our domain
name are disabled until we can get a hold on the entire web
site situation . We 're always looking for anyone else who
Now, on to oth r tuff. wants to jo in in on the effort to make one kick ass web site ,
8 1st Quarter - April 1998 Blacklistedl 411
We're working on it, we 're working on it. So, unless you tricks , techniques , and algorithms. Anyone who does not love
happen to know our non-advertised email address(es) , USPS knowledge and the freedom it brings has no reason to
or a phone call is about the only way you're going to reach us. become a hacker ."
I suggest USPS. If the govemment wants to read our email or
letters sent via USPS, they 're gonna do it. If they want to do Well said . I would like to ask all the old timer hacks out there
a wiretap, they 're gonna do it. [Nothing illegal is going on over to help us create a slick newbie section in the magazine.
here, so tap, read and have fun] Your letter appears to have Address such material specifically to "Zack" so I can get MY
made it to us unmolested. hands on it first.
Bad spelling: two reasons . One, we usually print writers I am all for the newbie comer column . Great idea. Anyone
articles verbatim . Perhaps a bad idea, but enacted to want to join in the effort on this one? Alaric did a nice article
preserve the "feel" of the hacker community. Though, I do in 4:3 called "Guiding the Newbie ". I would love to see more
edit something from time to time. (Don 't tell anyone , all right?) articles with this sort of topic.
Then there 's the simple fact that we let things slip
by...noticed? ...unnoticed? I usually notice a fair amount of BBS reviews . Do you see ANY BBS reviews or lists in this
unwanted typo's AFTER the issue makes it to the printer . issue? They were getting lame so I gave them the axe! If
Whoops. It must be the lazy -hacker portion of my personality. anyone wants to do an up to date review or list, I'll consider
You'll be happy to know that we do put a rather high priority letting it pass. You gotta make it look real good, though.
on making sure URLs are printed correctly.
Each area has a ringback number which will, when dialed ,
This is a hacker zine and we do print unrelated material that and after the calling party hangs up, rings the phone where
seems to be enjoyable to the typical hacker-type. So, we the call was placed. In other words, the number you dialed
continue to print the weirdo stuff you mentioned. Personally , when you were a kid and got that anonymous call back a few
I do tend to enjoy reading most of the material you mentioned. seconds later - well, it still exists. We used to use 119911
I've been pushing to use an even smaller font size so we can then we changed over to dialing our number itself - then get a
print more material in each issue. Are you WITH ME ? (just kidding , nice RING a few seconds after we hang up. Neato, huh?
everyone)
Web sites , get on Yahoo and do a search for ... hell, let me
Bill Hayes wrote an article describing a typical "hacker" titled give you a few sites to start with.
'W hat is a Hacker? " and it appeared in our sister publications
(THUD - The Hackers Underground Digest) debut issue. You http://www.geocities.comlSun setStrip/Undergroundl3 249/anarchy .htm
might want to check it out. In the simplest terms, a hacker is http://www .fc.neVphrack/
someone who will seek out any or all security holes, flaws and http://www .lOpht.coml
improvement areas of a system - computer, telephone , http://www .defcon .org/
power , electronic , automotive, social, etc. A hacker is NOT a http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/4613/
thief. A hacker is NOT a crook. A thief or a crook can be a http://www .hacker.org/
hacker, however . Heck , a thief or a crook can be a politician, http://members .tripod.coml-synflood/
too. Hmm. Bad analogy . You get the idea, though. A
phreaker (or phreak) is a type of hacker that finds the This should be enough to get you going. We're always happy
weaknesses in telecommunication systems, for the most part. to accept lists of cool hacking related web sites, so feel free to
Also, a phreaker is not a thief or a bad person. Perhaps a little send that sort of material to us if you feel up to it.
too curious in the minds of the phone company, of course.
970 - that's an ANAC (Automatic Number Announcement
About a year ago. In fact, it was a year ago, someone by the Circuit) . We use 114 or 211 here where we are. Does the
handle of Roadrunner launched a newbie text help file on the same thing. It will announce the number of the phone line you
net and inside of this text file was a small section called are calling from.
What is hacking all about? " I'd like to quote it and share it
with the readers. Thanks for the letter, N.E.wbie. Have a good one and hack
the world, buddy!
"WHA T IS THIS HACKING ALL ABOUT? In a word,
cleverness. Hacking is about pushing the envelope, using Dear411 ,
technology to its full potential, understanding technology I have a Radio Shack model PRO-2002 base station scanner
rather than simply relying on it. These days, it's easier than that I would like to mod. I have not been able to find a mod for
ever to use a computer without being computer literate. Just it, so I thought I'd ask you . If there is a mod, can you forward
point and click. Hacking is about going beyond that, about it to me? If there isn't a mod, can you tell me which RS base
doing things that are not supposed to be possible , about models can be modified?
finding new things and exploring . The land is settled from one CaSu
coast to the next , and space is still a bit beyond our (location withheld)
reach.This is the new frontier.Hackers are the people who do Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
this, who settle the frontiers on the edge of Cyberspace . If it
weren1 for hackers , there would be no internet, and probably First off, our sources show no mod available for the PRO-
no computers . The purpose of hacking is not to destroy other 2002. However, the following bas models do have a mod
people 's data,to start world war three, or to steal money, available : PRO-2004, PRO-2005, PRO-2006, PRO-2022 and
although these are the images of hackers that the press PRO-2030. If you need the mod for any of these, let us know .
frequently produces . There is, in fact, a hacker ethic, a code We have to mention that it is illegal to monitor cellular
of honor as old as hacking. Its main tenets are: communications. But, you weren't planning on doing that
1) Do not damage any system intentionally. This means right?
aont delete data, aom cause a crash, dont change data
(except maybe to cover your tracks), remove users, introduce Hi there ,
viri, or cause physical damage to the system . Seek I love the magaz ine. I'm not particularly adept but I'm still
knowledge , not malice or revenge . curious . I study various technolog ies from time to time but I
2) Promote empowerment. Hacking gives freedom to the tend to get impatient with textbooks and want to know how the
many, rather than power for the few. Share knowledge . electronic and mechan ical things I live with actually work .
3) Be creative. It's easy to cause chaos, but it takes Your magazine is great for that, although it's often over my
intelligence to create beauty. Computers can do good things, head . This gives me some direction , though.
and can make the world better.
Although it is true that not all hackers follow this code at all A local electronics store here in Gainesville has recently
times, any more than anyone else follows any code of ethics changed hands and the new owner has been cleaning it out.
all the time, it is a good guideline to go by. Hacking, above all, It used to look like a chiphead's basement. You could find
is about learning. Hackers are constantly in pursuit of new everything from new ic's to old 60's computer tape drives
Blacklisted! 411 15t Quarter - April 1998 9
there, mostly in pieces. I used to go there just to poke around . MECI
Anyway , the new owner doesn't want the old stuff around 340 E. First Street
anymore and has been taking out the parts that he thinks he Dayton, OH 45402
can sell and tossing the rest. He told me that he had dumped (800)344-4465
five tons of stuff in the previous three months . I have been http://www .meci.com
making nightly forays into his dumpster since then and have
now got the garage too full to park the car in it. Marlin P. Jones & Assoc . Inc.
P.O. Box 12685
Generally I strip stuff off of circuit boards and put things Lake Park, FL 33403-0685
together on a solderless bread board . I often can't completely (800)652-6733
identify the components but when I can I tinker with them. It's
a cheap supply of parts and I don't cry when I cook All Electronics
something. My question primarily is, how do I identify what the 905 S . vermont Avenue
components are? The ones with numbers I can sometimes Los Angeles , CA 90006
find data on in a replacement catalog or the ARRL handbook , (213)380-8000
but not very often . Sometimes the shape of a part gives it (800)826-5432
away. Often, though, I have no idea of what some part is. http://www .allcorp.com
A poke around in the construction roll off where a Digikey
supermarket is under renovation scored me four of the led 701 Brooks Ave. South
matrix type of electronic signs , and I would love to get them Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
working . They bear the name Litek and three of the four are (800)344-4539
model ISM008. The other one is model SAT4008 . They're http://www .digikey.com
four feet, four inches long and have led matrices on both
sides. They have four wire power cords, two wires each for Contact these people and get their catalogs. It will help you
ground and two for +9 volts . They each also have a four wire out quite a bit. We have no info on your electronic signs ..
phone cord jack. The circuit boards inside bear the name Perhaps one of our readers will be able to send information
Litek Microsystems, inc. you can use.
My guess is that you work out your design on a computer and Dear Blacklisted ,
upload it to the sign , probably through some kind of I wanted to write in for two reasons . First, I had to tell you that
proprietary bus slot card . It would be cool if I could program I love your mag . It roc ks! Second , I need to know the
them through a modem though. Anyway, they have little frequencies used for the Goodyear blimp commun ications .
batteries on the boards so I think they must have enough Can you help?
memory to hold the message and that you could use the BlimpO
same computer to program a number of them. I would be Torrance, CA
appreciative of any help you could give me. Keep the cool Routed> Internet E-Mail
magazine coming.
tofm Here ya go , Blimp-man ...Enjoy.
Archer, FL 123.050 Common Blimp port frequency
Routed> U.S. Snail Mail 123.250 Suffield (Ohio) Wingfoot Lake Facility
132.000 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company channel
Awesome! You're interested in electronics . You sound like 151.625 Blimp Operations NBFM
ME. I really hate to hear about people dumping so much junk 465.9125 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
like that. I would suggest taking as much of it as you can. if 465.9375 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
you 're a real hardware hacker type, you can find a use for just 465.9625 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
about every little part you can find. You can always hand
select some of that surplus stuff and send it MY way. Dear BL411 ,
I've been following your magazine for a short time now and I
Stripping parts off of boards is a great way to save money and think it's really cool. I'm not a hacker, but I would like to be.
allow one to become "fearless" when they prototype stuff Ok, I need the old 40Mhz frequencies for cordless phones if
because, like you said, who cares if you fry something, right? you can provide them. By the way, I really liked the article
Back in the 80's, I used to do the same thing... I'd have piles that Alaric wrote . I would like to see more articles like that one
and piles of circuit boards set aside just to strip for parts. in future issues if you can manage it. Thanks
There 's one big drawback (besides it being so time Devlin
consuming - which doesn't really seem to matter for the real San Jose, CA
hacker type ... or really bored type) anyhow, the draw back is Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
that you 're not really too sure if the part you stripped off of a
circuit board is good or not. It really sucks when you work so I'm pretty sure we've printed this list before, but what the
hard to get a circuit designed and then prototyped ... and then heck. No problemo, Devlin. Here you go.
you get stuck into a debug mode for the next 6 hours only to
find out an electrolytic capacitor and two transistors were bad CH Handset CH Handset
the whole time. Damnit! Now, I won 't keep used parts for very 1 48.760 14 49.460
long unless I can definitely determine if they 're good or not.
2 48.840 15 49.500
Want to identify parts? This is going to sound kind of lame, 3 48.860 16 49.670
but get your hands on catalogs. Now, don 't gasp everyone.
4 48.920 17 49.845
Get your hands on a Radio Shack catalog for starters. It has
pictures and descriptions of parts . It's a good start. Next, get 5 49.020 18 49.860
some catalogs from places like: 6 49.080 19 49.770
JDR Microdevices
7 49.100 20 49.875
1850 South 10th Street 8 49.160 21 49.830
San Jose, CA 95112 9 49.200 22 49.890
(800)538-5005
10 49.240 23 49.930
Mouser Electronics 11 49.280 24 49.990
11433 Woodside Avenue 12 49.360 25 49.970
Santee, CA 92071
(800)992-9943 13 49.400
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Channels 16-25 used to be channels 1-10 years ago before cordless phones. One thing that you may be wondering
additional channels were added in. Hope this will help ya out. about: Since there are 4-bits used to select the frequency,
there are 16-possible combinations, so what happened to the
Dear Blacklisted! 411, other 6 channels? The chip is designed to ignore these 6
First, does red boxing still work? A simple yes or no will invalid selections and default to channel #10.
suffice. If yes, what are the specific tones generated by the
payphone when a nickel, dime or quarter is inserted? Please 4) Keyless Electronic Entry: I haven't been able to look closely
include tone duration, etc. If no, why all the hype about red at one of these myself, but I knew someone who did. He
boxing? It seems that there are quite a few arguments about opened the transmitter for a (I believe Chevrolet) electronic
whether red boxing really works or not. lock and discovered that the code used by these things is
ZaphOd simply an 8-bit binary code. I believe the transmitter, to keep
West Hempstead, NY the size small, had the code hardwired, but one of these
Routed> U.S. Snail Mail transmitters could easily be modified with a DIP switch or
scanning device similar to the garage door openers.
Red boxing still works. YES. You have to use it under the
right circumstances before it will work, however. I will not say I hope some folks have found this letter useful and
anymore than that. The tones generated are 1700 hz and informative. Until next time, "Go ahead, Hack some, AND
2200 hz mixed together - called DTMF (much like that of the FEED THE RUSH!!"
tones generated by depressing keys on the keypad of the Slipped Bit
phone) The duration of the tone for each coin is as follows: Overland Park, Kansas
Nickel - 66 ms on (1 beep). Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
Dime - 66ms on, 66ms off, 66ms on (2 beeps).
Quarter - 33ms on, 33ms off repeated 5 times. Thanks for the info, Slipped bit. Hack the world, man!
Dear BL-411: Hey dudes,
This is a response to XMITMAN's letter in Volume 4, Issue 2. I was wondering if you could give me the tone(s) needed to
1) Lojack: It uses 173.075 MHz. Unfortunately, that's all I make a standard dialtone and busy signal? Need them for a
know about it at this time. project I'm working on. Thanks
2) Garage door scanners: I recently created one of these Unknown
using an Eversafe Universal Garage Door Opener. Garage Roy,UT
doorlgate openers will typically have a DIP switch that Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
contains a code of 8 to 12 switches. Sometimes they're
binary switches (8 to. 12 switches), sometimes they're trinary You should have given us some way to contact you, man.
(typically 9 switches). The tricky part is the ones with the Here 's the info you wanted, in any case. A dial tone consists
trinary switches - the switch is either up, centered, or down. of two frequencies : 350Hz and 440Hz. Put them together and
The circuit I came up with handles this by using two bilateral you have a dialtone . A busy signal consists of two
switches (CD4066 type) for each of the trinary switches. The frequencies: 480Hz and 620 Hz - put them together in and "on
scanner contained a PIC microcontroller which contained all for 500ms / off for 500ms" and you have a busy signal.
of the control logic (in software) to step through every possible
combination of switch settings. The nice thing about the Dear Blacklisted!,
Eversafe transmitter was that it was a "universal" opener - I need information on DSS - where I can buy a card, technical
there are three DIP switches used to set the manufacturer/ notes and other information related to DSS. Please help me
frequency code. BTW, Garage door/gate openers typically out. P.S. I am located in the States.
operate on 300, 310, or 390 MHz. The scanner I created had RamEel
LEOs to indicate the current transmitted code so that when a (Somewhere in the U.S.)
useful code was found it could be logged for future reference. Routed> Telephone
One thing to note if one decides to tackle a project like this:
I'm not sure about other openers, but the Eversafe opener I think we might be able to help you out here. As you know,
doesn't read the code (switches) all the time - only when it first battery ...err... modified card usage appears to be illegal in the
starts to transmit. That means that you must toggle the USA - so as sales and purchases. Apparently Canada and
transmitter on and off for each attempted code. other places remain to be a "safe" place to sell test cards.
Anyhow, you can get test cards here:
The Eversafe Universal Garage Door Opener was purchased
at a local Sam's Club store. The rest of the components of Vcipher Technologies
the scanner are available at any well-stocked electronics 233 Mountain Ranches Road
distributor (such as Digi-key). I'd like to make the schematic! Rigaud , Quebec, Canada JOP 1PO
plans/source code available to others - The only concem that Voice: (514)451-5704
I have is that some folks who may wish to build this device Fax: (514)451 -6477
might not have access to a device programmer necessary to E-Mail: reg@vcipher.com
program the PIC microcontroller. URL: http://www.vcipher.com/index .html
If you know that the system you're interested in doesn't have You can find info on DSS at the following:
the trinary switches , the problem is much simpler. It's
possible to connect a binary counter (such as a CD4020) Scrambling News
directly to where the switches are on your transmitter and 1060 Niagara Falls Blvd., # 110
then simply clock the counter with a 555 timer circuit, Tonawanda, NY, 14150
transmitting each time the counter increments. (716)283 -6910
E-Mail: scramblingnews@msn.com
3) 46/49 MHz cordless phones: One interesting note here is URL: http://www.scramblingnews .coml
that the 49 MHz FM walkie-talkies sold by Radio Shack use
some (typically 1 or 5) of the same frequencies used by the Satellite Watch News
handset of 49 MHz cordless phones. I purchased a 5-channel (517)685-3410
walkie-talkie and its service manual from Radio Shack and
was quite pleased to discover that the chip used in the radio TELECODE
was actually designed for the original 10-channel cordless P.O. BOX 6426
phones. The channel selector switch on the front of the unit YUMA, AZ 85366-6426
connects to a diode matrix which controls the 4-bit frequency 1-520-726-2833
select input. I'm working on a system right now to modify one http://www.hackerscatalog.com/index.htm
of these radios into a 10-channel unit where the 10-channels
would exactly match the handset frequencies of 10-channel CONTINUED ON PAGE 52
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THE LAPD'S RADIO SYSTEM.
AS BEST AS I CAN TELL
By Ph one Scum
You know, Andrew S's letter, or article , or whatever it was, a few months back about hacking into the LAPD's mobile computer system
was very interesting fiction. If anybod y thinks that you can go down 10 Ham Radio Outlet , spend a few hundred dollars on a piece of
amateur radio equipment , and be able to access all sorts of infonnation regarding people 's crim inal, driving, and so on records , then they
really need to gel their heads shrunk .
Perhaps this kind of thing goes on in small towns and other municipalities, but for the City of Los Angeles, they take the security of their
over-th e-air (not to mention all other kinds of) data very seriously . You may say, "but any monkey with a scanner can listen to the LAPD
and get all sorts of informati on ." Well, yes, but does that do you any good? Well, it all depends on your point of view. Anned with the
appropriate informat ion for your geographical area (this magazine is publ ished in SoCal, but I don't know how far it goes to the east, so
I'm going to assume that you can use this here in and around LA.), you can find out some interesting infonnation about your neighbors . If
they're interesting to begin with.
First of all, let's blow the myth of hack ing into the mobile computer system. Let's do this by examining the system itself. Firstly, the largest
part of the system, and that's the mobile computers in the cars themselves . For a long time, the City has had a contract with everybody's
favorite Motorola. Now, through this article , you may seem to notice that I don't go easy on the big M. That's just a personal decision ,
made through several years of dealing with them and the idiots in their company . They, even though they don't know it, have made life
pretty miserable for me, in more than one way, and I'm always looking at ways to screw with them. But enough of that, back to the topic .
In LAPD patrol cars, if you happen to see one, you will notice one of two types ofMDTs (Mobile Data Terminal), depending on the model
year of the car. The older Crown Victorias (89-93), the smaller type, have the really large units mounted in front of the passenger on a
large metal bar. This frequentl y wreaked havoc with a passenger if the unit was involved in an accident , and I never hope that anything bad
happens to them like that, and neither did the union, which pretty much made them change the type to the more common units that are in
the newer Caprices and Crown Vies, which get mounted on the front section of the custom center console that also holds the siren
controller, note pad holder , and in the Caprice s, the AVA (more on these later), and in the new Crown Vies, a blank space . This new one
is the most common these days, so that's the one that we'll focus on for now.
The Motorola 9 100 MDT represented a giant leap forward in MDT technolo gy. Right. It was basically j ust a repacka ging of the same unit
that has been in service around the country for twenty years . If you get the chance to look at one , you'll basically see a small screen , 80
column s by 40 lines, a full sized keyboard without numeric keypad , and a bunch of status buttons along thetop, The status buttons are for
instant transmitting of common messages like, "en route", "on scene", and so on through the red button marked "emergency." Now, for all
the money that the City spent on this fantastic system, what all is it used for? Not a hell of a lot.
