John T. Blair wrote:
>
> At 10:55 AM 11/16/98 -0800, Ken Landaiche wrote:
> >
> >What is a LoJack? How does it work?
>
> Ken,
>
> I don't have any 1st hand experience with the system, but I do know a
> very little about it.
>
> LOJACK is basically a radio that is installed in your car. When/if it is
> stolen (the car that is) and you report it, a signal is sent out by either
> the police or some company which activates the LOJACK transmitter. Usually
> the police have a "auto theft" squad and at least one of their cars is
> equipted
> with a Radio Direction Finding (RDF) receiver. You can tell these cars as
> the usually have 4 antennas on their roof.
>
> The cops simply us standard DF techniques to find the car, usually very
> fast. Hopefully before it makes it to the chop shop. I bought my Sonett
> from a cop in a neighboring city that has the DF equipment on his car for
> finding a LOJACK equiped car.
>
> Hope this sheds some light.
>
> John
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
> 48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 71 Saab Sonett III 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
>
> www.team.net/www/morgan bricklin.shel.olsy-na.com/bi
One of my local (Stafford County) police cars just happened to be
patroling # 95 and a big Lincoln came past him, and wham-0 off went his
alarm for a stolen car, pulled it over, and yes, stolen the day before in
Miami, 1200 miles south, and this cruiser just happens to be the only one
equipped in the entire county with LOJACK. Guess thats one that will not
make the docks. This was in last Sat. local paper. "FT"
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