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    Someone who is directly in the loop will probably laugh at this.
    However, for us mere "mortals", learning about the latest technological achievements is often a real miracle and a very fascinating knowledge.
    I have always been interested in the advanced technology of "eavesdropping" or to put it more politely; expanding and improving human senses with the help of advanced technology.
    The latest (to me) eavesdropping devices work on the following principle:
    1) Sound is a vibration
    2) While talking in a room; our speech is a vibration that spreads through the room
    3) Vibration affects surrounding objects and materials
    4) The glass on the windows "vibrates" to the rhythm of our speech
    5) These vibrations are "picked up" and demodulated with a special "laser receiver".
    In this way, the range of "eavesdropping" is drastically increased and there are practically no limits.
    The limits are defined only by the quality and level of laser "reception".
    One would immediately think of a directional microphone. No, this has nothing to do with any microphones.
    A very strong, directed and focused laser beam is directed at the window glass and the ultra micro vibrations on the glass cause the returning laser beam to change slightly, delaying the rhythm of the "modulation".
    Selectivity is achieved by additional "sensors" (a wide range of choices) that will "subtract" all other surrounding sources of vibrations from the vibrations of the glass caused by speech in the room.
    The quieter the neighborhood around the window glass; it is possible to achieve a greater listening range.
    It is easier to listen to a speech in a hut in the middle of nowhere than in the center of a noisy urban place.
    Who thinks that he has hidden in such a place, far from urban areas; that only allowed the eavesdropper to easily listen to him from a much greater distance.
    How to defend yourself? Play loud blaring music with lots of singing in that room. Add recorded speeches from a medium. And then talk more quietly in that room.
    People, however, out of ignorance, do everything the opposite! Ha, ha, ha!
    When they want to hide from eavesdropping, it is common for them to go far into the mountains, to some hut, whispering secrets in absolute silence.


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    There's an interesting book titled "The basement Bugger's Bible" by author "Shifty Bugman". Plenty of interesting electronics, and some amusing anecdotes about job's he's done. Laser reflection bugging is mentioned.
    It's out there on the web, if you search for it. If you can't find it, I could probably email it to you.

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      • #4
        Got it already!
        Thanks!

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        • #5
          This is great!
          Skippy you pointed me in the right direction!
          Because I have the ability to easily acquire and work only with older series of components.
          So this book is a real treasure for me! (although I have about 30Gb of books on disk).
          Here is a brief excerpt:


          WHAT'S QUIET?
          In descending order, this table lists En and
          In @ 1,000 Hz for commonly available semiconductors.
          Generally, devices at and below the NE5532
          (5 nv) are considered very quiet- suitable for
          covert work. Devices that generate 25 nv or
          more make noisy preamps but can serve as linelevel buffers.


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          • #6
            I remember reading about using focused microwaves. The same idea as the laser reflection bug. They would embed foil in the walls and demodulate the audio vibrations.

            https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs...02920043-1.pdf

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            • #7
              The book delighted me for other reasons.
              Personally, I'm not overly interested in "eavesdropping" and "spying".
              But many good solutions for different applications can be derived from that technology.
              And the book delighted me because it was written in "my language" and deals with chips from an older generation, precisely those that I can easily get (or already have).
              I have always "protested" on the forum when my colleagues start "slapping" me with components that I have no chance of getting!
              That's why the book delighted me.
              Another thing, very important for me, is the way the book is written.
              The author is not the usual "nerd" who goes around "slapping" with a bunch of math, graphs and tables... but he explains some very important things to learn in "folk" language.
              He combines science with a receptive and "drinkable" way of explaining things.
              Although I have an enviable library on these topics; this book suddenly became my favorite, precisely because of the above reasons.

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                There's definitely some real 'hands-on' stuff in that book. I was surprised when he mentioned dismantling electret microphones, and swapping out the internal FET for a lower-noise type. I can't say I've read of that anywhere else.
                His light-sensing switch circuit is interesting, too ( to make a bug active in daylight, and powered-down in darkness ). I will post up something about it soon.

                Also, related to the 'opamp noise' table: the very over-priced LM394 super-matched low-noise BJT pair are being second-sourced from a small Latvian fab ( Alfa Semi ). Part number is AS394. Pricing is hard to work out, and with availability problems..
                Links:
                Erica Synths - AS 394 matched transistors
                and:
                Synth DIY :: Integrated Circuits (ICs) :: Special Function ICs

                and Alfa Semi:
                Voltage Transistors​​

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                  Recently I received 10 pcs of this:

                  https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/10050...yAdapt=glo2vnm

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                  • #10
                    This summer I had another interesting case. I ordered 30 pieces of J113 on Aliexpress.
                    They arrived after a month.
                    Alas, all of the series were ordinary npn transistors with a fake inscription.
                    Then after a couple of days I ordered another 30 from another seller.
                    They arrived about 20 days ago.
                    All of the them are fet transistors.
                    If the "multitester" I have is to be believed; these are quality J113.
                    Here's a link to the seller I got the good J113s from:​ https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/10050...yAdapt=glo2vnm

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