When an officer , and his partner for the day if applicable, gets assigned a car for patrol or whatever, he has to log in. That's basically what
it's used for other than receiving calls to go to. To log in, he has to enter some basic information like his badge number , rover numbers
(more on this later, too), vehicle shop number, and mileage. That's it. From there, they'll use it to get basic infonn ation on calls that they
are assigned, and for the especiall y savvy ones that can actually type, they can send messages between units. But that doesn't happen all
that often .
For receiving calls, the MDT is usually secondary to the radios that they use. The only time that they are really used is if some kind of
super critical information needs to be transmitted . Unfortunately, there really is no way to decode this information without having one of
them in your possession . Now, there are ways to get these. Swap meets, for one. If you don't have a few thousand dollars to put into a new
one, this can be a great place to get one. But, without some serious inside information, it would take one of the astute readers of this
publication to be able to decode the format the information is sent around in. But the MDT is really only half of the story.
In the trunk of the patrol cars, there's a board, usually on the passenger side, bolted to the trunk, that holds the radios that actually do all of
the transmitting and receiving. Now, for an agency that has over a hundred channels on the UHF band, does it seem strange that they have
all of their data on VHF? Who knows . Now, the city, being the cheapskates that they are, are still using apparatus that was in front line
service before I was born. My last trip down to Piper Tech saw me standing in front of a pile of Motorola T-Power radios . Built to last, all
right. Ready to go into someone's car, I suppose. But I digress. Sometimes, in the new Crown Vies, they've taken to using a VHF Moto rola
GM-3oo or Maxtrac or something similar, and having it mounted in the glove box. That's right. The glove box. Why not? But, no matter
where it is mounted, this is what makes the data get from the MDT to Dispatch . For those of you that have a scanner , you can actually
listen into the data being transmitted either + + or + + or + +.
At this point, I have covered just about everything that I can about the MDT system . Not a whole lot, I know, but maybe it's enough to
have someone who can figure out how to decode the data. Also at this point, I have to put in the standard disclaimer about this being for
infonnation only (the whole purpose of this publication), and that decoding sensitive information may be against one law or another . And
as for trying to get into the system by transmitting data on these frequencies, then you get into the FCC's j urisdiction, and that's some really
serious stuff Both the City and the FCC have serious transmitter locating equipment. They are not the people to mess with . That being
said, onto the LAPD's voice radio system.
All in all, I know a hell of a lot more about the UHF radio system than the VHF data system . Like I mentioned earlier, that's where most
of the good stulThappens. Like has happened several times in the past several months (and who could forget the North Hollywood bank
robbery last February) , all of the really cool stulThappens on the voice channels. If you're watching the TV, and you see something good
happening, it's really nice having a scanner with the frequencies in it, but what does it all mean? That's what this section is for.
A couple of years ago, the LAPD contracted with Motorola to supply several thousand new portable radios for all officers , which would
comply with the FCC's requirements for the next few years. The City, in it's infinite wisdom , chose radios that had a list price of abo ut
53500 each, but by buying seven or eight thousand of them, they got the price below 52,000 . Not a bad deal for Motorola, huh? Along with
new technology comes all the problems and associate d costs. The most famous proble m was with the batteries for these radios . A rather
large article in the Daily News a couple of years ago pointed out a problem that officers in the field were having with their batteries going
dead before the end of their shifts . Th is caused such a great outcry because of the office r safety issue. Why were the radios going dead? In
order to meet one of the requirements, height, Motorola supplied the lower-capacity battery with the radio, which was only 1100 maH,
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instead of the 1800 maH one that would normally come with it. Well, this and that happened , and the so lution was to just issue more
batteries per officer. Makes sense, doesn't it? Officer s are issued a radio, and two spa~e batteries . Politics .
Well, as 1 ment ioned earlier, part of the log on procedure was to enter the rover number . The portable radios that they carry are called
rovers for one reason . "We've always done it that way." Long ago, befor e the advent of portable technology, the sing le channel radio was
mounted permanently in the patrol car. Once the technolo gy became available for a portable radio, the officer was allowed to rove around
without having to return to his car to call dispatch . That's why they call them rovers. On each of the rovers , there are a couple of engraved
items. On the front, LAPD is carved in conspicuous letters, to identify the owning agency, and on the back of the radio, there is a four digit
number that identifi es that particular unit as to which division it belongs to, and when logged in, which officer . For those of you with
scanners, you may have heard the tones that precede an officer making a comment on the radio. These tones are called MODAT tones
(Motorola propriet ary signaling format, like MDC·600 or MDC-l 00). You will recognize them, as they sometimes resemble a turkey
gobb le.
Now. for the inventi ve ones ofyou out there. I'd like to offer an invitation to write a computer program 10 be able 10 hook your scanner to
y our compute r and be able to decode those tones. Like a DTMF decoder. the program would decode. display. and log the information fo r
later use. Why would allyone want to know this information? Because it's there. Any takers? Let /IS know. I can provide a controlled
sample all tape of all the tones, if it would help.
Not that the radios are not nice. Anyone that has seen one at a swap meet, or happened to come across one that a cop has dropped (it
happens , you know ), will notice that it is a nice piece of machin ery. 255 (supposedly) channels, two line dot matri x displ ay, 450-520
MHz. bandwidth. And, most of all, the ASTRO digital protocol. Advanced Secure Tactical Radio Operations. Basicall y, they will
eventually be able to talk to each other and no one without a radio programmed to be able to receive these digitally encrypted
transmissions will not be able to eavesdrop . Really nice. For those curious, below is a diagram of the radio, and how the LAPD has their
buttons programmed .
r-- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ---, Now, for listening to the LAPD's voice transm issions , I have some
spec ial information for you here. The LAPD has basically two different
channel plans for these ASTRO radios . Firstly , the standard 180 channel
program , which is in all of the patrol officers and support sta ff radios,
and the enhanced 200 channel plan which the senior staff, lAD , and
high-leve l mucky mucks have. Well, I think I have it all here. You need
to be advised again at this point that transmittin g on these frequencies is
a really big no-no, and that there are all sorts of privacy laws that may
eve n be designed to pre vent you from even listenin g to these
frequencies . Use discretion. For all of those that have a radio capable,
you need to remember that between 450 and 470 MHz .., transmit is 5
MHz. higher, and 570 to 512 MHz. is 3 MHz. higher. But you are not
allowed to transmit without all of the proper authori zations and all that
crap . But, on to the information .
From the very beginning, the basic comm unications protocols for the
LAPD have made sense. Division I, Central , operated on frequency I. .
Up through Division 18, Southeast, which operates on frequency 18.
The only confusi ng thing is that some divisions share frequencies. This
came over the years as divisions grew, and there were no new radio
chann els available from the FCC. As a quick side note, for those of you
that don't know, there are a very finite number of radio frequencies
available , and there are lots of people that want them.
For those that are interested , here is a copy of the entire LAPD channel
plan. All 200 channels . This takes a bit of explaini ng, for the uninitiated,
it's kind of overwhelm ing. Firstly, the columns themse lves represent the
Channel Number, if you get your hands on a radio, one of the buttons on
the front if marked "CHAN", and you can either scro ll throug h them or
enter the channe l number directly from the front keypad . This helps
When an officer has to go to a channel that is not in his primary channel
selector , like Tac-4C, whic h he may have to do directly to channel 182.
The Alpha Tag is the name of the channel as it appears on the radio
When the channel is selected . The Rx Freq is the frequency in MHz., and
can be input into any capable scanner . PL is the subaudible frequency
attached to that channel, sometimes called an interference eliminator
code, and doesn't really do a whole lot for you unless your scanner is
capable of that feature. For two-way radios, the PL is often required to
" - - -- - --...1 access the repeater.Use is fairly self-evident.
Channel Alpha Tag Rx Freq PL Use
1 001 Central 506.7375 110.9 Central Division
2 002 Rampart 506.9375 110.9 Rampart Division
3 003 Southwest 506.9875 110.9 Southwest Division
4 004 Hollenbeck 507.1875 110.9 Hollenbeck Division
5 005 Harbor 506.7875 110.9 Harbor Division
6 006 Hollywood 507.2 125 110.9 Hollywood Division
7 007 Wilshire 506.9625 110.9 Wilshire Division
8 008 West L.A. 506.7625 110.9 West L.A. Division
9 009 Van Nuys 506.7125 110.9 Van Nuys Division
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10 010 West Valley 506.7125 110.9 West Valley Division
11 011 Northeast 506.9375 110.9 Northeast Division
12 012 77th Street 507.2375 110.9 77th Street Division
13 013 Newton 507.1875 110.9 Newton Divis ion
14 014 Pacific 506.9625 110.9 Pacific Division
15 015 North Hollywood 507.1625 110.9 North Hollywood Division
16 016 Foothill 507.1625 110.9 Foothill Division
17 017 Devonshire 507.8875 110.9 Devonshire Division
18 018 Southeast 506 .7875 110.9 Southeast Division
19 019 Reserved 500 .0000 110.9 Reserved
20 020 Reserved 500 .0000 110.9 Reserved
21 021 Air/K9 484.7125 110.9 Hotshots Air/K9 hailing channel
22 022 LAPD Access 484.4375 110.9 Outside agency access to LAPD
23 023 Admin Net 506 .3625 110.9 Adm inistration Net, Analog, Duplex
24 024 CTD 506.7375 110.9 Central Traffic Division
25 025 STD 506 .9875 110.9 South Traffic Division
26 026 Tac-4 Cent 506.5875 110.9 Central Primary Tactical
27 027 4-A Cent 484 .7875 110.9 Central Secondary Tactical
28 028 Tac-5 Val 507.2625 110.9 Valley Primary Tactical
29 029 5-A Val 484 .8875 110.9 Valley Secondary Tactical
30 030 Tac-6 West 506 .8125 110.9 West Primary Tactical
31 031 6-A West 484.4125 110.9 West Secondary Tactical
32 032 Tac-7 South 507.0375 110.9 South Primary Tactical
33 033 7-A South 484 .3125 110.9 South Secondary Tactical
34 034 WTD 506.7625 110.9 West Traffic Division
35 035 VTD 506.8875 110.9 Valley Traffic Division
36 036 Citywide-1 507.1125 110.9 Cityw ide tactical , analog , duplex
37 037 Citywide-2 484 .6625 110.9 Citywide tactical, analog , duplex
38 038 Citywide-3 484.7625 110.9 Citywide tactical , analog , duplex
39 039 Citywide-4 484 .4625 110.9 Cityw ide tact ical , analog , duplex
40 040 Citywide -5 484.6375 110.9 Citywide tactical , analog , duplex
41 041 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
42 042 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
43 043 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
44 044 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
45 045 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
46 046 Clemars-22 484 .2375 156.7 Simplex CLEMARS, Gold-22
47 047 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
48 048 Reserved 500.0000 csa Reserved
49 049 Archive 500.0000 csa Arch ive File Name
50 050 Emergency 507.0875 110.9 Emergency Trigger Channel
51 051 LASO 0-01 483 .9875 csa LASD Dispatch 1, Crescenta Valley
52 052 LASO 0-02 483 .3625 csa LASD Dispatch 2, West Hollywood
53 053 LASO 0-03 483 .2125 csa LASD Dispatch 3, East L.A.
54 054 LASO 0-04 483 .2625 csa LASD Dispatch 4, Century
55 055 LASO 0-05 482 .8625 csa LASD Dispatch 5, Antelope , Santa Clarita
56 056 LASO 0-06 482 .9375 csa LASD Dispatch 6, Walnut , San Dimas
57 057 LASO 0-07 484 .0375 csa LASD Dispatch 7, Lomita , Avalon
58 058 LASO 0-08 483 .6875 csa LASD Dispatch 8, Industry
59 059 LASO 0-09 484 .1625 csa LASD Dispatch 9, Carson
60 060 LASO 0 -10 482 .9125 csa LASD Dispatch 10, Lost Hills
61 061 LASO 0-11 482 .9875 csa LASD Dispatch 11, Temple
62 062 LASO 0-12 483 .4375 csa LASD Dispatch 12, Lennox , Marina Del Rey
63 063 LASO 0 -13 483 .7625 csa LASD Dispatch 13, Norwalk, Pico Rivera
64 064 LASO 0 -14 483 .1375 csa LASD Dispatch 14, Lakewood
65 065 LASO L-Tac 1 483 .9125 csa LASD L-Tac 1, Lost Hills, West Hollywood
66 066 LASO L-Tac 2 482 .8875 csa LASD L-Tac 2, Lennox , Lomita, Avalon , Marina
67 067 LASO L-Tac 3 483 .3875 csa LASD L-Tac 3, Lakewood
68 068 LASO L-Tac 4 483 .9625 csa LASD L-Tac 4, Industry
69 069 LASO L-Tac 5 483.4625 csa LASD L-Tac 5, Carson
70 070 LASO L-Tac 6 483 .4875 csa LASD L-Tac 6, East L.A.
71 071 LASO L-Tac 7 483.2375 csa LASD L-Tac 7, Walnut, San Dimas, Temple
72 072 LASO L-Tac 8 483 .1125 csa LASD L-Tac 8, CV, Sta Clarita , Antelope Valley
73 073 LASO L-Tac 9 483.8625 csa LASD L-Tac 9, Century
74 074 LASO L-Tac 10 484.0125 csa LASD L-Tac 10, Norwalk , Pico Rivera
75 075 LASO A-Tac 1 483 .0875 csa LASD A-Tac 1, North County
76 076 LASO A-Tac 2 483 .1625 csa LASD A-Tac 2, West Valley
77 077 LASO A-Tac 3 483.0125 csa LASD A-Tac 3, East Valley
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78 078 LASO A-Tac 4 484.1125 csa LASD A-Tac 4, South Valley
79 079 LASO C-Tac 1 482.8125 csa LASD C-Tac 1, Countywide
80 080 LASO C-Tac 2 482 .8375 csa LASD C-Tac 2, Countywide
81 081 LASO C-Tac 3 483.0625 csa LASD C-Tac 3, Countywide
82 082 FES Red-1 484 .5375 110.9 FES Red-1 , Narco Field Enforcement
83 083 FES Blue-1 484 .6875 110.9 FES Blue-1, Narco Field Enforcement
84 084 FES Green-1 484.6125 110.9 FES Green-1, Narco Field Enforcement
85 085 SRC Access 483.5625 csa SRC Access, Access to SRCI No GE-Star
86 086 MIA 1 483.5875 csa Mutual Aid, Assigned by SRC
87 087 MIA 2 484.0875 csa Mutual Aid, Assigned by SRC
88 088 MIA 3 483.7875 csa Mutual Aid, Assigned by SRC
89 089 MIA 4 484.1375 csa Mutual Aid, Assigned by SRC
90 090 MIA 5 484 .0625 csa Mutual Aid, Assigned by SRC
91 091 Alhambra -1 471.1375 127.3 Alhambra Dispatch
92 092 Alhambra-2 471.0125 127.3 Alhambra Tactical
93 093 ~rcad ia 507.0625 110.9 Arcadia Primary
94 094 BaldPark 506.1750 131.8 Baldwin Park Primary
95 095 BellGarden 453 .9250 127.3 Bell Gardens Primary
96 096 BevHilis 1 453.5250 131.8 Beverly Hills Dispatch
97 097 BevHilis 3 453 .6500 131.8 Beverly Hills Tactical
98 098 Burbank 1 470 .2375 141.3 Burbank Dispatch
99 099 Burbank 3 470 .1625 118.8 Burbank Tactical
100 100 Claremont 506.1500 131.8 Claremont Dispatch
101 101 CulvCity 1 482.2625 141.3 Culver City Dispatch
102 102 CulvC ity 2 482.4625 141.3 Culver City Tactical
103 EI Monte 470.7125 127.3 EI Monte Primary
103
104 EI Segundo 470.6375 203.5 EI Segundo Primary
104
105 Gardena 470.8125 203.5 Gardena Dispatch
105
106 Glendale 1 482.2875 107.2 Glendale Dispatch
106
107 Glendale 2 482.1875 156.7 Glendale Tac-1
107
108 Glendale 3 482 .0875 151.4 Glendale Tac-2
108
109 Hawthorne 470.3875 203.5 Hawthorne Primanry
109
110 Hermosa 470.1875 203.5 Hermosa Beach Primary
110
111 Inglewood 460.1500 192.8 Inglewood Dispatch
111 460.1250
112 LongBeach1 141.3 Long Beach Central Dispatch
112 460.4500
113 LongBeach4 141.3 Long Beach Tactical
113 470 .6375 203.5
114 Manhattan Manhattan Beach Primary
114 115 Montebello 1 482.2125 131.8 Montebello Dispatch
115 116 Montebello 2 482.3125 146.2 Montebello Tactical
116 117 Pasadena 1 482.3375 118.8 Pasadena Dispatch
117 118 Pasadena 2 482.4375 94.8 Pasadena Tactical 1
118 119 Pasadena 3 482.5375 151.4 Pasadena Tactical 2
119 120 Redondo 1 460 .0750 203.5 Redondo Dispatch
120 121 Redondo 2 461 .7450 203.5 Redondo Tactical
121 122 SanFernan 1 460 .3500 131.8 San Fernando Dispatch
122 123 SanFern an 2 460 .2250 131.8 San Fernando Tactical 1
123 124 SanFern~n3 460.1250 131.8 San Fernando Tactical 2
124 125 SanGabnel 460.1750 ??? San Gabriel Primary
125 126 SantaMon 1 471.0625 110.9 Santa Monica Dispatch
126 127 SantaMon 2 471.0875 110.9 Santa Monica Tactical 1
127 128 santaMon 3 471.0125 110.9 Santa Monica Tactical 2
128 129 South Bay 4 471.1125 110.9 South Bay Public Safety Organization
129 , 130 South Bay 5 471.3125 ??? South Bay Public Safety Organization
130 131 southPasa 470.9875 97.4 South Pasadena Primary
13i 132 Torrance 1 506.1625 123.0 Torrance Primary
132
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133 133 Torrance 2 506.2125 146.2 Torrance Tactical
134 134 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
135 135 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
136 136 Torrance 5 506.5000 192.8 Torrance Tact ical
137 137 WestCovina 506.3375 103.5 West Covina Primary
138 138 Whittier 470.3375 ??? Whittier Primary
139 139 USC Campus 464 .3750 192.8 USC Campus PO
140 140 USCMC Hosp 464 .3750 173.8 USC Medical Center Security
141 141 CHP-D 460.3750 127.3 CHP Central Calling Channel
142 142 MTA PO 453.6250 136.5 MTAPD
143 143 Blue Line 453.4750 136.5 MTA Blue Line
144 144 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
145 145 Housing Auth 484.9875 173.8 LA Housing Authority Dispatch
146 146 School PO 457 .5250 CSQ LAUSD School PO
147 147 DOA-LAX-D 460.5250 118.8 LAX PO Dispatch
148 148 DOA-LAX- T 453 .3750 118.8 LAX PO Tact ical
149 149 DOA-V NYS-D 460 .5250 156.7 Van Nuys Airport PO Dispatch
150 150 DOA-VNYS-T 453 .3750 156.7 Van Nuys Airport PO Tactical
151 151 DHD/RHD 484 .7375 ?? Reserved
152 152 BAD/DFD 484 .2625 ?? Reserved SHOUT-OUTS:
153 153 DSD-1 506.6125 ?? Reserved
154 DSD-2 506.6875 ??
154
155 AVO 484.4875 ??
Reserved
Reserved
JAZZLIC/(S
155
156 156 ATD 506.4375 ?? Reserved S/(YWISE
157 157 lAD 506.4625 ?? Reserved
158 158 Juvenile 506.8625 ?? Reserved BILL HAYES
159 1590CID 484.5125 ?? Reserved GROUfl42
160 160 Staff/CMD 506.5375 ?? Reserved
161 161 Narco-1 484 .5375 ?? Reserved JIMAMA
162 Narco-2 474 .6875 ?? Reserved
162
163 Narco-3 484.6125 ?? Reserved
FROGGIE
163
164 164 NG-Metro 453 .8750 ?? Reserved TSUWA
165 165 NG-Valley 453 .8750 ?? Reserved
166 166 NG-Harbor 453.8750 ?? Reserved DIAZANM
167 NG-Ontario 453 .8750 ?? Reserved
167
168 NG-West LA 453.8750 ?? Reserved
JERRYSNM
168
169 169 NG-LAX 453 .8750 ?? Reserved DOCTOR JONES
170 Metro-1 453 .8750 ?? Reserved
170
171 171 Metro-2 484 .5125 ?? Reserved KRISTI
484 .5125 ??
