Just when you thought you weren’t being recorded, scanned, probed, and monitored enough. The FCC has just approved the use of Ultra-Wideband Technology for Law Enforcement. This will allow police to see through walls, underground, and into your body. This also restricts the ability to setup an invisible UWB perimeter to law enforcement. Only law enforcement will be authorized to apply UWB in this manner and we know THEY would never abuse this privilege. You know, why can’t we use this to protect ourselves? What if I wanted to set up an RF perimeter around my house to let me know when people were intruding? I wonder if there is a way to jam such frequencies.
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems: GPRs must be operated below 960 MHz or in the frequency band 3.1-10.6 GHz. GPRs operate only when in contact with or within close proximity of, the ground for the purpose of detecting or obtaining the images of buried objects. The energy from the GPR is intentionally directed down into the ground for this purpose. Operation is restricted to law enforcement, fire and rescue organizations, to scientific research institutions, to commercial mining companies, and to construction companies.
Wall Imaging Systems: Wall-imaging systems must be operated below 960 MHz or in the frequency band 3.1-10.6 GHz. Wall-imaging systems are designed to detect the location of objects contained within a ?wall,? such as a concrete structure, the side of a bridge, or the wall of a mine. Operation is restricted to law enforcement, fire and rescue organizations, to scientific research institutions, to commercial mining companies, and to construction companies.
Through-wall Imaging Systems: These systems must be operated below 960 MHz or in the frequency band 1.99-10.6 GHz. Through-wall imaging systems detect the location or movement of persons or objects that are located on the other side of a structure such as a wall. Operation is limited to law enforcement, fire and rescue organizations.
Medical Systems: These devices must be operated in the frequency band 3.1-10.6 GHz. A medical imaging system may be used for a variety of health applications to ?see? inside the body of a person or animal. Operation must be at the direction of, or under the supervision of, a licensed health care practitioner.
Surveillance Systems: Although technically these devices are not imaging systems, for regulatory purposes they will be treated in the same way as through-wall imaging and will be permitted to operate in the frequency band 1.99-10.6 GHz. Surveillance systems operate as ?security fences? by establishing a stationary RF perimeter field and detecting the intrusion of persons or objects in that field. Operation is limited to law enforcement, fire and rescue organizations, to public utilities and to industrial entities.