A spy uses his ears to gather information and to warn him of danger.  With the Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone he can hear at ranges not usually possible.

The Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone is an important piece of equipment for your spy games.  Use it to investigate suspicious noises or to hear a contact who is signalling you from a distance.  It is also useful at sports events and lectures.

The Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone is used for "line-of-sight" listening.  It will only work when there is nothing solid (walls, windows) between you and your target.  It will not work as well when there is a strong wind or when there are sources of noise between you can your target.  Your Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone can be used in combination with the Spy-Tech Binoculars or the Spy-Tech Periscope.

The microphone tube on your Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone breaks down into two pieces for storage.  Fit the two sections together when ready to use.  Insert your earphone and turn the amplifier on with the knob on top.  Point the microphone toward the target.  Press the receiving button on the back of the unit and adjust the volume.

The Spy-Tech Long Range Microphone operates on one 9-volt battery.

Be careful not to bring the microphone close to the earpiece when the microphone is on - that will cause annoying electronic feedback.

In the late 1950's, two foreign spies met regularly in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.  Having made sure no one was near them, they felt quite safe as they discussed stolen top-secret information.  Imagine their surprise when they were arrested by F.B.I. agents who knew every detail of their meetings!  The agents had used long range microphones to listen in on them from the window of a hotel room a block away.

Sometimes a spy has to keep an enemy agent under surveillance.  If the enemy agent is traveling on foot, the spy must follow him without his knowledge, in order to learn where he goes and whom he meets.  This is called "tailing".

Most of the time your "target" (the subject of your surveillance) will not suspect he is being tailed.  As long as you follow a few simple rules and you don't act suspiciously, there is no reason to fear you will be "made" (spotted).  It is better to lose a target than to be made by him.  Once your target discovers he is being tailed, he will probably be on the lookout for tails for weeks afterward.

When you're going to tail someone, dress inconspicuously, avoiding bright colors.  Carry a hat in your pocket that you can put on from time to time to change your silhouette.  Wear a reversible jacket if you have one.  Dark glasses may by helpful if the sun is in your eyes, but they may draw attention to you.  For more tips on disguises, see the manual for the Spy-Tech Vest.

When tailing, take your jacket off and carry it over your shoulder from time to time to vary your appearance.

Always keep your target in sight.  Don't stare at him, though - if you stare at the back of someone's head they sometimes sense it.  Focus on the target's shoes.

Walk about 10 to 20 feet behind the target in crowded areas, a block behind where it is less crowded.  Don't follow so closely that you will bump into the target if he suddenly stops.  Use other people as cover by walking behind them.  If there are few other people around, it may be best to tail from the other side of the street.

If the target turns to look in your direction, keep moving.  Do not turn around or duck into a doorway.  That will only attract the target's attention.  Act casually.

If your target looks toward you, don't catch his eye, as that will attract his attention.  If he looks straight at you, return his glance - don't look away as that will also appear suspicious.

If you target turns a corner, do not follow right after him.  Walk a little past the corner, glancing to see if he has stopped and is waiting to see if anyone follows.  If he is, cross the street and tail him from the other side.

If the target stops to look in a store window or tie his shoelaces, walk past him.  Stop a little ahead of him in front of a shop window that reflects back down the street and watch him in it - or else use the mirror on your Spy-Tech Binoculars.  If he changes direction, turn and follow.  If he comes toward you, let him pass and pick up the tail again.

If the target cuts across a large empty space, such as a parking lot, you may be too exposed in you follow him.  Walk around the sides and keep him in sight.

A target shows that he suspects a tail if he frequently turns around to look behind him or makes a point of varying his pace and stopping a lot.  You'll have to decide whether to drop back and loosen the tail or call it off.

• The target may enter a building which you cannot follow him into.  Stake out the entrance.
• If the target enters a multi-exit building, such as a large department store, you should continue the tail.  Otherwise you may loose him if he leaves by another exit.
• If the target enters a restaurant, you can probably follow without attracting attention.  See if the target is meeting a contact there.  Pick a table where you are out of the target's field of vision but can observe him.  Leave ahead of the target and pick up the tail outside - he may check to see if anyone follows him out of the restaurant.
• If the target of your surveillance gets on an elevator, you may want to get on with him.  Notice which button he presses and the press the button for the floor above.  When you get off, quickly slip down the stairs.  Peeking through the stairway door, try to see which room the target enters.

It is much easier to tail someone if you have another spy helping you.  These methods are discussed in the manual for the Spy-Tech Walkie Talkie.

The time may come when you suspect that you are being tailed.  These are ways to check.

• Use reflections in a shop windows to check behind you.
• Look behind you now and then to take note of the faces that you see.
• Turn a corner and stop just around it, next to the wall.  If your tail has not learned the tricks taught in this manual, he may run right into you!
• Stop for a few minutes at a time.  Go into stores.  Reverse direction several times.  Vary your pace - walk quietly for a few minutes, then very slowly.  If anyone does likewise, they should be easy to spot.
• Fold up a piece of paper and place it carefully in a trashcan, looking around you suspiciously.  Then turn a corner and watch the trashcan.  If an enemy spy is tailing you he won't be able to resist checking what you threw away.

• Close Surveillace - A type of tailing when it is more important to keep the target under close, constant observation than to remain unnoticed.  Also call "surrounding".
• Ditch - To lose or shake a tail
• Hot Target - A target who expects to be tailed and takes precautions.  A difficult assignment.
• Loose Surveillance - A type of tailing when it is more important to keep the tail secret than to keep the target under observation at all times.  Also called "rough tail" or "discreet tail".
• Made - To be identified as a tail by the target.  The same meaning as "blown", "burned" or "exposed".
• Shadowing - Another word for tailing.
• Tradecraft - The skills necessary to be a good agent.