172 172 Net-1 M
173 Net-1 V 484.5125 ??
Reserved
Reserved
CLAUDIA
173
174 174 Net-1 H 484.5125 ?? Reserved GERMAN
175 Net-2 M 484.4875 ?? Reserved
175
176 Net-2 V 484.4875 ?? Reserved MANDRAKE
176
177
177 Net-2 S 484.4 875 ??
500.0000 CSQ
Reserved THE NOMAD
178 Reserved Reserved
178 ROBYN
179 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
179
180 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
180
181 4-B Cent 484.8375 110.9 Central Bureau Tertiary Tactical
181
182 4-C Cent 484.8625 110.9 Central Bureau Quaternary Tactical
182
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183 1834-0 Cent 484.8125 110.9 Central Bureau Quintenary Tactical
184 184 5-B Val 484 .9375 110.9 Valley Bureau Tertiary Tactical
185 185 5-C Val 484 .9625 110.9 Valley Bureau Quaternary Tact ical
186 1865-0 Val 484 .9125 110.9 Valley Bureau Quintenary Tactica l
187 187 6-B West 484 .3875 110.9 West Bureau Tert iary Tact ical
188 188 6-C West 484 .3625 110.9 West Bureau Quaternary Tact ical
189 189 7-B South 484.2875 110.9 South Bureau Tert iary Tact ical
190 190 7-C South 484.3375 110.9 South Bureau Quaternary Tactical
191 191 Sys Test 507 .0125 110.9 System Test ing Channel
192 192 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
193 193 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
194 194 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserv ed
195 195 Reserved 500 .0000 CSQ Reserv ed
196 196 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
197 197 Reserved 500.00 cio CSQ Reserved
198 198 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserved
199 199 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserv ed
200 200 Reserved 500.0000 CSQ Reserv ed
Now, having gon e throu gh that carefully, you may have noticed a coup le of things . Firstly, on channels lSI = 177, [ don't know the PL or
Subaudible tone . These are the ext ra chan nels tha t are not in the regular channel plan . I don't have a PL decoder. nor the time to figure it
all out. [f som eon e has the information, [welcome their input.
Secondl y, what's wit h all those damn "reserved" channels. Well , the radios are set up like this so that they can be reprogrammed without a
hell o f a lot o f trou ble later on , if the LA PO gets new frequencies from the FCC , or an allied agency wants to give them permission to talk,
or if they eat a sma ller agency , the information can be put in the radio witho ut having to rewrite the whole channel plan. But they still have
to reprogram the m all.
Thir dly, there' s a bunch o f other po lice depart ments in the channel plans. Can the LAPD talk to them all? No . For adjacent cities, like
Beverly Hills, B urbank , Gle nda le, South Pasadena, Torrance, and those, yes . They have letters of concurrence saying that the LA PO can
talk to their office rs directly. Others, if they press the button to talk, the radio lets them know loud and clear that they are not allowed to
tra nsm it. Perh aps the biggest exam ple of this is the LA Coun ty Sheriff. LAP D can't talk to them. Any interagency operations have to be
coor dinated via the respective dispatch centers.
Fourth, you ha ve some tactical channel s aro und the 20s and 30s, and the rest are in the I 80s . Why? That's the way they've always done it.
Besides, it doesn't make a differe nce to the officer in the field. One feature of Motorola's ASTRO radio is the abi lity to assign channels to
part icu lar locations on the channel knob , regardless of whe re they are in the channel line up. For example, a rrofficer may have position
I on his channel kno b be channel 12, which is his base frequenc y. Position I in a Devonshire radio will be channel 17. Whatever the
part icul ar area uses most w ill be in the channel knob . Except , all have position 16 as channel 50.
Fift h. Made you loo k. What's channel 50? Emergency (one of the cool est TV shows of all time , [ know you all agree with me) More than
that, there's a special button on the radio, go back and look at the diagram again . That's right that little black button there , not very
co nspicuous, but whe n it's pressed, it ca n make the whole department stop . Now, this is one thing that is definit ely not to be screwed with .
Again, those of you with scanners, listen to this some Friday night. Any time this button is pressed , the radio automatically sends a distress
signal in the form o f the MODAT ID to channe l 50, and if there's no response from the officer when he's called , help will be sen t to the last
locat ion he reponed in from. Wh ich is why they have to call dispatch every time they make a move . Again , this is not a channel to screw
around on . This impacts peopl e's lives .
Another item that I. mention ed earlier was the AVA, or the Astro Ve hicular Adapter. Briefly , this item acts as a combination RF
ampl ifierlbattery charger. In the gran d scheme of things, these do the LAPD a lot of good . As mentio ned ea rlier, every office r is assig ned
one or two rad ios at the beginni ng of his shift . One of them goes in the holster on his belt , and the other one goes in the AVA. The
advant age of this item is that the officers get the power ofa mobile radio (25 or 40 watts), in a package that can be removed fairly easi ly.
The powers that be in the LAPD deci ded that it wou ld be eas ier to lose a $300 AVA than a $2,000 radio in the event of theft. Additionally,
it gives them the ability to very quickl y swap out a bad radio . [f it's not the AV A that's bad , of course .
Well , now you have all this info rmation , and you have it in your scanner, and you are happily listen ing away , and you wonder, "what the
hell are they talking abo ut?" Well it's true, they see m to have a language of their own . You can go down to the loca l Radio Shack and buy
one of those scanner boo ks, and that wi ll tell you what the standard for codes are around the country, but again , the LAPD is just a little
bit different, "because we've always done it that way ."
What follows is a copy of a document that a friend se nt to me, after a lot of research . It may not be complete, and you, in your listening
to these guys , may come up with someth ing that's not on here, write . Let us know . Keep the information flowing .
Los Angeles PO Rad io Signal Codes
For example: 16A22
The Unit Number consists of three pan s, where the /irst pan is the division number, the second pan is the type of unit, and the third pan
is the master beat or specia l unit number. Therefo re, the above unit is a 16TH division (Foot hill) 2 man patrol veh icle assigned to master
beat 22.
DlV[SION NUMBER (Wh ich coinci des with the radio channel number for the ir base frequency)
I CENT RAL
2 RAMPART
3 SOUTHWEST
4 HOLLENBECK
5 HARBOR
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6 HOLLYWOOD
7
8
WILSHIRE
WEST LOS ANGELES
MORE
9
10
VANNUYS
WEST VALLEY
SHOUT-OUTS:
II NORTHEAST
12
13
77TH STREET
NEWTON STREET
CYBER 'UNK!
14 PACIFIC GOTHIC MOOSE
15 NORTH HOLLYWOOD
16 FOOTHILL BEX
17 DEVONSHIRE
18 SOUTHEAST BLOSSOM
24 CENTRAL TRAFFIC
25 SOUTH TRAFFIC CHIQUITA
34 WEST TRAFFIC
35 VALLEY TRAFFIC '-WEE
MERCEDES
TYPE OF UNIT
A TWO MAN PATROL VEHICLE
ROBO
B
C
TWO MAN PATROL VAN
PARKING ENFORCEMENT
NEMO
CL
CRASH
BICYCLE PATROL
COMMUNITY RESOURCES AGAINST STREET HOODLUMS
ZEPHYR
(Anti-Gang)
DV DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CHERI
E
F
TRAFFIC ENFORCMENT
FELONY ENFORCEMENT
1'ETRA
FB
H
UNIFORMED FOOT PATROL (FOOT BEAT)
DIVISIONAL HOMICIDE
DONBLAS
lBARS FIELD BOOKING DEWAINE
J JUVENILE INVESTIGATOR
JW JUVENILE INVESTIGATOR (FEMALE) CHARLES
L ONE MAN PATROL VEHICLE
M MOTORCYCLE UNIT LUNA
MQ SPECIAL MOTORCYLE UNIT
MX DUI PATROL UNIT FACTUATOR
OP OBSERVATION POST
P SPECIAL DETAIUEVENTS SUPERVISOR SEARCHER
Q SPECIAL DET AIUEVENTS UNIT
S Anybody with Code Sam information. let us know . LANCE
T
TL
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATOR
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATOR SUPERVISOR
BEETLEJUICE
U
UC
REPORT TAKING UNIT
UCLA POLICE
LEADFOOT
V
VS
DIVISIONAL VICE INVESTIGATOR
VISITOR SERVICES
ELLEN
W
X
DIVISONAL DETECTIVES
EXTRA PATROL UNIT
HAWKEYE
Z SPECIAL PATROL UNIT (RESERVES) MOTORMOUTH
THE LAST POSITION INDICATES THE MASTER BEAT OR SPECIAL UNIT
NUMBER (SOME UNITS THAT HAVE THE LAST DIGIT OF 0 ARE SPECIAL UNITS)
MOUSE
I0 WATCH COMMANDER JESTER
20-70 FIELD SUPERVISOR
80 COMMUNITY RELATIONS ZILLAH
90 STATION DESK
BUBBLES
CITYWIDE UNITS
SUPPORT SERVICES ("DAVID" UNITS) : BEATRICE
ID FIELD SUPPORT SERVICES
2D AIRCRAFT SUPPORT SERVICES KEE1'ER
3D TACTICAL PLANNING
HY1'NOTIST
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ("HENRY" UNITS):
IH DETENTIONS/JAIL PHOENIX
2H SCIENTIFIC INYESTIGATIONS
2H2 BOMB SQUAD KATE
2H90
2H90 B
CRIME LAB
PHOTO LAB
LILSNEEZER
2H9OC
3H
LATENT PRINTS
ADVANCE PALNNING
WONDERMUFFIN
4H
5H
MOTOR TRANSPORTATION
PERSONNEL
DUTCH
6H
8H
MANAGEMENT SERVICES
FISCAL SERV ICES
EVIL DICK
9H
10H
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
NECCROS
12H RECORDS & IDENTIFICATION ULYSSES 4-11
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I3H SUPPLIES
14H TRAINING ALUREIJUNGLE CAT
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES ("KING " UNITS) : DEVLIN
IK INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS
2K BURGARY/AUTO THEFTS MEGA BUCK
3K BUNCO/FORGERY
4K ROBBERYIHOMOCIDE SLYPH
SK DETECTIVE SUPPORT SECTION
SK90 SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SECTION
DESTINY
SK90C
SK90G
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY SECTION
GANG SECTION
IRON EAGLE
SK90F FUGITIVE SECTION
KORIC
MET ROPOLITAN (METRO) DIVISION ("ROBERT" UNITS) :
R plus Unit Number plus :
THE SAVAGE
A
B
ADMINISTRATIVE PLATOON
VALLEY PLATOON
ZIPPY MARSDEIL
C
D
METRO AREA PLATOON
SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS (SWAT) TEAM
MR. MOONLIGHT
E EQUESTRIAN UNIT THAUMATURGE
G MET RO ANTI-GANG TASK FORCE ?
VIXEN
SPEC IAL SE RVICES ("Y" UNITS)
2Y INTERNAL AFFAIRS MATRIX
4Y O RGANIZED CR IME INTELLIGENCE
SY ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT BETTY
6Y VICE ADMINISTRATION
7Y NARCOTICS - TASK FORCE AND SPECIAL UNITS HARRY TRAVER
8Y NARCOTICS - FIELD ENFORCEMENT
9Y NARCOTICS - MAJOR and MID-LEVEL ENFORCEMENT FIEVEL
RADIO CODES ITSMT
Code I
Code 2
Acknowledge CalVRespond Over Radio
Routine Call , No Lights or Siren
BIG DOG
Code 2-HIGH Priority Call , No Lights or Siren
Code 3 Emergency Call, Lights and Siren
SMEG
Code 4
Code 5
No Further Assistance Needed
Stakeout - Stay Away
SQUIRE
Code 6
Code 6A
Out of Car on Investigation
Out of Car on Investigation. Requires Assistance
SWAMPY
Code 6C
Code 6G
Out of Car on Investigation, Suspect is Wanted
Out of Car on Investigation, Gang Activity
BLINKY
Code 7 Meal Break CAMARO
Code 8 Fire Alarm
Code 8A Working Fire BLONDE
Code 10 Request to Clear Frequency for Crime Broadcast
Code 12 False Alann DR. 0
Code 20 Notify Media
IPhotographsll
DEAD OR ALIVE
If you have a photo of a payphone, local telephone compan y vehicle or building, local cable
company vehicle or building , interior of a telecomm . or other utility building, inside a manhole ,
inside a utility box or some other interesting item, please send them to us along with a short
"memo" explaining what it is that we're looking atl
If you send a photo that we end up using in our magaz ine, we 'll mention your name along with the
photo.
Sen~ to
BlacldistNI 411 Photo Gall ry
:
P Box 2506, Cypress, CA 906~O
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Code 30 Burglar Alarm (Code 30 Ringer or Code 30 Sile nt)
Code 37 Vehicle is Reported Stolen SCOTTY
Code 77 Cau tion, Possible Ambush
Code 99 Eme rgency BOBEEVE
Code 100 In Position to Intercept (Not Smokey and the Bandit's meaning!)
GLlmRFAIRY
CO MMONLY USE D PENAL CODES USED CALIFO RNIA STAN DARD 10-CODES
AS RADI O CODE S 10-10 Out of Service OBJECTIVIST
10-11 Ta lk Slo wer
148
187
Resisting Arrest
Homi cide \0-12 Visitors Present SPRIN/(LE GENIE
207
21 I
Kidnappi ng
Armed Robb ery
10-14
10-15
Escort
Enroute With Prisoner
/(OOL THING
21 1 SILENT Silent Hold up Alann
240 Assault
10-16
10-17
Pick Up Prisoner
Pick Up Document
/(LUTCH
242 Battery 10-23 Stand -By
245 Assaul t With Deadly Weapon 10-24 Trouble at Station
246 Shooting in Dwelling 10-27 Check Driver's License
26 1 Rape 10-34 Resume Nonnal Broadcast
288 Lewd Conduct 10-35 Confidential Information
31 1 Indecent Exposure 10-36 Co rrect Time
374 Illega l Dumping 10-37 Name of Operator
390 Intoxicated Person 10-39 Message Delivered
4 15 Disturbance 10-86 Traffic Check
417 Person With a Gun 10-97 Arrivi ng On Scene
45 1 Arso n 10-98 Assignment Co mplete
459 Burglary 10-99 Emergency
470 Forgery
480 Hit and Run
484 Theft
487 Grand Theft
488 Petty Theft
502 Driving Under the Influence
OTHER TERMINOLOGY
AC Aircraft Crash
BT Bomb Threat
PR Person Reporting (Complainant)
RD Reporting District (Division plus Maste r Beat)
TC Traffic Collision
The last topic that I'm going to cover here is the division numbers and RD numbers and so on. It would be easy to send a whole stack of
papers to Blacklis ted!4 11 and have them publish them all, but wha t good would it do? If you live in the City, you should know what
divisio n you're in. If not, the next time you see a patro l car, look on the trunk. The two really big numbers there will tell you . 0 1 for Ce ntral
through 35 for the Valley Traffic Division . Also, quick ly, the num ber on the right rear lip of the trunk is the City'S sho p number, by way
of which they trac k maintenance, fuel, accidents, etc ., on the roo f are the last three digits of the shop number , and on the front doors, under
the City seal, in go ld numbers is the shop numbe r again. If you have to complain about one of them and the way they drive, this is the most
important numbe r.
Anyway, with all the infonnation here, could you theoretically get into the system and find out stuff about you r friends? Well,
theoretically, yes, and is it a bad idea? Well, yes to that, too. If a person had the right amount of chutspah, and the right equipme nt, they
could make a query of the NCIC computer, or even have the dispatch center do it for them. But I suppose more important ly, some of this
information was not supposed to make it's way into the public domain, even though it is publ ic infonna tion. They are o ur Police
Department, and in a way, it's up to us to keep an eye (or ear) on them to make sure they're doing the right thing. For the last time, I will
remind all of you of the Telecom munications Act of 1996, and it's releva nce to privacy, eaves dropping, and the use of confide ntial
infonna tion. Use the infonn ation wise ly, and don't screw with them too much .
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II
We like to call it the "electronics goldmine" simply
because it has just about any small part we're on
the hunt for.
Located in Gardena Califomia, Electronics and
Computers Surplus City (ECSC) is overflowing
with all sorts of good stuff the hacker or electronic
enthusiast would be interested in.
We take trips to ESCS often and we're always
finding neato stuff to take back to the office and
dissect. If we're looking for ANY kind of
computer or electronic parts, this place is the first
place we hit up. We can't even begin to tell you
the massive amount of pure gold this place has
within it's boundaries .
For instance, old RAM - they have piles and
piles... heaps of piles of old RAM cards fully
populated with 4164's or 41256's, etc....They've got pallets stacked full of old PC's. They have 8ft tall mounds of electronic
noodles. If you're into high-tech-top-of-the -line doodads and don't have any use for the older stuff, you STILL need to visit this
place. They have rack mount cabinets, old computers , laser tubes, pay phones, every electronic component you can think of
(NOS - New Old Stock - Basically , new parts that were never used) , capacitors , resistors , switches, knobs, wire, telecom
related stuff, modems, old test gear, network gear, etc, etc, etc.
ECSC maintains a web site at http://www.eio.com/
You'll find only a very small fraction of the latest deals on the website, but it will give you an idea of what they have. The web
site contains an extensive resource list of links, including other businesses who are similar to ECSC , magazines, web sites
with electronic related material and specific areas of the electronics industry: lasers, solar power, etc.
"EIO is a versatile electron ics surplus source associating information with the distribution of electronics, computer and optical
materials. We have implemented interactive via e-mail , technical forums on Liquid Crystal Displays , Charge Couple Devices ,
Stepper Motors , Lasers , Laser Light Shows , Microcontrollers, Holography, Fiber Optics, Electro -Optics and ECSC Products
with many more forums to come. We boldly supply links to competitors, revealing alternate and additional sources of surplus
electronics , along with providing a rich listing of information on events (trade shows , swap meets , conferences , etc.) and
resources such as web sites , magazines , newsgroups, and informat ion of interest to the technologically inclined . "
We took some pictures during this last trip and we've hand picked a few of them to show to the world.
When you first walk up to the front
gate of ECSC, this is what you're
going to see. (picture to left) Don't
be afraid. Enter, my son. Enter.
Walk straight through the mess
and start digging. You'll be sure to
find something right away. When
you find something you're
interested in, look for someone
near the desk area in the first large
opening in the building. This will
be on your left as you walk straight down the pathway in front of you. You can't miss it. If you're not sure, look for the large
foil covered object hanging from the ceiling (picture above and on right). If you see it, you're in the right place if you want to
ask someone a question or for a price quote. Sometimes you'll have to do a little wheeling and dealing before you come to an
agreement on price, but ECSC has always been excellent with giving decent deals.
While you're outside, pilfering
through countless boxes full of
good stuff, you might see
something like either of these two
pictures (pictures to the left and to
the right) On the left, please notice
the tub full of handheld electronic
dictionaries . On the right, please
notice the tubs full of RAM cards
fully populated with older (and
sometimes referred to as
"obsolete") RAM chips . We still
happen to have plenty of uses for this older RAM and so should YOU if you're a real hacker. Any of you real hackers out there
will find ECSC to be a wonderful and fruitful source of hardware . By the way, the reason I keep using "real hacker" is the result
of a recent discussion I had with a rather large group of people concerning the topic of what a REAL HACKER really is. I
suppose I have admit that I consider a real hacker to come from the same sort of roots as I and many other hackers have: a
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very strong electronics background in both theory, application and destruction/modification/repair also known as HACKING
a.k.a. "hardware hacker".. Anyhow, on with the tour.
t While you're still looking around outside, you might
happen upon one of the many rack cabinets. (picture
on left) Yep, there's one of them! There are a lot of
others in different colors, sizes, shapes, etc. Take
your pick.
When you get inside the huge warehouse, you're
going to see quite a few isles that look just like this
one . (picture on right) Take your time and look
through each and every box, if you can . Things are
not organized too well, so taking your time to look will
prove to be worth the effort when you do finally find
that one thing you thought you'd never be able to find.
In fact, you might want to plan to set aside a whole day
to spend at this place for the first time, so you can
completely familiarize yourself with the layout and the
contents . If you like what you see, try to visit once a
month as a lot of equipment comes and goes - you will
notice this mostly with the stuff outside of the
wharehouse rather than inside. We notice huge changes in available merchandise between trips to ECSC. I can't remember
a time when we walked out of there without purchasing something, no matter how small (or big) the item happened to be. Are
you in need of an old printer to use with the computer in the garage? Perhaps you want to gut one of them to see what kind of
cool stuff you can dig out of one. Either way, ECSC has always got a nice big selection of old printers on hand...so, again,
take your time and dig dig dig.
(take a look at the picture to the
left) Here's an example of a pallet
full of printers. Yay. Next! We
found an old Apple computer
sitting on top of a box way, way out
in the back area and here 's a
picture of it (picture to the right) ..
why not show it, huh? We still like
these old computers ....right?
yeah, that's what we thought.
Here's the last picture we're going to show. (please see picture below) We saw this thing sitting on top of some other stuff and
figured we snap a shot of it for the hell of it. It looks like a computer. What kind of computer? I don't know, but it looks cool.
So, if you're in the mood to relive the 70's and 80's when being an electronics hobbyist was the popular thing, hit ECSC up and
take a peek at what they have to offer. If you're in need of an old part, visit this place If you're interested in getting started in
hacking, electronics, lasers , computers or salvaging, visit this place .
If you've been out of the hacking (hardware hacking or otherwise) circles for
some time now and ECSC can't get you in the hacking mood once again, I don't
think anything can do it for ya . Do you have a pulse? Once a hacker , always a
hacker!
If you do happen to visit ECSC, please tell them that you saw the review in
Blacklisted! 411 Magazine. Perhaps they will give ya a better deal. ..or perhaps
not. But, it's worth a shot, eh?
Electronics & Computers Surplus City
1490 W. Artesia Blvd.
Gardena, CA 90248
Voice (310)217-8021
Fax (310)217-0950
BBS (310)217-1922
URL http://www.eio.com/
They're open Monday through Saturday 10AM-5PM (if you get in before 5pm, you can probably stay longer (sometimes more
near 7PM) Anyhow , GO TO ECSC if you're close enough to do so and happy hacking , everyone!
Do you want to see aproduct REVIEWED?
Tell us what the product is, what it's supposed to do, where it can be found and how
much it costs. We'll see about having it reviewed in a future issue.
Blacklisted1411 Magazine Reviews
P. O. Box 2506, Cypress, CA 90630
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Don's Boss Page - www.donsbosspage.com
So you enjoy surfing the net with your employer's T3 connection, but you're really supposed to be entering
the latest sales figures? Jump here! When you first load this page, all you will see is an Excel-type
spreadsheet, and if you look at your Windows taskbar it will even be listed as Spreadshee_2.doc . If you
scroll down, you will find some invaluable information and utilities on how to surf at work without your boss
catching on. Go here and get your own Personal Protector to guard you while you surf to the other cool
sites in this list!
The Dialect Translator - www.shortbus .neVdialect.html
So you wonder what Chaucer would sound like if a Swedish chef wrote it? Or how would your book report
sound if a cow wrote it? Do you want to make sure you sound like a dOOd the next time you write to
Blacklisted!? This is the site for you! This is one of the most straightforward sites I've seen - just type in
anything you want translated, choose the dialect you want (from Buckwheat to Valley Girl), click the button
and out pops your translated phrase! Use-a thees seete-a, und geefe-a yuoor next Ingleesh peper thet ixtra
peezezz !
The Break Room for Public Safety Communications Personnel - www.geocities .com/-gryeyes
What do 911 operators do in their spar tim ? Surf the web, and create spectacular web pages of course!
Brought to you by GryEyes911, this site has a huge collection of links to law enforcement and emergency
services sites, as well as invaluable pictures and explanations of the inner workings of the E911 system .
Also included are links to Midi music archiv s, emergency .wav files, magical and mythical sites , and fun
time wasters. There is so much stuff h r and so much work has gone into this site, it just may explain all
those stories of people being put on hold when calling 911!
Pants First, THEN Shoes!!! - www.geocities.comiSouthBea ch/Marina/7632
This page is so wild it's hard to describe! Sponsored by the Smelly Chicken Wedgie Picker's Association
(told you it was strange!), PFTS is an odd collection of writings by extremely bored people. Ah, but what
writings they are - you are guaranteed to laugh your head off! Thrill to the chilling tale of Hector the Banana,
Learn 101 NEW uses for a condom (Besides the obvious), Cheer on your fruit in The *Great Canadian
Grape Race, and learn some new Psycho Pickup Lines. But perhaps the most hilarious and time-
consuming work is The Dictionary - I guarantee you will not find anything more bizarre!
PSX Energizer - www.phillynet.com/- mike/psxlindex.html
So you're bored with your Playstation? You wish you could play all those kewl Japanese-only games, or be
able to play "backups" you've made? This is the place you need to be then! For only 35 bux, you can get
a mod chip (guaranteed to work) and directions to defeat the "country code" limitation built into your
Playstation. But of course, you didn't hear it from us ...
If YOU know of a site I should see, feel free to send it to Ender Wiggin, care of Blacklisted! 411.
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•Articles - June 1st, 1998
I We have a new supply of Volume 2, Issues 11
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Artwork - May 20th, 1998 soon . We need YOUR VOTE : Should bel
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News and Updates!
Brazilian "Software Law " Signed to Curb Piracy
Presiden t Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil signed two bills into law in February makin g co mputer software piracy a tax fraud crime .
This allows offe nders to be j ailed for up to four years and fined up to 3000 times the value of each illegal copy made. This makes Brazil
the only Latin American country to have such a law and the only one in the world to relate piracy to tax fraud.
Also signed into law is a bill concerning authorship rights for movi es and music. This law brings Brazi l up to the intern ational standards
of copyright laws and is expected to help elim inate the piracy of music and videos .
In Brazil, nearly 70 percent of all computer software is an illegal copy . This has led to an epidemic of co mpute r viruses in the country. The
illegal software is used by many sectors includin g private indu stry. Even some retail com puters and sold with illegal software
pre-insta lled.
More than 95 percen t of music tapes sold in Brazil are also illega l copies. The music industry has bee n pressuring Brazilian officials for
laws simi lar to these because Brazil repre sents the sixth largest music market in the wor ld. This costs the music industry millions of dollars
each year in lost royalties.
The new laws will make Brazil more attract ive to foreign co mpanies by forcing exi ting Brazilian com panies to create a clean image of
thems elves by making sure that all their comput ers are clean o f illegal softw are. This could lead to Brazil becom ing the dev elopm ent
center for Latin Ameri ca on comput er programs.
FBI Raid Catches Teen Accused of Hacking
Pentagon
23 FBI agents arrived unann ounced to the police station in Cloverdale, California, a town of55oo .abo ut 75 miles north of San Francis co.
The y asked for space to set up a local headqu arters. The age nts then carried out a raid on the home of what was only identi fied as a 15 or
16 year old teen . Computer equipment, so ftware and printers were confi cared. A second raid resulted in a similar scene. The teens were
not arrested as they are only minors. One of the raids apparent ly caught one of the boys in the act of hacking into a non -classified Pentagon
computer.
The raids were prompt ed by an ongoing investigation into a series of huckin gs into government com puters . The systems do not contain any
classified information, mainly personn el and payro ll records. It is suspected that the infiltrations were sim ply an act trespassin g as opposed
to an attempt to steal data or dam age the systems.
Pentagon official s state that at least II military com puter sys tems were broken into, even Air Force and four Navy. The sites included
Andrew s AFB , Maryland ; Columbu s AFB, Mississippi; Lackland and Kelly Air Force Bases in Texas; Kirtland AFB, New Mexic o;
Gunt er Annex , Alabama; Port Huen eme Air National Guard Station, alifornia ; I'earill arbor, Hawaii; the US Naval Academ y, Annap ol is,
Maryland ; and Okinaw a, Japan .
The 'attack s' were detected by Netdex Internet Servi ces, apparently the internet provider used by the perpetrators. There was a clear trail
available linked to the federal and military syst ems. The hack ers were tracked attempt ing to misgu ide authorities by j umping from system
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Our artist at the moment is a very busy person and has not been able to produce much new
artwork over the last year. Have you noticed? Anyhow, we have heard from many people
showing some interest in helping out in the art dept., so this Is your chance....don't delay - just
send us what you have. We prefer artwork on PAPER, but will accept in high resolution (if at all
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to system . They used such places as the Universi ty of California at Berkeley, the Massachusells Institute of Tech nology, and other military
sites , as well as sites in Mexico . Officials at netdex say one of the most interesting aspects is that the hacks used sophis tica ted tech niques
yet several errors on ly an amateur wou ld make.
Other stude nts of Cloverdale high School are being questio ned as it is suspecte d that it may have been a ring of hackers engaged in a
co ntest to see who could get the farthest into a gove rnment computer system . Although the intrusions have the appearance of just being a
game, it's said to be a serious wa ke-up call to the vul nerabi lity of comp uters in both the govern me nt and co rpora te sec tors .
At the same time as this raid US Attorney General Janet Reno anno unced plans for the National Infrastructure Protection Center (N IPC).
The NI PC is an offs hoo t of the FB I's Comp uter Investigation and Infrastructure Threat Assess ment Cente r (say that five times fast). The
group will conta in members from the Secret Service, the Defe nse Department, and other various intelligence agencies. Reno is asking
Congress for 64 mi llion dollars to suppo rt the plan.
Ask A Hacker How To Be Hacker Proof
It seems that to help make their softwa re more sec ure for hacking, big co mpanies including Microsoft are consulti ng hacke rs themsel ves
and monitoring hu ndreds or even thousands of hacking related WWW sites .
Wireless Telephone Protection Act Passes
The Wireless Telep hone Protection Act was passed by the House of Representatives in a 414 to I against vote. The law will make the sale
of equipment and software used to copy, or clone cellular telephones illegal. The bill was introduced by Texas Represe ntative Sam
Johnson .
The bill was inspired by Sams own phone being a stati stic of cellular fraud. His bill of illegally made calls was over 6000 dollars . "This is
a serious problem for cell phone users and for telecommunications business" Sam said .
This bill will now be reconciled with by a joint conferen ce committ ee as a similar bill was passed by the Senate back in November of
1997.
Also of interest is HR2369, passed by the House Commerce Committee. The bill, initiated by Tele-communications Subcommittee
Chairman Bill Tauzin, makes it illegal to sell or modify scanner to be able to receive frequencies for cellu lar of PCS, convert digital
cellu lar, PCS, and specialized mobile radio or voice communications, convert alphanumeric pager transmissions, or decode encrypted
radio transmissions.
Law Enforcement Wants to be Big Brother
The Co mmu nicat ions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires telecommunication providers, including wire less ones, to
redesign their systems so that law enforcement agencie s can more easily wire tap private communications. Congress gave the FCC the
power to decide how to solve the problems concerning CALEA.
US Attorney Janet Reno is threa tening to take the telcos to court this March to have the FCC force new standards upon the industry if the
industry doesn't come up wit h it's own 'voluntary' plan soon . The CALEA requires companies to comply by October. Failure to do so
could result in fines of up to $10,000 per day .
Public advocacy groups, such as the Electroni c Privacy Information Center (EPIC) say such measures will result in Big Brother
monitoring of private communications by the government. Also comp laining is the America n Civi l Liberties Union .
The probl ems in wiretapping is the swill advancement of comm unications technologies. ISDN, internet phones, and eve n things as simple
as call-forwardi ng have made taps and traces more difficul t for the feds.
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CALEA was passed four years ago and it app ears that most of the industry will want to postpon e en forcem ent of the act for another two
years . They say it would be too difficult to make available the features the FBI wants . The industry is willin g to compl y as far as making
it possible to intercept communications instantly and to be able to locate calls made by cellul ar phones . The feds issued a so called
'surveillance wish list' of items they'd like to see installed to make it easier for them spy on Ameri ca's citizens.
There are even those in the government who feel the FBI is go ing too far. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is reported to be lookin g for
ways to slow down or stop the FBI's "overzealous" actions. Georgia Representative plans to introduc e a bill to delay enforc ement of
CALEA.
Surprisingl y, the telecommun ications industry wants to cooperate with the feds. CA LEA allows the Justice Department to dish out 100
million dollars this year alone , part of a total of 500 million. to be given to manufacture rs and service providers to pay for the features
wanted by the FBI.
Amongst the most cooper ative comp anies are Nortel, Lucent Technol ogies, Siemen s Teleco m Netwo rks. Motorola. and GTE . AT&T
however seems to be resisting. They don't like the idea that some third party is trying to force upo n them the requirements for their
equipment.
It may be past 1984 but it appears som e are tryin g to mak e up for the lost time.
Pirate Radio Trials And Tribulations
In November. three Tambp a Bay. Florid a resident s got rude wake up calls from raiding parties invo lving SWAT teams. Federa l
Marsha ls, local police, customs agents, and a CIA agent. They were all led by agents from the r: c.
TIle raids. co nducted againt , Arthur
Kobres, Kelly Benjamin , and Doug Brewer were a successful attempt to shut down three area unlicensed micro- powe r FM broadcasters.
They've succeded for the time being.
Arthur Kobres, who operates 'Lutz Community Radio' and transmits on 96.7 FM was charged in a 14-count federal indictm ent for
operating a radio without a license. He was eve ntually releas d on a $25, ()(} bond . Kelly Benjamin operates '87X' on 87.9 FM in
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Seminol e Heights. Known on the air as Kelly Kombat , he was al 0 arrested on talc charges o f possessing marijua na and other drug
paraph ernalia. He was later released on a $1 ,000 bond .
Doug Brewer, operating 102.1 FM's 'The Party Pirate' says some of the equipment siczcd from his home belonged to other groups, such as
the Templ e Terrace Go lf & Co untry Club and was nothing more than ham radio repealer equipment unrelat ed to any 'pirate radio'
broadcasting equipment. A 150 foot broadcasting tower was also di mantl ed. Brewer has been in trouble with the FCC before. He refused
to pay a $1000 FCC fine and even taunt ed the F on and off the air. A web pa re eve n shows FCC agents o utside his home measuring his
broadcast strength.
Ralph Barlow, head of the FCC in Tampa had no comment but a Wall treet Journal article on Brewer quo tes Barlow as sayi ng "Soo ner or
later I'll nail him." Drew Rushbaurn , VI' and owner of several legal Tampa area
radio stations had Ii led a co mplaint with the FCC about 102.I 's 'The Party
Pirate' abou t a year before claiming it's proxi mity to his station 102.5 was
conf usin g listeners. Alt hough Rashbaum doub ts this will stop pirate
broadca ters he say "to orne degree, it makes the airwaves safer to listen to."
This rash of raids come son the heals o f a Ca lifornia Federal Judg e Claudia
Wilken's ruling Ihat refused 10 grant the FCC a permanent injunction to shut
down Free Radio Berkeley. The ruling also questio ned the FCC's invo lvement
in violat ing the cons titutiona l rights of citizens.
Richard Edmondso n, speaking for SF Liberatio n Radio had stro ng words to say
in regards to the matter. "The raid agai nst Doug brewe and other
microbroadcasters in Florida, co ming as it has j ust a week after the Federal
Court Ruling in California, is a display of lawless thuggery which demonstrates
to me more clearly than ever that the US Gove rnmen t docs not care about its
own courts , its own laws, or its own Co nstitution."
In response to the raids there have been seve ral organized demonstrat ions
against Federal Buildings and the FCC. In San Marcos protestors show ed up to
the only Federal build ing in town , the Post Offic e. The peacful protest was
decorated with signs saying "Free the Tampa 3", "Micro Radio is not a crime",
and "FCC: Obey Judge Wilken" . Most citizens who say the protest were
friendly and curious. Some were even shocked to learn about the victims civi l
rights being violated by our government once again.
In another protest a lone man showed up to the FCC office in the LA area to
hand out flyers protesting the raids. Several security guards tried to force the
man to leave but he was well armed saying that he had a right to be on the
property because it was a public agency conducting publ ic business. The guards
had tried to cinv ince him it was private propert y.
One of the many complaints towards teh FC from microbroadcasters is that they
couldn't get liceneses when they applied to the FCC. IT appear the FCC simply
won't grant a license to anyone unless it's a big money mongering corporat ion.
But not to fear, there are already several legal actions in progress wh ich could
change all this in the future.
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Cellular Eavesdropping Bill Passed
On March 6, 1998 the House passed a bill today to make it illegal for people to modify scanners to "intentionally intercept or divulge the
content of radio communications." The vote was passed by a majority of 414 to one . The bill was inspired by the case of a Florida couple
using a scanner to listen and tape record the cellular telephone conversation between Rep . John Boehner, House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
and house majority leader Dick Anney. The contents of the tape were published by the New York Times and also reviewed by members
of the house ethics committee.
The bill also extends current restrictions on manufacturers to prevent machines from being modified to intercept the new generation of
digital cellular telephones. The bill also off arises the Federal Communications Commission to investigate and for such restrictions.
The bill was sponsored by Louisiana Rep. Bill Tauzin , "we in government on to do everything we can to prot ect that expectation of
privacy . That is what this bill is about. "
This author is concerned about the wording of the bill quoted above as "intentionally intercept or divul ge the content of radio
communications," as being too generalized. Would not this wording make every scanner technically illegal ? After all, the purpose of a
scanner is to intercept and divulge the content of radio communication s. It is just such generali zations that allow true criminals to get
away with murder , and to allow our government oppress and criminall zie those who arc truly innocent.
FBI Temporarily Backs Down on Back Doors for
Cryptography
The FBI says that as long as manufactures of cryptographic equipm ent continued to work towards a solution they will no longer insist that
they build in secret back doors so that long enforcement personnel can gain access to be encrypted messages. Federal law enforcement
officials and civil libertarians as well as industry expens have been arguing for years over encryption technology.
Law enforcement wants controls over encryption technology to prevent criminals from communicating with each other without fear of
giving themselves away . To do so would require the use of back doors or secret keys supposedly only available with a court order which
would allow law-enforcement personnel to decode encrypted messages .
Civil libertarians, however, point out that such back doors could lead to a big brother society in which no one's communications are truly
private . Some say that this would negate the purpose of encrypted messages as it could allow "crackers" to break private messages .
The encryption technology industry appears to be stuck in the middle. They would like to see a loosening of export controls on their
products . They argue that powerful unregulated and unbreakable encryption techniques are already available on thousands oflnternet sites
around world . This, they say will result in foreign sources profiting while the domestic Info Tech industry declines .
Kid Hacker Busted
For the first time ajuveni le hacker has faced federal prosecution charges . However, the juvenile will serve no jail time, the result of a plea
bargain. According to records released a March 20, 1998 the hacker was brought up on three separate charges . Back in early 1997 the
accused is alleged to have caused by old services to the FAA control tower serving Worcester airport, just outside of Boston to be disabled ;
to have hampered with the telephone system in Rutland, Massachusetts; and to have broken into a pharmacy computer and copied patient
records.
The "hacker" apparently accessed a local digital loop carrier via a modem line used by techn icians, renaming the system identificat ion to
"Jester" resulting any loss of service along the digital fiber-optic which periods hundreds of phone lines many of which also served the
airport , The loss of the phone lines resulted in the inability for the control tower to communicate to aircraft and for a special circuit which
is used to activate the runway lights when aircraft are approaching. The loss of the phone lines also prevented airport officials from
accessing security personnel or retrieving the latest weather information ,
According to the documents the hacker also allegedly broke into a major pharmacy chain four times in early 1997 and was able to
download a week's worth of prescription information detailing the customers name, address, telephone number, in the medication
rece ived. Officials said that he would not have been able to alter the prescriptions although this still constitutes the serious invasion of
privacy.
The plea bargain agreement sentences the child to two years probation , "during which he may not possess or use a modem or other means
of remotely accessing a computer or computer network directly or indirectly."
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Unabomber's Manifesto
Part IV
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE
30. We certainly do not claim that leftists, even of the oversocialized type, NEVER rebel against the fundamental values of our
society. Clearly they sometimes do. Some oversocialized leftists have gone so far as to rebel against one of modem society's
most important principles by engag ing in physical violence . By their own account , violence is for them a form of "liberation." In
other words, by committing violenc e they break through the psychological restraints that have been trained into them. Because
they are oversocialized these restraints have been more confining for them than for others; hence their need to break free of
them. But they usually justify their rebellion in terms of mainstream values. If they engage in violence they claim to be fighting
against racism or the like .
31. We realize that many object ions could be raised to the foregoing thumb-nail sketch of leftist psychology. The real situation
is complex, and anything like a complete description of it would take several volumes even if the necessary data were
available. We claim only to have indicated very roughly the two most important tendencies in the psychology of modern
leftism.
32. The problems of the leftist are indicative of the problems of our society as a whole. Low self-esteem , depress ive
tendencies and defeatism are not restricted to the left. Though they are espec ially noticeable in the left, they are widespread
in our society. And today's society tries to socialize us to a greater extent than any previous society. We are even told by
experts how to eat, how to exerci se, how to make love, how to raise our kids and so forth.
THE POWER PROCESS
33. Human beings have a need (probably based in biology) for something that we will call the "power process." This is closely
related to the need for power (which is widely recognized) but is not quite the same thing. The power process has four
elements . The three most clear- cut of these we call goal, effort and attainment of goal. (Everyone needs to have goals whose
attainment requires effort, and needs to succeed in attaining at least some of his goals.) The fourth element is more difficult to
define and may not be necessary for everyone. We call it autonomy and will discuss it later (paragraphs 42-44) .
34. Consider the hypothetical case of a man who can have anything he wants just by wishing for it. Such a man has power,
but he will develop serious psycholog ical problems. At first he will have a lot of fun, but by and by he will become acutely bored
and demoralized. Eventually he may become clinically depressed. History shows that leisured aristocracies tend to become
decadent. This is not true of fighting aristocracies that have to struggle to maintain their power. But leisured, secure
aristocracies that have no need to exert themselves usually become bored, hedonistic and demoralized, even though they
have power. This shows that power is not enough. One must have goals toward which to exercise one's power.
35. Everyone has goals; if nothing else, to obtain the physical necessities of life: food , water and whatever clothing and shelter
are made necessary by the climate . But the leisured aristocrat obtains these things without effort. Hence his boredom and
demoralization.
36. Nonattainment of important goals results in death if the goals are physical necessities, and in frustration if nonattainment
of the goals is compatible with survival. Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem
or depression.
37. Thus, in order to avoid serious psychological problems, a human being needs goals whose attainment requires effort, and
he must have a reasonable rate of success in attaining his goals.
SURROGATE ACTIVIT IES
38. But not every leisured aristocrat becomes bored and demoralized. For example, the emperor Hirohito, instead of sinking
into decadent hedonism, devoted himself to marine biology, a field in which he became distinguished. When people do not
have to exert themselves to satisfy their physical needs they often set up artificial goals for themselves . In many cases they
then pursue these goals with the same energy and emotional involvement that they otherwise would have put into the search
for physical necessities. Thus the aristocrats of the Roman Empire had their literary pretentions; many European aristocrats a
few centuries ago invested tremendous time and energy in hunting, though they certainly didn't need the meat; other
aristocracies have competed for status through elaborate displays of wealth ; and a few aristocrats, like Hirohito, have turned
to science.
39. We use the term "surrogate activity" to designate an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that people set up for
themselves merely in order to have some goal to work toward , or let us say, merely for the sake of the "fulfillment" that they get
from pursuing the goal. Here is a rule of thumb for the identification of surrogate activities. Given a person who devotes much
time and energy to the pursuit of goal X, ask yourself this: If he had to devote most of his time and energy to satisfying his
biological needs, and if that effort required him to use his physical and mental facilities in a varied and interesting way, would
he feel seriously deprived because he did not attain goal X? If the answer is no, then the person's pursuit of a goal X is a
surrogate activity. Hirohito's studies in marine biology clearly constituted a surrogate activity, since it is pretty certain that if
Hirohito had had to spend his time working at interesting non-scientific tasks in order to obtain the necessities of life, he would
not have felt deprived because he didn't know all about the anatomy and life-cycles of marine animals. On the other hand the
pursuit of sex and love (for example) is not a surrogate activity, because most people , even if their existence were otherwise
satisfactory, would feel deprived if they passed their lives without ever having a relationsh ip with a member of the opposite
sex. (But pursuit of an excess ive amount of sex, more than one really needs , can be a surrogate activity.)
This is all for this installment (thank youl}....1f you want the entire text, we've got it and we'd be happy to give it to
you. Quite a few of you asked for this to be printed In Blacklistedl We're going to do It, only because we want to keep
you guys happy, but there's NO WA Y we can get this whole thing Into one Issue. It's HUGEl It's beyond huge,
actually. It's Insanel Read some more In the next Issue. This Unabomber dude has some strange thoughts.
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By now, you might be familiar with some terms that describe types of modulation. The most used by broadcasters is Amplitude
Modulation or simply referred to as AM. Other types include Single Side Band (SSB) which means Upper Side Band (USB) or Lower
Side Band (LSB), Double Side Band (DSB) and even more exotic are Frequency Modulation (FM), Phase Modulation (PM) . For now, the
modes we are most concerned with are AM and SSB.
We touched briefly on the basics of modulation earlier and now we are going to dive right into the good stuff So put on your thinking caps
and let me guide you into the mysteries of radio. Modulation of a RF signal is impressing audio information on a radio frequency
waveform. Sounds exotic doesn't it?
AM modulation, a carrier wave determines your frequency and 66% of your transmitter power is used here! The modulating signal, audio
information, is used to vary the amplitude of the carrier wave by means of upper and lower side bands. This is where the remaining 33%
of the transmitters power goes.
The range of audible frequencies to most people is 20 to 20,000 Hertz. In most amateur gear the audio bandwidth is restricted to 300 to
3,000 Hertz. Music withstanding , this is the audio range that affords the greatest intelligibility to a voice signal. Now in AM mode
combine 2.7 KHz for both upper and lower sidebands and you have an AM signal almost 6 KHz wide. If the frequency response of the
transmitter was increased to 10KHz, the resulting AM signal would be 20 KHz wide! Now you begin to see why it helps to give
broadcasting stations a W-I-D-E berth!
AM is also uses what is known as a 100% "Duty Cycle". This means that your transmitter is working 100% of the time. While this is not
a problem in normal amateur communica tions, trying to run a amateur transmitter for 30 to 60 minutes continuous in AM mode is asking
for trouble. The components in the transmitter will tend to overheat and you may need to cool them while broadcasting. An exhaust fan
can be used to pull hot air out of the transmitter. Never blow cold air onto a hot tube! If you have managed to get a "broadcast quality"
transmitter, don't sweat this as they usually built for continuos duty.
Single Side Band modulation has been around since the 1960's and is the most predominant mode used in the ham bands today. For hams,
the rule of thumb is LSB on 40 meters and down, USB on 20 meters and up. Most pirates use USB instead of LSB and it has become the
adopted standard. Their is NO difference in quality between USB or LSB! A Fully modulated AM signal has 66% of its power in the
carrier and only 33% in the sidebands. The sidebands carry the intelligence to be transmitted and the carrier only "goes along for the ride"
to serve as "demodulation" in the receiver. By eliminating the carrier and transmitting only a sideband, the available transmitter power is
used to GREATER ADVANTAGE! Assuming two identical transmitters, one used in AM and the other in SSB, the use of SSB can give
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narrower than AM signals and will "fit" into places where an AM
signal would get creamed by co-channel interference .
SSB's duty cycle is based on the audios information peaks, and will
typically be around 50% which means 30 to 60 minute broadcasts
are easily achievable with amateur gear. You still might have to
provide cooling to your transmitter but SSB is far less brutal than
AM .
The biggest complaint when using SSB for the transmission of
music is that it "messes up" the music . Well, AM signals are the
most easiest tuned but a properly tuned SSB signal is indistinguish-
able from AM! The key word to that statement is "properly"!
Tun ing is critical on SSB , 100 to 200 hertz mis-tuning will give
unpleasant results! With time and good tuning skills a fair strengt h
SSB signal can be tuned in to the proper pitch and will sound every
bit as good as AM! As a pirat e, you should remember to try and
broadcast something that most people recogni ze to serve as a
"Tuning Gu ide". It is up to the listeners to impro ve their luning
skills! For practice, try tunin g Ihe ham bands or RFPIIHCJB's SSB
tran smission s. It takes a while 10 get used to it, but look folks : SSB
is here to stay!
My final pitch for the usc of SS B ove r AM is that most shortwave
receivers are MOR . sensitive to SS B signals than AM . Typically 1
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Anoth er sli iht advan tage that SS B might have over AM comes
from the fact that "Direction Finding" uses your carrier to peak their di recti ve antennas to aid in locating you. Since SSB does not usc a
carrier and is constantly changing in signal stren gth, DF attempt s arc much more difficult! Think abo ut it
Where Can I Go
Hams are assigned groups of frequencies spread throu ghout the entire cle trorna ' netic spectrum. These groups of frequencies are known
as Bands. These bands are usuall y referred to by their wavelength. All ama teur quipmcnt covers some ifnot most of the bands that hams
use. The most popular and easiest band to op erate on is the 40 Meter Band. Almo. 1 very amateur transm itter made covers this band . There
are others, and figure 2 will show you ju st what and where things arc. Mosr pirate activity takes place on the "High End" of 40 Meters
because most ham transmitters will operate "Out of Band" to some exlent there. Most ham gear will operate a little ABOVE and BELOW
each ham band , this is the important part! Without modification to your transmitter. you co uld operate it on 40 Meters at say, 7415 Khz or
6975 Khz, without having much problem. Some transmitters will not op rule very much farth er out of the band without serious
degradation to their performance like reduced power output or the increased possibility of Television Interference!
For the more advanced pirate, it is quite possible to modify your transmitt ers Hill d circuits and get your transmitter to operate in places
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it was never designed to go. Remember this, A MODIFI ED T RANSMIlTER HAS VE RY UTILE RESALE VALUE TO THE
LARGEST PART OF YOUR POTENTIAL MARK ET! If you think there is eve n a . Ii tht chance that your are ever going to sell off your
transmitter, you are better off NOT modifying it in any way! If you arc going 10 keep it fore ver, di ve right in ....
By now you should be getting a handle on transmitters. If anything docs not make sense 0 far, go back and read the material over . Going
to your library and getting books on Amateur Radio is a good idea. Read EVERYTHING you can get your hands on !
Power
Another consideration to keep in mind when looking to purchase a transmitt er is Output Power. A majority of ham transmitters typically
have power outputs in the neighborhood of 100 watts . This is a fair amount ofpowcr and should let you get heard quite well if you use a
dece nt antenna!
Be careful because some ham transmitters were specifically manufactured for QRP or "Low Power" operation and will have around 10
watts out! Older novice type ham transmitters will have a maximum power output of75 watts or so. Some transmitters were also made that
had output powers of 500 watts . Just about anything is possible to find so make sure and ask!
I would like to tell you a little bit about the myths of power. For example, say I use 100 watts and I'm heard S7 at Joe DXer's . I can
increase or reduce my power 50% without any noticeable difference! Sounds incredible doesn't it? The only time Joe DXer will notice a
difference in my transmitted signal will be by doubling or halfing my power! 200 watts is 3dB louder than 100 watts BUT most people
cannot detect a 3 dB difference in signal strength! This means for people to even detect a louder signal you would have to go up to 400
watts for a 6 dB increase to actually be noticed! If you use 400 watts now, you would have to increase your power to a whopping 1600
watts to be louder than 400 watts! If I am running 100 watts and I'm heard right at the noise level at Jane DXer's, then almost ANY
increase in power will improve my signal. If you are ever going to try "crossing the pond" with your station , a fair amount of power is
typically required . If your transmitter is supposed to put out 100 watts but you can only get 75 watts out, the only thing that will be noticed
is the slight decrease in your electric bill .
Ana log vs, Digital
"Should I buy a Tube Type or Solid State Transmitter ?". A discussio n into the Pro's and Con's of each could easily take up an entire
section alone . Rather than extol the virtues and drawbacks that both have, I'll simply touch on a few points and let you make your own
decisions.
Tube type transmitters are perhaps more easily found, can usually be purchased quite cheaply and are more "forgiving" when handling
mistuning . The downside is that they can be drifty, difficult and expensive to replace bad tubes, are very dangerous because of high
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Solid State Tran sm itters are smaller, so me can be simply modified to transmit anywhere in the shortw ave spectrum, are more easi ly used
beca use most of the tunin g is co mputer assis ted. The downside is, they are much less forgiving 10 impedance mismatches and can be
diffic ult ifnot impo ssible to repa ir yo urse lf.
So yo u can see, both have advantages and disadv antages. It is up to you 10 decide what you can or cannot deal with! I will not make any
recommendation other than use what you can gel! ANY transmitter, usually , is better than NO transm itter!
W ha t's Left?
"What are Transc ei vers?", I'm glad yo u asked! A transcei ver is a combination of a rece iver and a transm itter in the same box. If you
alread y own a good rece iver, you may not want 10 spend more money by buyin g a transceiver. I will tell you this, some transceivers
receiver sections perform better than some general coverage receivers because they are optim ized 10 operate only in small parts of the
band s. It may also be desirabl e to monit or two frequenc ies at the same lime . If you don't already own a rece iver, a transce iver is the way
10 go. This is for yo u to dec ide what yo u need, want, or desire.
"Is there anythin g that should be avoided?" , Yes. Do not purchase military surplus equipme nt! Unless yo u have a lot of exp erience with
radio equipment, military surplus stuff can often tum into more lrouble than it's worth . Connectors will be diffic ult and expensive to find,
power requirements are often non-standard and repair parts can be alm ost non -existent! Beginners should stick to amateur gear .
Findi ng A Tra nsmitter
OK, now that you know enou gh aboultransm itters to hopefull y make a wise purchasing decision, where can you find them ? Ifmoney is
not a issue, then there are a plethor a of busin esses that sell New and Used amateur equi pment. A good starting place is to pick up a cop y
of any amateur magazine and start looking at the adds and callin g for catalogs . When it co mes to new equi pment, the sky is the limit ! On
the other hand , if you're like me, mon ey is an issue and ge nerally I don't have enough of the stuff! There are many ways to find used gear ,
start by keep ing a look -out in your local newspaper's classifi ed sec tion . Occa siona lly, you will find Ama teur gea r listed there and the
advantage is it will be a local call to find out more infonnation and possibly see the rig in action befo re purchasing it. Most equipment that
you find listed here will be from Bootle g CBers, and yo u can ex pect jus t abo ut any thing . Ano ther alte rnative is if you live in a larger city
with a Amateur Rad io store , they usually will sell used gea r along wit h new stutTand again you will probably get to see the rig in action
before purch ase . Also you might get some kind of token warra nty with it. but not always .
Anoth er potenti al sour ce of equipment are Ham Fests. These elec tronic swapmects take place all ove r the country and generally during the
summer months. Th is is wher e yo u can find ju st about anything and priees are generally negotiable. There is also the increased risk of
buy ing JUNK and . while not common , it does happen that peop le do get burned, so be careful! The best way to find out about Ham Fests
is to make contact with someon e in you r local ham com munity . If you know of no local hams, drive around till you spot the tell-tale
antenna fann and introduce yourself as a radio enth usiast, potential ha m, etc. and ask him or her abo ut ham fests.
Most Hams attend these function s and it is not difficult to ferret out informa tion abou t the m. They are open to all and j ust because you're
not a ham will have little impact. So you have found out when and where the next one is, the most import ant rule ofhamfests is to show
up EARLY! That way you can brows e over all the gea r that is availa ble and com pare prices on similar equipment. If something is
unmarked, don't be afraid to ask how much. If the seller says "Make me an O ffer.", you might not have any idea what to otTer. It could be
wise to move on or ask what the "rock bottom " price is. Se llers ge nera lly love 10 talk abo ut their wares and this is a good way just find out
general infonnation on items you have no intent ions of purchasing, rememb er KNOWL EDGE IS POW ER! The more you know , the better
otT you are !
Another area to capit alize on is the END of the Hamfest. Som e sellers may not relish the idea of lugging all their stuff home and will be
more likely to cut a better deal ! Ham fests are also great sources of general station supplies like connec tors, wire, components, etc.
There are also several publicat ions that deal with used amateur equipment. The only down side is, you really have no idea what you are
buyi ng unless you know what the radio is. Caveat Emptor !
Finally
Now that you have purchased your dream rig, Read, Read, Read and Re-Read the manual you got with it! Become familiar with all the
controls , connectors and functions of your transmitter. Did I mention read the manual ? This is very important , most manuals not only will
tell you how to hook-up the transmitter but will also tell you how to tune it up! You may find that the manu al will say connect your
transmitter to an antenna or to a dummy load. A dummy load is nothing more than a giant 50 ohm resistor that can dissip ate RF Energy .
The advan tage to using a dummy load is that you don't transmit anything on the air, so you can practi ce tun ing up, adj usting your
transmitter witho ut really broadcasting. Follow the direct ions in your manual and with any luck you will soon be broadcasting your first
pirate show !
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
By Rob ert Cohen
Laws of the United States are made pursuant to Article 1, Sect ion 8, Clause 17 and Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2. Article 1,
Section 8, Clause 17 says "To exercise exclusive legislat ion in all cases whatsoever , oversuch district (not exceeding ten
miles square) as may by cession of particular states , and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of
the United States , and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislatu re of the state in which
the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magaz ines, arsenals, dock-yards, and othe r needful buildings : And Article 4,
Section 3, Clause 2 says "The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting
the territory or other property belonging to the United States: and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to
prejudice any claims of the United States , or of any particular state." These areas are not the fifty sovereign states. These
areas are Washington , D.C., Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa and other possessions and enclaves
belonging to the United States. They also apply to U.S. citizens who are born in these areas who are also known as 14th
Amendment citizens . These laws are voluntary and non-binding to Article 4, Section 2, Clause 1 Citizens . Anyone claiming to
be a U.S. citizen are subject to the Laws of the United States .
DEFI NITIONS
United States means Washington , D.C., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands , Guam and American Samoa . The United States also
includes the Buck Act Tille 4 municipal corporations within the fifty states under United States control pursuant to Article 1,
Section 8, Clause 17 and are legally considered U.S. Territor ies. These are the capital S States as opposed to the small S
sovereign states . There are 55 States in the United States .
U.S. citizen means persons born in Wash ington , D.C., Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands, Guam and Amer ican Samoa and subject to
the Laws of the United States. U.S. citizens are 14th amendment citizens .
These united States of America are the fifty sovereign states . There are 50 small s states in these united States of America.
The sovereign states are small s states because the sovereignty of these states resides in the people individually and
collectively. These small s states are trustees and not masters of the people domiciled in these states .
People conceived in the fifty sovereign states are not U.S. citizens , they are called Citizens of the several states or Citizens of
the United States of America or Citizens of these united States of Amer ica. Sovere ign state Citizens are Article 4, Section 2,
Clause 1 Citizens of the several States and not bound in any mandatory way to Laws of the United States .
Laws of the United States only apply to U.S. citizens voluntary to state Citizens and to the United States Only.
Laws of the United States of America appl y only in the 50 sovereign states and do apply to sovereign state Citizens and U.S.
citizens alike.
The Laws of the -United States of America are directed to the fifty sovereign states and do have impact on Article 4 , Section 2,
Clause 1 Citizens of the several State s. These laws are made pursuant to the powers delegated to Congress in Article 1,
Section 8, Clauses 1-16. These laws are limited by the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constituti on. These Laws
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have been enacted into positive law whereas Laws of the United States are not enacted into positive law . Laws of the United
States of America are published in the Federal Register . Laws of the Unit ed States are not published in the Federal Register.
There are fifty titles in the United States Code wh ich contain all the laws of both the United States and the United States of
America . The laws of the United States are Titles 2, the Congress, Title 7 Agr icultu re, Title 8 Aliens and National ity, Title 12
Banks and Bank ing, Title 15 Comm erce and Trade, Title 16 Conservation, Title 19 Customs Duties , Title 20 Education, Title
21 Food and Drugs , Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse , Title 24 Hospitals and Asylums , Title 25 Indians, Title 26
Internal Revenue Code , Title 27 Intoxicating Liquors , Title 29 Labor , Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining, Title 33 Navigation
and Navigable Wate rs, Title 36 Patriotic Societies and Obse rvances , Title 40 Publ ic Buildings , Property, and Works , Title 41
Public Contracts, Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare, Title 43 Public Lands, Title 45 Railroads , Title 46 Shipping, all
subtitles not including subtitles 2 & 3 which are enacted into positive law , Title 47 Appencix, Shipping , Title 48 Terr itories and
Insular Possessions, Title 50 War and National Defense and Appencix. 27 Titles of the of 50 are Laws of the United States .
The Laws of the United States of Ame rica are contained in the remaining Titles of the United States Code . The Follow ing Titles
are enacted into Posit ive Law and published in the Federa l Register and can properly called Laws of the United States of
America and observe constitutional limitations. Title 1 General Provisions, Title 3 The Presiden t, Title 4 Flag and Seal, Seat of
Government and the States . Title 5 Government Organ ization and Employees, Title 6 (Sure ty Bonds) has been superceded by
Title 31 Money and Finance, Title 9 Arbitration, Title 10 Armed Force s, Title 11 Bankrup tcy, Title 13 Census , Title 14 Coast
Guard, Title 17 Copyrights, Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedur e, Title 23 Highways, Title 28 j udicia ry and Judic ial
Procedure, Title 31 Money and Finance, Title 32 National Guard , Title 34 (Navy) superceded by Title 10 Armed Forces, Title
35 Patents , Title 37 Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Serv ices, Title 38 Veterans' Benefits, Title 39 Postal Service , Title
44 Public Printing and Documents, Title 49 Transportation but only subt itles 1, 2 and 4, have been enacted into positive laws ,
all other subtitles are not enacted into positive law and so are part of the Laws of the United States and not part of the Laws of
the United States of America . 19 titles of 50 Titles are Laws of the United States of America. 2 Titles have been superceded
by other titles. In actuality there are only 48 Titles in the United States Code .
From this division of titles I conclude there is a difference between Laws of the United States and Laws of the United States of
Amer ica. Article 4, Section 2, Clause 1 Citizens of the several States are bound to observe only the Laws of the United States
of America and exempt from the Laws of the United States but can observe them if they so choose. Laws of the United States
are voluntary to state Citizens because state Citizens are also Citizens of the United States of Ame rica or Citize ns of these
united States of Amer ica. U.S. citizens are subject to all the laws of Congress and so are bound by all the laws of the United
States and the United States of America.
U.S. citizens you have a choice, there is no law that says you are bound for all time to be U.S. citizens , you have the power to
choose your citizensh ip by virtue of the so called 13th amendment that outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude but does not
outlaw voluntary servitude . You have the right to choose to be a state Citizen and thereby exempt yourself from the Laws of
the United States . If you are a U.S. citizen residing in one of the fifty sovere ign states then you are eligible to be a state Citizen
after 6 months to 7 years in such sovere ign state . Check your original state Constitution to determ ine residency requ irements .
In California a six month resident is eligible for state Citizensh ip.
Some of these original state Constitutitions say you have to be a wh ite male to be a state Citizen but these have been
superceded by the Const itution of the United States of America. The so-called 13th amendment made the law color-blind .
Women through the 19th amendment have the right to vote. Even without these amendments , white and male may not mean
what they appear to mean . Man has traditionally meant men and women and only recently in this century has come to mean
male only . White may have nothing to do with skin pigmentation , and everyth ing to do with enlightenment. America is the only
country in the world that legally recognizes that all men are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights and among
these is the right to life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness .
This legal recognit ion is what makes All Americans White Male Citizens and therefore has nothing to do with sex or skin
pigmentation . In the rest of the world the sovereign is the State and in America the People are sovere ign. Legally speak ing
only America is an Enlightened Country , all other countries are still living in the dark ages. In America all American Citizens are
White Males because we are sovereign , in the rest of the world all citizens are Female and Black because they are subjects .
The Laws of the United States are an attempt from Un-American Forces to reduce America to the status of citizens of other
countries . Mayall Americans rise up and reclaim America for America and let us export the American Revolution to the rest
of the world and make all people of Earth sovereign Citizens wherever they live . Let us make the Declarat ion of Independence
International Law.
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- IN~ENDIA~IES
Incend iaries are used to destroy all types of flammable substance s. In addit ion incendiaries can be used to des troy metal
structures or used on living targets as in the case of flame throwers. Incendiaries can be broken down into a few groups .
These are petroleum based , metal alloys , therm ites, metal-salt mixes , and exotics. The choice of incendiary depends on the
target to be destroyed. The petroleum based incendiaries like napalm , use the oxygen from the air to keep combust ion going.
If the fire is smothered it will be extingu ished . The petroleum can be thickened (like napalm ) or it can be a heavy oil (hard to
ignite) . lighter types of petroleum (Iigroin) are not the best to use as they evaporate quickly and the fumes tend to flash or
explode instead of burning for a sustained time. Petroleum liquids burn at about 1000 deg . C. and release as much as 6
kcallgm. They are usually used against wooden structures and other easily flammable things like people.
Metal alloys such as magnes ium alloys also use oxygen from the air to support combustion. In addition they can also use
nitrogen from the air and still burn. If they are smothered they can reduce the smothering agen t and still bum . A large amount
of water or foam are best for fighting a magnesium fire. A small amount of water can give up its oxygen to the magnesium and
release hydrogen gas. The result is a pretty good explosion . A magnesium alloy called "electron" was used during the second
wor1d war . This was made of about 90% magnesium, 8% aluminum, and the rest zinc and manganese . This alloy was strong
and produced 2000 deg . C. and about 6 kcal per gram. This was used against wood or metal structures .
Thermites are mixtures of an active metal and a less reactive metal oxide. The active metal reduces the less active metal
oxide pulling off the oxygen and releasing a lot of heat and molten metal and metal oxide slag . Thermites are usually used to
attack metal targets and are very effective in this role. A two or three pound charge can be placed on the hood of a auto and
ignited . The thermite will burn through the hood and drip molten metal onto the engine . While this won't melt the engine it will
warp or crack it plus it may sever gas lines which will start a secondary fire. Therm ite formulas are varied but the standard mix
is 25% aluminum powder, 75% iron scale (iron oxide). Thermites burn at about 2500 deg. C. Therm ite is used almost
exclusively against metal to weld it or melt it.
Metal - Salt mixtures use a combustible metal and a salt oxidizer. They cannot be smothered or extinguished easily. To fight
these fires the best tactic is to cover the device with sand or shoot them with a water jet. The jet will help break up the
incend iary and wet any mixture that has not bumt. These mixtures are composed of oxidizers like potassium nitrate, metals
like aluminum or magnes ium, and fuels like sulfur, charcoal, or oils. These formulas produce a flame when burning unlike
therm ite and burn very quickly when compared with thermite . These mixes can be used in small caliber projectiles to make an
incendiary shell. Usually the shock of the shell hitting the target sets off the incendiary. They burn at about 2000-3000 deg. C.
Metal - Salt mixtures are usually used against easily flammable objects. Exotic incendiaries exist that ignite on exposure to
air, release poisonous gases , or produce a second incendiary chemical. These incendiari es are used for spec ial
circumstances and targets .
A Short Study of Arson
An understanding of fires should be acquired if you want to use them to your best advantage . A study of the target should be
made if possible. Find out what materials from the target can be used to start the fire. How long will it take the fire fighters to
arrive? If the target is a building is there a sprinkler system installed? Fire and smoke alarms? Is the building wood framed or
steel? A steel frame building can be destroyed if the temperature of the steel reaches 1000 deg. F. for 10 mins. This destroys
the temper of the steel. Are the walls hollow? This can spread the fire from the bottom to the top of a two story house in about
1 min. A fire can be started in a corner of a room. This uses the walls to reflect heat into the room and also provides two walls
for fuel. Use whatever materials are handy to help feed the fire. Make a trip to the library and look for books on fire fighting
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techniques and materials. Study these and learn what the fire fighters will use to stop your efforts . You can study chem ical
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planning it makes little difference if it's set with a book of matches and a cigarette fuse or an incendiary using high tech bells
and whistles. An incendiary is more effective than an explosive in destroying some targets . Once an explos ive goes off the
damage is done but a fire builds until all the fuel is consumed. Here are a few characteristics of common flammable
substances:
Wood : Wood conta ins about 15-35% moisture. The less moisture the easie r to ignite. At 110deg. C. wood dries , gases start
liberating. 150deg . C. wood gives off more of these flammable gases . 230deg. C. wood begins to char. 300 deg . C.
carbonization of the wood . Above 300deg . C wood begins to burn. Wood is a good insulator and can keep fire from spreading
easily if it blocks radiant heat. Green wood ignites with difficulty.
Paper: Paper along with grain products (hay and cerea l gra sses) ignite very easily if dry. If the paper is bundled up however ,
you will find it is hard to ignite.
Petroleum products : The flammab ility of petroleum liquids are determined by their flashpoint. The lower the flashpoint the
easier the liquid is to ignite. Those liquids with higher flashpoints may have to be heated before they are flammable. The
minimum concentration of vapors to be flammabl e for common substances are ethyl alcohol-73, acetone-65, benzene-49 ,
ethyl ether-39 , gasoline-33 MG/L. At 0 deg . C. ethyl alcohol gives a concentration of 34 mgll and is not flammabl e at that
temperature. In contrast ethyl ether has a concentration of 780 mgll at 0 deg. C. and is flammab le.
If you are trying to hide the fact that arson is the cause of the fire, try to use what is already on scene at the target. An electrical
fire can be made by using a razor blade to slice into the insulation of a wire. If the wire is the stranded type pull out about 2/3
of the strands and cut them . A fire will start in that section of wire. If the wire is the solid type, file a section of wire to make it
thinner . Arson investigators look for a hot spot in the ruins to find where the fire started. This hot spot is usually a section of
target that is very charred . They especially examine the floor to see if it is charred. They look for char trails to see if the fire has
been led to different sections of the target. A very fast spreading fire will be investigated as an arson job. They also use sniffers
and gas chromatography to look for traces of gasoline and other accelerators . An arsonist has to be on his toes to fool the
investigators .
Incendiary Devices and Formulas
Incendiary Capsule: This device uses a permanganate/glycerin reaction to make a short delay fire. Obtain a large gelatin
capsule . Fill the larger side with potassium permanganate. Flatten a piece of plasticine to about 1/16" thick and press it over
the permanganate to seal it into the capsule . Peel away the excess plasticine so the chemical is sealed in the capsule by a
small disk of the putty . Fill the other side of the capsule about 1/2 full of glycer in. Take a small splinter of wood (toothpick) and
place it in the glycerin. Now assemble the capsule but be careful not to press the ends of the capsule together very much.
When you wish to use the capsule , simply press the ends of the capsule together . The splinter pierces the plasticine wh ich
allows the glycerin to contact the permanganate . The reaction starts a short time later and will ignite such things as paper or
wood shavings . These devices cannot take much rough handling and usually have to be made near where they must be used .
Spontaneous Combustion : Most people may have heard that you are not supposed to put oily rags in the garbage until they
dry out because they may start a fire. This is because when oil drys it oxidizes and gives off a good deal of heat. This heat can
build up in a closed container and ignite the rags. If you want to cause spontaneous combustion on purpose it is necessary to
obtain oil dryers as these cause the oil to oxidize . Check out paint shops and see what they have to offer. You may wish to try
drying oil which is a preparation of oil with premixed dryers . Dampen cotton , rags, wood pulp or the like with the oil and dryers .
The combustible should not be dripping with the oil but it should be moist throughout. Make a 1" hole in the bottom of a
styrofoam coffee cup and a 1" hole in the lid of the cup . Pack the cup with the oily combustible but leave a hole going through
to the bottom hole. Do not pack the combustible too tightly in the cup . Put the lid on and lay the cup down on its side or put the
cup on someth ing so that free air can reach the hole in the bottom of the cup. In as little as 1/2 hr. to as much as 4 hrs. later
the cup will burst into flames if the oil is reactive enough . The time delay will depend on such things as ambient temperature
or air movements .
Phosphorous Delay: White phosphorous is a substance that ignites on exposure to air. You can dissolve it in carbon disulfide
which gives you a liquid that can be poured on to paper or the like. As the disulfide evaporates , it leaves behind particles of
phosphorous which will ignite the disulfide fumes and the paper. Since the disulfide evaporat es fast you can add benzene or
naphtha to it to keep the evaporation down. One drawback to using this mix is the disulfide smells like sulfur which can give
away its presence . Both the phosphorous and the carbon disulfide are extremely dangerous to handle . They should only be
used after you are familiar with them . As a note, carbon disulfide fumes can be ignited by the heat of a 60 watt Iightbulb.
Handle with care.
About a century ago, white phosphorous (WP) was added to a glue called Chloral Du Pottage . This was a glue made from
chloral hydrate . The resulting mixture was used to soak a piece of paper that was then placed into a glazed envelope and
sealed. After the glue dries, if the envelope was opened it burst into a violent flame. These fire bombs remained active for
about 24 hrs. after which the phosphorous was slowly oxidized and the bomb became inactive . The chlora l glue formula may
be found in an old library book called Richard's Book of Formulas (or something similar). Perhaps you can bring this device up
to date by using an acrylic glue
Fireflies: These are simple devices used to blow up a car. One consists of a large gelatin capsule that is half filled with calcium
carbide while the other half contains a piece of sodium metal.(store these in a dry place, and not for very long) 2 or 3 of these
can be dropped into a automobile gasoline tank . Conden sation causes water to form in the bottom of the tank. This water
dissolves the gelatin which exposes the chemicals to the water . The carbide reacts with the water to form acetylene while the
sodium starts a fire. The resulting explosion ruptures the gas tank and ignites the gasoline. Another form of firefly is made of a
small cork float. This is weighted to keep one end up when floating. On this exposed end a small spiral of platinum wire is
fixed. A small amount of cotton is placed inside the spiral. To use these, soak the cotton with gasoline just before dropping one
in a gas tank. As the gas tank empties , air replaces the gas used. The air and gasoline fumes reach a level that causes the
platinum to behave as a catalyst which ignites the air/gasoline mix. In trial, the platinum firefly has 50/50 success rate.
Removing the cotton may increase the probability of an explosion at the risk of some danger when dropping the device into the
tank.
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Note: Some gas tanks have a screen in the gasoline tank so you cannot drop anything into the tank until it is pierced. Also
when using the sodium metal/carbide firefly you may want to pour about 8 oz. of water into the tank after putting in the
capsules . Instead of platinum wire, you may want to try using the element from a catalytic hand warmer . These are the hand
warmers fueled with a lighter fluid type fuel. Also keep in mind that this device usually works as the car is being driven which
will probably result in death. If you don't wish to kill someone, just use an icepick and poke a hole in the gas tank to empty it.
Sodium Peroxide: This is a chemical that releases oxygen and heat on contact with water . A small amount of this chemical can
be sprinkled on rags or paper which will ignite after a time if the humidity is high enough . Mixtures of this chemical and
powdered metal should be avoided as spontaneous ignition may occur during mixing .
Sausages : These where airdropped during the Vietnam war. All they consist of is a liquid incendiary sealed into a heavy
plastic bag. During the war a string of these were dropped from airplanes to ignite the target. The incendiary used was Napalm
B which is a plastic gel made by mixing polystyrene foam with gasoline. Sometimes sodium nitrate and sulfur was added to
help the buming . A reasonable facsimile can be made up for the purpose of carrying a small incendiary device . The weight of
the filling should be about 40z . A standard blasting fuse can ignite these.
Timed Gas Explosion: Obtain a butane lighter refill. These are the aluminum cylinders used to refill butane lighters. Use a paint
remover on it to take off all of labeling . After the paint is removed, clean up the cylinder with some fine grit sandpaper. Now get
a large glass jar. Bring these plus a bottle of sodium hydroxide (lye,Drano) to your target. If the target has a gas water heater
(or any appliance with a pilot light) this will be used to ignite the explosion. Otherwise you will need a candle (try a trick candle,
one of the ones you can't blowout). Put the jar down next to the heater, and put the stripped cylinder in it. Fill up the jar with
lye and leave quickly. The lye will eat the aluminum cylinder and release the gas in an explosion . The pilot light on the heater
will ignite the butane and cause an explosion . This will take about 10 mins. depending on the strength of the lye. If you use a
candle , set it away from the jar so when the gas first releases the flame does not blowout.
Accelerant: As I said before, arson investigators will look for traces of an accelerant especially if the fire is fast spreading. The
usual accelerant , gasoline, leaves traces that are easy to find. However, if you take sodium chlorate and dissolve about 150
gms. in 150 ml. of warm water you will make an accelerant that is hard to find. Soak the substance to be ignited with this liquid.
When it dries the material will be highly flammable. Be careful as the material will be highly spark and friction sensitive. The
chlorate , while not flammable in itself will give off oxygen when heated and make any organic material very flammable . When
the material is burnt, the chlorate reduces to salt (NaCI, table salt). This is usually dissolved in the fire fighters water and is
very rarely found, even if it is found, the investigators will probably not make its connection to the fire. The chlorate treated
material will also ignite if contact is made with sulfuric acid. This can be used to produce an acid-delay. Fill a rubber balloon
with about an ounce of sulfuric acid and tie off the balloon. Place this balloon on the treated substance. When the acid eats
through the balloon the material will ignite . Make sure the balloon has no holes in it.
Napalm: Napalm is simply thickened gasoline . It burns longer than gasoline and is not as explosive as gas. A simple napalm
is made by adding two concentrated solutions together. One is a solution of soap (not detergent) , the other solution is
aluminum sulfate (alum). A precipitate results when the solutions are mixed. This precipitate is filtered out and dried. This
powder is usually added to gasoline in about 5 - 15% strength. Another type of napalm is made by melting paraffin wax and
pouring it into gasoline. When the gas cools it will thicken up. A form of solid gasoline is made with polyvinyl alcohol and
formaldehyde as the thickener.
A thin napalm is used for flamethrowers . Another mix for
flamethrowers is 25% kerosene , 50% heavy oil, and 25%
gasoline. The fuel for flamethrowers should not burn up in the
travel to the target but rather on the target.
Goop: Goop is an attempt to get the best of napalm and metal
incendiaries in one mixture . It is made in two parts.
Part 1
Magnesium Powder 40%
Asphalt 20%
Heavy Oil 20%
Gasoline 20%
Part 2
Aluminum Powder 20%
Iron oxide 40%
Potassium Nitrate 30%
Sulfur 10%
This is mixed by taking 50% by volume of part 2 and mixing it
well with part 1. This is easily ignited and produces a large
flame plus a lot of heat. It cannot be extinguished by normal
means and is effective on both wood and metal.
In Afghanistan, the Russians were reported to air drop an
incendiary "goop" that was stable until disturbed (stepped on).
Then the incendiary burst into flames. This is very likely a WP
mixture along with oxidizers and a tar-like substance that also
kept the WP and the oxidizers from reacting with each other.
How it was kept stable in storage is unknown .
Thermite: One of the best known incendiaries is thermite. The
thermite reaction was used originally to produce super pure
metals but was adapted to war uses: The ~S! com~on
formula for thermite is 25% coarse aluminum, 75 Yo Iron OXIde.
It is difficult to ignite but once burning it is almost impossible
to putout.
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Thermite Incendiaries: These mixtures use additional chemicals that help thermite ignite easier. produce a flame. or increase
the heat liberated by the thermite reaction . The thermite makes up 50% - 80% of the mixture .
FORMULA 1
Barium Nitrate 25%
Iron Oxide 50%
Aluminum 25%
FORMULA 2
Barium Nitrate 45%
Iron Oxide 25%
Aluminum 15%
Magnesium 15%
Metal - Salt: These mixtures are almost used exclusively to load a projectile to make it explode into a ball of flame and sparks
upon impact. These are used against gas tanks and the like. They must be insensitive enough so the setback forces of firing
the projectile does not ignite the incendiary. Yet they must be sensitive enough to ignite when they hit the target. Some typical
mixtures are:
FORMULA 1
Potassium Perchlorate 50%
Magnesium 25%
Aluminum 25%
FORMULA 2
Potassium Nitrate 50%
Potassium Perchlorate 15%
Aluminum 25%
Charcoal 10%
The above two formulas are more suitable for incendiary projectiles. They explode more than bum and the flash from the
explosion ignites the target. Metal-Salt mixtures that burn slower and are more suitable for an incendiary charge usually
include oil or a wax plus sulfur to slow down the burning . The following formulas are examples .
FORMULA 1
Potassium Nitrate 60%
Light Oil 20%
Aluminum Powder 10%
Sulfur 5%
Charcoal 5%
FORMULA 2
Potassium Nitrate 55%
Paraffin Wax 20%
Iron Oxide 10%
Aluminum Powder 10%
Sulfur 5%
Exotic Incendiar ies: Some exotic incendiaries are pyrophoric metals, phosphorous/sulfur mixtures . alkyl-alkali metal
derivatives . and boron compounds . Since the use of these incendiaries require more knowledge than can be gained by simply
reading a few pages on incendiaries, only a quick review will be given.
Pyrophoric metals are metal powders that are barren of any oxide coating and are of such small dimensions that they catch
fire on exposure to air. An example is made by heating lead tartate (made by adding tartaric acid to lead acetate) in a test tube .
While you can still smell the tarlike fumes coming off. cork the tube. Throw the tube and break it or just open up the test tube
and the lead will burst into sparks . Pyrophoric metals are made in an inert atmosphere to stop oxidation of the metal.
Phosphorous/Sulfur mixtures form an alloy that is liquid at normal temperatures. The usual percentages are 75% white
phosphorous and 25% sulfur. This compound ignites spontaneously in the air and gives some nasty burns plus releases large
amounts of noxious sulfur dioxide fumes when burning. Dimethyl sodium is a liquid that also spontaneously ignites in the air.
Alkyl metal derivatives are poisonous to handle . Boron is a high energy metal. Compounds of boron release very great
amounts of heat when burning . Unfortunately, these compounds are also very poisonous and this has limited research in their
use.
Before making incendiaries . find out the properties of the chemicals you are using . Be especially careful of white phosphorous .
WP has the ability to literally burn its way through your body. To get it out of say your arm. turn your arm upside down so the
WP burns back through the hole it made going in. The burns are very slow to heal and WP is poisonous and destroys the liver
and bones.
Safety equipment should be used when making these devices and mixtures. Invest in a good face shield, leather gloves and
aprons to protect against flash burns. A leather skull cap will help protect your hair. These and other equipment may save you
from injury or death. Remember, it is your respons ibility if you try using any of this information.
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STOPPING 'OWER METERS
Review by: Shiva
The Book:
Stopping Power Meters is a small booklet wrilten by John J. Williams and EI
Guapo. Don't let it's small size fool you however . I found the booklet to contain a
great deal of information on your typical power meter. I'm sure I'm not the only one
who wondered how they worked and how they could be 'adjusted', As it turns out,
there's actually a multitude of designs , each working on a variation of the same
principle, all known as walthour meters, or more commonly, kilo-walthour meters .
The booklet starts out by first explaining exactly what the meter does and how it
works. "There is nothing magical, sacred or miraculous about walthour meters."
Even different manufactures of meter s are discussed with explanations of their
differences.
After the theoretical background the ....."""TII--==-~ --.;-::-=-~----=:;;:>"';;;I
booklet goes on to describe what it
takes to calibrate a power meter ,
going on to mention that even with
slight miscalibration the meter can
cause over or undercharg ing of the
customer. It is also noted the possible
outcomes of a custom er complaining
about an inaccurate meter. There is
some discuss ion about how the
power company can trac k down
t-==== =",-==-,-",,--,-,,-=,-.!....;;..- - ...:c....--l discrepancies in usage over time,
Stopping Power Meters - The newest and how they usually find these to be
addition to a huge line up of in their favor (what else did you
educational hackers material expect?) and how much it could cost
available from Consumertronics, a YOU to have the 'problem' fixed. But
veteran in the hacker community. not to worry folks , some example ' - - -- - - - -- -- - - - - ---'
L- - - - ' excuses are provided for your education.
Following up adjustments is the inaccuracy department. It's amazing just how
inaccurate these things can be! It also appears that they become more
unreliable as time goes by, Think about it, how old is the house you live in? I bet
it still has it's original power meter from way back then and has NEVER been
calibrated to insure accuracy . Of course, these errors are almost always in the
favor of the power company . It's almost as if it were by design that the meter fails
overtime.
The booklet doesn't just spout off that the meters are in error, it backs up these
claims by explaining the causes of these inaccuracies. Meters, like any other
scientific instrument, need constant care in order to provide accurate
information . Explained are are several sources or conditions that over time will
cause the meter to slowly fail. It's quite detailed in some respects .
Now for the good part. The last half of the booklet discusses how to slow down , John Williams narrates the video, seen
or even stop a power meter from registering. Now, it should be noted that here holding the meter used for
tampering with a power meter is illegal. The demonstration.
booklet talks about this for several pages '------ - - - - - -- - - - ---'
explaining how the utility suspects and determines if the meter has been messed with. But
like anything else in this world, such tampering can be made very difficult to detect.
As for the actual methods of tampering , there's a lot more described between the covers
than I suspected. These methods are described in detail even providing actual schematics
of the devices used. What more could you '
want? Well, there's a Iiltle sections describing _r-----:r--------~;;:;;
some of the terminology used for the parts
you'll need. And speaking of parts, there's
even a section listing severa l electron ics
suppliers that are good places to start looking
for the necessary components . Some books
are also listed for those wishing to leam more
about domestic electrical wiring.
The Video:
Also available is Stopping Power Meters: The
Video. This 20 minute video. narrated by John
J. Williams himself, highlights the most
important basics that are discussed in the Front of the meter showing braking
booklet. Covered are the internal mechanisms magnets. One of the adjustment screws
is being pointed out. .
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Blacklisted! 411
of meters, how the meter
actually measures the power
used, and how they are
accessed .
The video then goes on to
demonstrate a power meter in
action . The meter is hooked up
to a series of high powered light
bulbs to provide a load . Shown
is the speed at which the meter
runs . Hooked up to the test bed
is another product available
from Consumertronics, the
Stopping Power Meters
u d to sto p o r slow meters. Educational Module. This is a
device built along one of the principles de crib d in d t iI in th booklet. The meter is shown both with the SPMEM on and off
so one can readily see the effect of the modul on th r i tr tion of th moter. It's quite a dramatic effect.
About Consumertronics:
Consumertronics is the company who puts out
offer "hundreds of books, manual s, softwar . h rdw r ,
primarily relate to computers, electroni cs, phon , n r y, Clo seup of the Stopping Power Meters
financial." The author, John Williams , was even int rvl w d Ed uc at io nal Module (S.P.M.E.M.l
Minutes. For more information , look for th full p d monstrated in the video.
advertisement in this magazine on page 31.
• Volume 1, Issue 1. For more information,
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Biq Bro ". National IV Card From Hell
by Ray Arachelian
OMV & 20 Bar Codes
We will soon see yet another Big Brother mechanism in the making . However this one , unlike the short lived Clipper chip
eems to be a very silent threat to our valued privacy . While we may have foreseen elements of this threat in our previous
discussions, we are now on the verge of their cruel implementation.
There is perhaps nothing new in the idea of a "National 10 card" to most of the veteran Cpunx , perhaps only a few of you
haven't heard of this . Perhaps also few of us have missed the AT&T commercial where a kid walks up to an ATM style kiosk
and renews his drivers license .
Many of us are already aware of the evil privacy invading DMV's, their disregard for our privacy in giving out our names and
addresses and other personal information (at least in some states ...) But how many of us know of the pend ing merging of
virtually all of our records?
Two weeks ago, I attended a presentation for a 20 Bar code system called PDF-417 (read Pee Dee Eff Four Seventeen.)
This presentation was aimed at city level government MIS staff . The presenting company, Symbol Technology offered a very
Big Brotheresque presentation for this bar code .
On the surface, the bar code looks like a 3D random dot pattern stereogram with a set of ordinary bar code-looking start and
end sequences. That is envision a rectangular bar code whose center has been replace by random dots leaving the first
two or three bars on the left and on the right sides.
PDF417 stands for Portable Data File, and it quite is. The presentation showed this format can hold upto 11Kbytes of data
per bar code . Each PDF bar code can be stretched into thin vertically or horizontally oriented rectangles or left as a square .
Several of these can fit on an 10 sized card, i.e, a driver's license. With a good quality fax (200dpi or better) they can be sent
over a fax . Further, they are very stable and resistant to harm . Several examples were shown of bar codes with bullet sized
hotes in them which were claimed to be readable , as well as a few samples with a diagonal torn from the lower left end to the
top right end .
An 11Kb of data may not seem like a lot, however by balancing the level of redundant error correction information versus
stored data and using good data compression systems , two of these PDF417 codes can store plenty of information, any of
it available to >anyone< you show your card to... at least the portions of which are not encrypted.
Most importantly, while Smart Cards are very expensive, PDF417's are dirt cheap to print. Any good quality 24 pin dot matrix
printer is certainly capable of producing 10 cards . A cheap XT with a network connection, a decent but cheap printer, perhaps
a hand held scanner/Polaroid camera and a card laminator are enough to produce such cards . On the other hand , a smart
card will require an on board chip which needs to be encoded and inserted in the card .
Encryption:
The presentation said that portions of the PDF417's could be encrypted to hold certain private information to which only
DMV's or other entities would have the key to. This way, anyone can scan your card, but some of your information will be
hidden. Now whether or not someone breaks into the DMV's and grabs the private key on the other end will become an issue
which was not presented.
In fact, it seems most of our city govemment folks are quite in the dark about encryption. They believe all of it can be broken
and do not trust it which is in a way good for our privacy and the lack of theirs . However, their neglect of strong encryption
may cause several problems in terms of the security of the encrypted fields : if implemented ass backwards, and we know
Uncle Sam usually does things ass backwards, don't we? Let us not forget that this was only Symbol Technology'S
suggestion. Knowing the DMV's, there will probably be no encrypted data. Digital Signatures to protect against forgeries
perhaps, but little privacy protection.
Your Mug Shot & John Hancock:
Samples were shown of various test DMV cards in various states containing digitized pictures, signatures, as well as standard
run of the mill info such as your full name , address, phone number, license number, etc. The idea was that a cop could pull
you over (or any other official of state or bank, or store clerk , etc .) scan your 10 card and see if the picture matches the stored
picture in the bar code and your face . Ditto for the signature. In fact you can expect to see new ID's sporting these codes
soon since Symbol is "working with all major 10 card manufacturers."
This is not vaporware, this type of bar codes have been used by the 000 as ID's .
W Ifare Cards:
These will be used for welfare cards . Whether they will be separate cards or part of your drivers license wasn't clear by the
presentation. You can bet that they have evangelized many DMV's and govemment agencies around the country with th
• me speech.
Just when you thought it was safe to read 8/dclt/istetl!4/1.....
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(Fingerprints were also shown - possible application - match your paw prints to the ones stored in encrypted form on the bar
code using a card scannerlfinger print scanner machine which also matches them to a neat database via a network .)
DMV Invitations:
One of the less interesting things was that your DMV invitations to renew your license would be sent on a postcard
sporting a bar code without which they would not allow you to renew your card . The usual do not bend, staple , or spindle
shown on punch cards will no longer apply as these are almost indestructible, and it would be in your interest to not harm
them.
Buying Guns:
Your drivers license will hold a hidden encrypted field to which gun dealers will have a machine that will hold the key to.
By swiping your card, or inserting your card in the device , a green light would indicate that you can infact purchase a gun, a
red would indicate you are either a person with a past criminal record , or soon enough a political danger ... Supposedly , this
will remove the one day wait for hand-guns. So now the right to bear arms is linked to your drivers license.
DMV's & Voting:
By '96 all DMV's will be required to have give drivers access to someth ing called the Motor Voter System. This will give you
the "right" to register to vote when you renew your license. We now have a political link between you and your right to drive ...
your right to vote .
DMV's & Your Bank:
DMV's will >SELL< your records to your bank. Supposedly , they will daim that this informat ion will be used to protect your
bank accounts by giving your bank your photo , etc. as proof of 10. Let us not forget that the IRS is pushing to have full access
to your bank accounts . We now have a link between the IRS, your bank , and your drivers license. You can bet your credit
cards will also be linked in this nasty soup .
DMV's & All Insurance:
Not just drivers insurance will be linked to your driver's license, but your health insurance as well. In fact, your entire family's
insurance will be linked! !! Their presenter said "Two full pages of medical info plus the doctor's name."
Your Car & The Parking Meter:
Should you deserve a parking ticket, your windshield will sport a nifty little PDF417 with all your registration info. If you
happen to have put too few quarters in the parking meter, not to worry , the parking meter will sport a PDF417 bar code
as well. A portable scanner will grab your info and the info off the parking meter. If the scanner has a built in printer - and
they will eventually - you'll get parking tickets within less than four seconds of a meter maid's time ..
This is a really neat technology , but as an enemy to privacy it is a far more insidious enemy than clipper was. WHEN, not
IF, these DMV based ID's are in place, it will be near impossible to gain much of your valued privacy.
A National Health Care 10 card as we previously thought will not be the future ... If you drive , and very few can live in today's
society without the privilege of driving (I am one of those few as I rely on the subways) you are already carrying the National
10 Card from Big Brother, Inc.
Symbol Technology sees a great boom in PDF417 , but the odd twist is that while they make scanners, they are not selling
them to the government, nor are they offering anything other than lip service and evangelism .
They are opening the eyes of sleepy , DMV drones to the possibility of Big Brother Hell, and they are doing a good job.
They will eventually profit from this as their distributors sell the DMV's scanners and third party custom written apps for the
DMV's databases ... And it does seem as if the DMV is licking its ugly lips. (The AAMV Association of American Motor
Vehides is the central hierarchy for all the DMV's. They are interested in this technology and it is in use in some states as
a pilot program .)
We have yet another battle on our hands . :-1
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kOOI Pictures
Someone sent in a series of
pictures of a GTE vehicle and a
worker ....at work. Here, to the left,
we have one of the pictures.
Anyhow, we see the ventilation
"snorkel" inserted into the man
hole, a truck, a few cones, a guard
rail, a box, lid, etc ... The person
who sent the pictures in asked if we
could write up an article on what's
INSIDE one of these manholes
(including pictures if at all
possible) Anyone want to take on
this task and write up the article?
Here's another picture from the same
dOOd..What we have here is a picture of a
GTE van, the back of some guy and a
great big box of wires. Nothing really
exciting to talk about with this picture,
but we would like to mention that we see
an awful lot of these boxes UNLOCKED
and open around these parts. Anyone
else notice this, too? If anyone else
sends in pictures like these first two pies,
please take the time to walk up to the
field techs and ask them some questions,
get some close up shots of them and
their equipment and send in a little
commentary along with those pictures.
This way, YOU get to write something for
the magazine and WE get to be lazy.
What we have pictured on
the left is a medley of our
goodies we collected over
the last few months... If
you see something in the
pile that you'd like to
know the name of or
where we got (where YOU
can get it) please write in
and let us know. If you
have something you'd
like to send us, please do
so. We're always looking
for more care packages
full of good stuff to screw
around with and take
pictures of. We'd like to
thank Tom43 and
Bertha9000 for some of
the goodies they sent in.
Next, we've got a photo with 4 padlocks appearing. Yay. The top
right lock Is a Paragon lock and the bottom three are Southern
California Edison locks. I don't know why people send these to
us, but we thought it'd be a good idea to show some of them off
since we've got 'em. Do you have a lock you want to send to
us? Go for it. Better yet, send us any keys or security tools
you've got - particularly the security tool for removing power
meter security locks and/or lead crimp tools and the like. If
you'd like for us to photograph something and include it in a
future issue, write to us or call us and let us know what you're
looking for. We can probably find it. ..or find someone who can .
Behold! Your copy of BlldK/isfetl!411has disappeared again!
BIQklisted 411
c l 15t Quarter· April 1998 51
Letters to the Editor - Continued from page 11
Anyhow , this should be enough for you to get whatever it is Also, regarding CO switches, AT&T's SESS and the SE are
you need. the same thing! We say "SE" for short when referring to the
SESS switch. The SE is a digital switch. the 1A is the analog
Dear411 , switch. But, don't forget that ESS is 1960's technology
I just picked up a copy of your guys mag at our Borders. This (officially introduced in 1965). Some PacBell COs are now
magaz ine kicks major ass . You guys have easy to cutting over to the Northern Telecom OMS 200 switch.
understand articles and not junked up technical shit. Anyway ,
I was wonder ing how I go about building my own pirate radio. The last item I want to correct is Sinister's defin ition of
if you could send me the instructions on how to build it and RCMAC . The last "C" was dropped years ago, leaving us with
what I need to build it, I would be most appreciative, "II even RCMA , which stands for Recent Change Memory
send an article for each of your issues just to help move your Administrat ion (the last C stood for Center) .
business along. Anyway thanx alot!
PHiBeR OPTiKII There must be an old phreaker file with bogus information that
Birmingham, MI people are reading and are assuming is complete ly accurate.
Routed> U.S. Snail Mail We can't get into a VMS or PBX without entering in the
precise code . Successf ul cracking is accomplished with
We don 't have our own schematics to give out, but we can precision. Yes, we can finger phreak a system randomly until
send you in the right direction. Start here: we guess the passcode , but it is the passcode "precisely"
dialed which gives us access. As we strive for precision in our
http://ramseyelectronics.com! abilities to phreak and crack, let us also strive for precision in
our understand ing and use of telecommunication terminology.
Check out their site, request their catalog and consider buying Incorrectly explained acronyms and improperly used terms
their FM-10, FM-25 or FM-100 setup to play around with. It's can only lead to confusion. Let's not contribute to confusion,
a start. Please be aware that transmitting anything over 100 rather, let us collaborate with clarity.
Milliwatts is illegal. The FM-25 and FM-100 will transmit far
above this limit, I believe. There are many other places that let me give the readers some of PacBell's ANl s: 211-2121,
sell kits (along witll documentat ion on how to construct and 211-234S, 1223. Some of GTEs are: 114, 1114. These are
operate them, as well). for the Southern California area. Stay the course and don't
ever give up!
Greetings , J.R.
First, let me say you all are doing a great job with this mag. California
keep up the good work ! Second , I feel compelled to comment Routed> U.S. Snail Mail
on a letter in your V414 by Sinister8. He was trying to correct
your alleged error in reference to ANI and in doing so, made Right on JR. ! Thanks for the corrections and info. Any time
some errors of his own. BL411! is correct: ANI (automatic you want to send in some pies or articles from a utility
number identificat ion) is the proper term, not ALI . Hay company worker perspective , go for it! We like tlla t inside
Sinister, where did you come up with the acronym ALI? After information , you know.
10 years as an installat ion technician with PacBeli I should
probably know what ANI is. You can check Newton 's
Telecom Dictionary if you don't believe me. Have a good one, hackers ! Until the next issue.
If you have a CURRENT of BBS' in your area, you've got exactly what we needI We're particularly interested in California ,
New York and New Jersey listings - for upcoming issues. If you'd like to help us out , mail your current BBS listing to us. You
may send it to us on paper or floppy . We can accept IBM 1.44M & IBM 720K 3.5", IBM 1.2M & IBM 360K 5.25" and Amiga
880K 3.S" disk formats . Send all disk material In simple ASCII text format. (MS word is acceptable, as well)
52 1st Quarter - April 1998 Blacklistedl411
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by kryptO c1pher
Any Hacker can tell you that a cellular phone can be tracked . Of course, you would have to really piss some
n off to get that kind of attentio n because tracking or fixing a cell phone is no small undertak ing, even for
ttl FBI. Unfortunately, if the FCC gets its way, that will all change. The FCC has proposed a new wireless
tandard called E911 or Enhanced 911 to allow the accurate tracking of cellular phones for emergency
purposes. To understand the ramificat ions of this proposal you need to first understand the way that cell
phones can be tracked .
The first way to track a cell phone is to simply identify the cell-site that the targe t phone is currently using
and send out gung-ho agents to harass everyone within range of it who happens to be using their phones
in a conspicuous manner. While this is the easiest way to track a cell phone , it's not the most accurate .
Knowing the cell-site that the target phone is currently using gives the agents too much ground to cover as
the phone and its user could be located any where in the cell-sites recepti on radius .
The second and more accurate way to track a cell phone is to use a "Time Difference of Arrival" system to
triangulate the position of the target phone. This works well when the target phone is within range of at least
three cell-sites or base stations. If your calling from some where inside a city or a fairly populated resident ial
area, you can bet that you're within range of at least three or more receivers . Once the cellular serv ice
provider or FBI find the three cell-sites or base stations for which you are in range of, they will simply make
note of the time differences between the three sites as each one receives your signal. Since the distance
between each cell-site and your phone will be different , each site will receive your signal at a different time.
After a little trigonome try , a computer can use a geographical map to fix the phone's position among the
cell-sites. This method is highly accurate because for every possible position of the targe t phone , there is a
unique set of timing differences betwee n the cell-sites.
The third method uses "arrival angle" to either assist the search with cell-s ites or by it self as a moving
search . The additional knowledge of "arrival angle" lets them know the general direction in which the ir
cell-site or base station is receiving your signal. This is also helpful when your phone is not in range of three
or more cell-sites or triangulation is not possible. An excellent example of this method in action is the
plumbing van filled with feds that slowly cruise through your neighborhood at night. If you think this only
happens in movies , think again . Of course , this method is rare among cellular providers because most
cell-sites are rigged with omnidirectional antennas which are practically useless with regards to arrival
angle .
It's easy to see that at this moment the location of your cell phone and you, if you happen to be carry ing it,
are fairly secure unless your Hacker handle has some how found its way into a federal investigation . Even
then, the feds would have to get warrants and the cooperat ion of the service provider for a trap and trace to
go through . But if E911 is passed as a law by the government, and you know it will, then the difficulty of
tracking cell phones will be reduced to the touch of a button. According to the FCC, all carriers or service
provide rs must modify their cell-sites or base stations so that any customer can be located to within 125
meters of actual position. If the proposal is passed , all carriers or service provide rs must conform to E911
standards by the year 2001 .Now, don't get me wrong! I'm not some wacked out consp iracy theor ist, but this
plan is the next best thing to planting tracking bugs in our craniums and you know how the NSA would just
love to do that. With E911 in effect , your every move could be tracke d. I don't know about you , but this
definitely sounds like an invasion of privacy . And even if there is no hidden agenda behind E911 , it will only
be a matter of time before the feds begin exploiting it for investigative purpose s.
In conclusi on, this fiasco to come reminds me a lot of the DES encryption standard that the government
was so wild about. They 're telling the public that E911 will save lives but they fail to mention the loss of
privacy that this system can cause if misused.
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I Do you have your own hacker publication or website?
I
I Are you interested in submitting an article for print?
I If not, consider it!
I
I
It's a GREAT way to promote yourselfl
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WHO Took itTHIS time? Was itthe guy next door?
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Frequency Description
856.4625 Woodrid ge Police Department F1
2 857.4625 Woodridge F2
3 470 .9125 Downers Grove PD
4 470.6625 Down ers Grove "F5"
5 470 .5125 Darien, Lisle, Burr Ridge PD
6 476.7375 (SouthWe st Central Dispatch) Lemont, Willowbrook, Clarendon Hills PD
7 155.4300 Used by above towns to talk to Southwest Central Dispatch , "low band"
8 154.7250 Westmont , Hinsdale, Oak Brook PD
9 155.1450 West mont "Tac 1"
10 158.7450 We stmont "Tac 2", Westmont ESDA
11 155.2500 Bolingbrook PD
12 153.8950 Romeov ille PD
13 155.3700 "Point-to-Point" (Used by all agencies)
14 155.0400 Wood ridge Public ServiceslWoodr idge Park District
15 151.0250 Lisle , Downers Grove, York Townsh ips Highway Department
16 154.9650 Dupage County Office of Emergency Management
17 854.9875 Tri-S tate North & North-West Tollway Police
18 855.2375 Tri-State North & North-West Tollway Police
19 855.4875 Tri-State South & East-West Tollway Police
20 855.7375 Tri-State South & East-West Tollw ay Police
21 855.9625 North-Sou th Tollway Police
22 866.1625 Toll Highway Authority North (Repeats 855.23757)
23 155.4750 Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network (ISPERN)
24 042.6200 Illinois State Police District 2 Base in Elgin
25 042.6800 ISP Dis!. 2 Cars
26 042.5000 ISP Dist. 2 Car-to-Car (All Districts in Illinois)
27 122.9750 ISP Aircraft
28 471.1875 Itasca Police (200's)
29 155.8050 Itasca Police F2
41 470.3875 DuComm East 1: Lombard (Lincoln) ! Villa Park (Victor)
42 470.6875 DuComm West 1: Carol Stream (Charl ie) ! Bartlett (Bravo ) ! Hanover Park (Yankee)
43 470 .3125 DuComm West 5: West Chicago (Zebra) ! Warrenville (Delta) ! Winfield (William)
44 470 .8875 DuComm East 3: Oak Brook Terrace (Ocean) ! Elmhurst (Echo)
45 471.1375 DuComm West 3: Wheaton (Tango ) ! Glen Ellyn (Golf)
46 471.0125 DuComm AreaWid e
61 866.6250 Naperville PD Trunked System
62 866.2375 Naperville PD Trunked System
63 867.0375 Naperville PD Trunked System
64 867.5750 Naperv ille PD Trunked System
65 867.8250 Naperville PD Trunked System
66 868.1500 Naperville PD Trunked System
81 154.2500 Darien Woodr idge, Downers Grove , Westmon t, (Tri-State) Fire
82 154.3100 LislelW oodridge FD, Oak Brook FD, Itasca FD, Warrenville FD
83 155.3250 Bolingbrook Fire
84 154.4000 Romeoville Fire
85 154.4150 Elmhurst FD ! Lombard FD! Oak Brook Terr FD! Villa Pk FD
86 154.1750 Glen Ellyn FD (800's) ! Wheaton FD (400's)
87 857.2625 Naperville FD
88 153.8300 Fire Ground
101 460.1250 Chicago CityWide 1
102 460.1750 Chicago CityWide 2
103 460.2750 Chicago CityWide 3
104 460.3250 Chicago CityWide 4
105 460.3500 Chicago CityWide 5
106 460.2500 Chicago CityWide 6
107 460.3000 Chicago CityWide 7
108 460.4750 Chicago Zone 1 Far NorthWest
109 460 .0500 Chicago Zone 2 Near North
110 460 .2250 Chicago Zone 3 NorthWest Central
111 460 .1500 Chicago Zone 4 Downtown Area
112 460 .5000 Chicago Zone 5 Near South
113 460.4000 Chicago Zone 6 SouthWest
114 460.0750 Chicago Zone 7 Mid-South
115 460.2000 Chicago Zone 8 South
116 460.0250 Chicago Zone 9 Far SouthWest
117 460.100Q Chicago Zone 10 West
118 460.3750 Chicago Zone 11 Far North
119 460.4250 Chicago Zone 12 NorthWest
120 460.4500 Chicago Zone 13 West Central
141 464.3250 Louis Joliet Mall
142 464.5750 Oak Brook Terrace Mall
143 464 .9750 Lincoln Mall ! Evergreen Plaza
144 464 .9250 Woodfield Commons & Housekeeping
145 461.2250 Gurnee Mills Security
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146 464 .4750 Gurnee Mills Housekeeping I Chicago Ridge Mall
147 464 .6750 Fox Valley Mall
148 461 .1125 Lincolnwood Town Center
149 462 .1125 Golf Mil Mall Hey everyone, this is the crew over at
150 462 .7625 Old Orchard Mall THUD Magazine. Now, everyone, please
151 059.7500 Channel 2 Direct Audio spell along with us :
152 081.7500 Channel 5 Direct Audio
153 179.7500 Channel 7 Direct Audio The Hackers Underground Digest
154 191.7500 Channel 9 Direct Audio
171 043.7200 Cordless Phone Channel #1 Yep. We're a new hacker rag done by a
172 043.7400 Cordless Phone Channel #2 small group of people from the Blacklisted!
173 043.8200 Cordless Phone Channel #3 411 crew. We got together and formed our
174 043 .8400 Cordless Phone Channel #4 own hacker zine for the world to enjoy.
175 043.9200 Cordless Phone Channel #5 This project is to compliment the
176 043.9600 Cordless Phone Channel #6 Blacklistedl 411 zine and co-exist without
177 044.1200 Cordless Phone Channel #7 competing. Afterall, how can we compete?
178 044.1600 Cordless Phone Channel #8 Hackers are info h-u-n-q-r-y! MORE INFOI
179 044.1800 Cordless Phone Channel #9
180 044.2000 Cordless Phone Channel #10 Since we just started up, we're stilt on the
181 044.3200 Cordless Phone Channel #11 lookout for anyone who wants to help us
182 044.3600 Cordless Phone Channel #12 out. We need photographs, drawings,
183 044.4000 Cordless Phone Channel #13 articles, letters, schematics, projects,
184 044.4600 Cordless Phone Channel #14 review items and anything else you might
185 044.4800 Cordless Phone Channel #15 want to send to us .
186 046.6100 Cordless Phone Channel #16
187 046.6300 Cordless Phone Channel #17 We're not intending on sounding like a
188 046.6700 Cordless Phone Channel #18 charity case - in fact , we have tons of really
189 046.7100 Cordless Phone Channel #19 kewl material to print - just check out our
190 046.7300 Cordless Phone Channel #20 first couple of issues and see for yourself.
191 046.7700 Cordless Phone Channel #21 We just think it 'd be the right thing to do
192 046.8300 Cordless Phone Channel #22 asking the hacker community for their
193 046.8700 Cordless Phone Channel #23 inp ut - because, afterall, this magazine is
194 046.9300 Cordless Phone Channel #24 for the hacker and by the hacker. Besides
195 046 .9700 Cordless Phone Channel #25 it's a great way to meet new people and get
196 049.8300 Cordless Phone Handset I Baby Monitor a free subscription out of it, too .
197 049.8450 Cordless Phone Handset I Baby Monitor
198 049.8600 Cordless Phone Handset I Baby Monitor So, send us some cool shit.
199 049.8750 Cordless Phone Handset I Baby Monitor
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Channel #'s Contents1 Hacker community, this is your chance to
1-20 Local PO, IL State PO, Tollway2 say something and get it in print. Seems
21-40 Local PO, IL State PO, Tollway3 like there's not too many of us as there
41-60 DuComm4 were only a decade ago . So, take this
61-80 Naperville Trunked System5 opportunity right NOW and speak up .
81-100 Fire Departments6 We're not going to prejudge anyone, so
101-120 Chicago Citywide & Zones7 send in your thoughts, ideas and whacky
121·140 Empty8 and insane compilations right away.
141-160
141-150 Mall/Security THUD Magazine Jumpstart Project
151-160 TV Direct Audio9 P.O. Box 2521
161-180 Cordless Phones10 Cypress, CA 90630
181-200 Cordless Phones & Baby Monitors
Was it your grandma? Your doctor? Your aunt Connie? Possibly...•.
Blacklisted' 411 1st Quarter - April 1998 55
BULLET BUSTER
FROM TELECODE
WHAT IS THE BULLET?
On Wednesday, the 13th of March 199 1, American Cablevision of Queens, New York, sent the first electronic "Bullet". This
so-called "Bullet" was in fact, an electronic signal directed to unauthorized cable boxes causing them to turn-off . Approximately
300+ unsuspecting customers then called the cable company to complain and were subsequently taken to court for cable
theft.
The "Bullet" works by ordering the computer processor within the cable box to lock-up if it is authorized for all channels. Since
pirate chips installed in a cable box would authorize all channels, the TV "goes black".
HOW THE CABLE COMPANIES CATCH PIRATES
There are several methods; here are some of the more popular. The first method is somewhat costly to the cable company ,
and is used usually only when they think they have a thief. A device called a Time-Doma in Reflectometer(TDR) is used to
send a timed signal from the cable line outside your home to your decoder.
The reflected energy of the signal is measured and then compared to previous measurements to find a time difference which
would indicate that the box has been tampered with. Pirates were able to get around this by installing an in-line amplifier which
would weaken the reflected signal. One problem with TOR is that you need previous readings, which are not usually taken at
the time of installation for a reference point.
The second way is to modulate an identification signal onto the cable line at about 108 MHz. This signal sounds something like
a "cuckoo", and "leaks" from the converter box where it can be picked up by cable company employees outside of a suspected
pirates home using hand held receivers . Unfortunately the signals sent by the cable companies can also cause interference
with FM reception within the home.
A third method is to program all cable boxes from the headend to display a message. This message is displayed only by boxes
which have had a test chip installed and left in. The message informs the customer that they have won a free t-shirt or
something similar. They only have to go to the Cable Company HQ to pick up their prize. And what a prize it is! A FREE trip to
jail! Don't fall for this. There is no free lunch.
IS THERE A FIX FOR THE BULLET?
Yes, there are several solutions to the problem . The "Bullet" as sent from headend causes the box to lock-up, and not output
a picture. The fix is simple - unplug the power cord. After a few minutes, plug-in the box again and it should reset. At worst, the
box may stay dead for up to 24 hours. If this doesn't work - go to the next fix.
The second fix is to install an in-line trap to filter out the actual message or "Bullet" before it can get to the microprocessor . This
is accomplished by inserting on the cable going to the box, a small F-M trap . This trap is designed to "filter" out the frequency
carrying the "Bullet" information. Unfortunately , there are a few side effects . One is that the box will not be updated with
time-of-day , special messages and other "housekeeping" instructions . These small traps are popularly referred to as "Bullet
Busters".
The third fix is to go inside the box, locate the small, usually RG-174 Mini-coax cable carrying the demodulated F-M
information and cut this cable . This has the same effect as installing a trap but costs nothing . Of course, if the box belongs to
the cable company going inside the box is not advised. You may, however , purchase your own cable box.
BUILDING THE CIRCUIT
Addressable cable systems use a data channel to address or "instruct" the cable descrambler as to which channels you are
authorized to watch . Typically this is done by modulating control data at 106.5 MHz . This is not the same as the "cuckoo"
sound which is typically sent at 108 MHz. To see if you have either of the modulated signals present, simply attach an FM
radio to the cable using a suitable splitter/adapter . Scan the band around 106 to 108 MHz listening for beeping noises. If noise
or interference is located, the "Bullet Buster" will usually eliminate it once installed .
The "Bullet Buster" is a passive band-rejection or notch filter configured as a type-T trap. The filter gives about 40 to 60 dB of
attenuation using only one resonant circuit. Tuning is accomplished by turning a small trimmer capacitor to set the frequency ,
while a trim potentiometer permits critical adjustment of notch depth.
The entire circuit can be built on a small piece of PC material. Mount the in/out jacks first and the pot, trimmer and finally the
rest of the parts. To adjust, turn C2 for frequency and R1 for notch depth until interference is blocked from reception into your
FM radio receiver. Once adjusted , remove and reinstall into the cable line just before the decoder/descrambler. Plans for the
BULLET BUSTER are in the CABLE HACKERS BIBLE Volume 2. Finished units are available for $15.00 to $25.00 from other
various venders . Telecode does not sell them. Check the back of any issue of ELECTRONICS NOW magazine (available from
newsstands everywhere) .
Although the "Bullet Buster" will eliminate the interference signal, it will also eliminate all programming instructions from
reaching the set. This means that if you order a PPV program with the filter still in-line , the box will NOT accept the instruction,
and of course, you will NOT be able to see what you've paid for. If, after installing the trap, the converter shuts down, unplug
the filter for a while to.allow the converters microprocessor to update.
Alternat ively, try unplugg ing the power and then plugging in again forcing a computer reset condition within the converte r. Do
not use the "Bullet Buster" to circumvent the cable compan ies right to de-authorize the converter , or in any other unlawful
manner.
This Information was taken d/rectly from Te/ecode webpage with permission to do so. Te/ecode sells all sorts of
useful hacking material. Please take the time to check them out:
TELECODE
PO BOX 6426, YUMA AZ 85366·6426 (520)726-2833
http://www.hackerscatalog.comRndex.htm
56 1st Quarter· April 1998 Blacklisted! 411
So, you have some piece of equipment you
000
Regular Phillips Hex Security
Hex
want to open up, but you have no idea
what the hell that little fastener is? There
are all sorts of oddball screws (screw
balls?) out there and here's a sample of
some of them.
Use the Regular and Phillips diagrams to
get an idea of how the diagrams work for
0000
Torx Security
Torx
Scrulox/
Robertson
Security
Scrulox
the rest of the screw/bit types you're
unfamiliar with. The white part of each
diagram is where the bit fits into the
screw. The Black portion of the diagram is
the base of the screw that the bit is
surrounded by when the bit is inserted.
It'll make sense after awhile.
Often, you will find Spanner screws used
to hold wall plates in place at schools...
primarily in bathrooms.
Internal Security External Spline You will find Security Torx screws used in
Line Head Line Head Line Head all the ST-1600 thru ST·2500 cable boxes.
External line head screws are really
unusual. Or are they? Check out Super
Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Gameboy, Pocket
Gameboy, SNES Carts, N64 Carts,
Gameboy Carts, Sega Genesis, etc, etc
Mostly, if not entirely, Japanese made
Spanner Spanner Torq-set Posidrive home video game systems.
Do you want some of these? Do you need some of these? It'd be a good idea to stock up
just to have them handy in case you do happen to need them some day. Find them at the
following locations:
Jensen Tools, Inc. Parts Express
(800)426- 1194 (800)3 38-0531
http://www.jensentools.com http://www.parts-express.com/
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· Monthly Meetings!
Interested in meeting up with some of the Blacklisted! 411 readers? Well , we're starting to set up meetings in different areas
all over the U.S. and anywh ere else. Monthly Blacklisted! 411 meetings are held the first Sunday of each month at 1pm.
Arizona Virginia
(602 Area Code) - Phoenix (703 Area Code) - Schantiloy
Tri-City Mall near food court by the payphones. Fairoaks Mall - middle of the mall at the Cafe
Hosted by: Cynosure Hosted by: Elebom
Contact: The Consp iracy Quarterly BBS (703)631- 1499
Rorida
(813 Area Code) - Tampa/Brandon Colorado
Brandon Town Center between the food court and the arcade (303 Area Code) - Westminster/Denver
by the payphones. Westminster mall , between food court and payphones .
Hosted by: Desolated Dream - ddream@ cyberspace.org Hosted by: Arsenic
(407 Area Code) - Orlando Utah
Fashion Square Mall · upstairs by the payphones next to the
Panda Express in the food court .
(801 Area Code) - Salt Lake City
Crossroads Mall in the food court, north end between Dippin'
Hosted by: Whisper - SS09642 199@aol.com
Dots and the glass elevator .
Hosted by: Apocaly pse and The DFL Hackers!
Pennsy~ania
(215/610 Area Code) - Philadelphia California
Suburba n Station, 16th & JFK Blvd. near the Track 5 sign,
(707 Area Code) - Santa Rosa
across from the pizza place .
Santa Rosa Plaza , 1st floor at the water fountain.
Payphone s: (215) 854 - 9268 , 987 1, 9873, 9019
Hosted by: Tron
Hosted by: Lionel McGimpy
(610 Area Code) Media (outside of (760 Area Code) - Oceanside
Hill Street Coffee House - 524 S. Coast Hwy. Meeting located
Philadelphia ) in the partio area
Granite Run Mall, outside the arcade at the payphones Hosted by: Secondsho t
Hosted by: thegreek (Mark Pappas) thegreek@hygnel.co m Email: j563@usa.net
New York Ohio
(516 Area Code) - Long Island (216 Area Code) - Cleveland
Walt Whitman Mall by Radio Shack The Avenue at Tower City, food court area, 2nd level, in/near
Hosted by: Chaos - MikeLow rie@po intblank.com Smoking section.
Payphones: (will advise)
(516 Area Code) - Long Island Hosted by: Digiphreak - frequency .rec@worldn el.atl .net
Roosevelt Field Mall by the Sam Goody entrance, near the Voicemail info # : (216)556-0469 press #3
payphones .
Hosted by: GuNDaM - verbe eck@nether.net
Minnesota
Maryland (612 Area Code) - Minneapolis/St. Paul
Starbucks Coffee in Highland Park SI. Paul (right on Ford
(301 Area Code) - Silver Spring Parkway), right inside the door, next to Barnes and Noble
Wheaton Plaza - at the Cinnabon bookstore .
Hosted by: Pappy Hosted by: DeadW8
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