RF Detector?

samplenhold said:
So you are implying that he turned off the jammer after you walked around with the scanner, like he was covering his tracks? How would he know that is what you were doing? Could he observe you with the scanner? Could he tell that it was a scanner?
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Yes, I believe he turned off his device after seeing me walk around with a handheld device pointing it up and down and in different directions in the front and side of our property.

I don't know if he knew it was a scanner, but if it were me and I saw that behavior, I would surely wouldn't take chances and scale things back at least temporarily.
 
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Scanner currently shows what looks to be normal levels. Top 2 numbers are RF on the left and EF on the right. EMF is the bottom number
 

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JPmedia said:
Scanner currently shows what looks to be normal levels. Top 2 numbers are RF on the left and EF on the right. EMF is the bottom number
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Thanks for posting that information. While that meter is not likely very accurate for absolute values it could certainly be used to take "relative" measurements.
Going from 5mw to 5 Watts is a huge change. For interest sake have you used it near your microwave oven while running? I think the standard is less than 5mw leakage max.
 
ELA said:
Thanks for posting that information. While that meter is not likely very accurate for absolute values it could certainly be used to take "relative" measurements.
Going from 5mw to 5 Watts is a huge change. For interest sake have you used it near your microwave oven while running? I think the standard is less than 5mw leakage max.
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I'll agree that it's likely not too accurate, but it does give a good idea what is out there and it was cheap enough for monitoring. I wasn't about to spend hundreds or thousands just get an idea, and it then sit here not being used

Have not tried the microwave yet. It's on my list
 
Is it posssible that the neighbor is so deviant and so coniving that he KNOWS he's pulling your chain successfully with "smoke and mirrors" only and nothing of any real substance?
 
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Is it posssible that the neighbor is so deviant and so coniving that he KNOWS he's pulling your chain successfully with "smoke and mirrors" only and nothing of any real substance?
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Oh, I'm sure he knows it bothers me, but there are unexplained events that coincide with high readings of rf, ef, and emf. There's no reason the nvr would change to a specific function screen or single camera selection instead of the camera overview screen by itself, and it always happens when the monitor is off. There's definitely a pattern
 
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Ok, on today's installment: High EMF readings

For the last 2 days, the EMF never peaked above 5.1 mG. I leave the scanner running 24/7. This morning, shortly after turning the lights on and entering my office, I get a peak of 144 mG, the peak LED quickly flashes red and the audible alarm sounds. Ok, WTF was that? Then a minute or 2 later it peaks at 153 with same alerts then 199!

According to what I can ascertain from searching the net, the average mG reading in the home is around .3 to 1 mG, so 144 - 199 is very high.
 

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wittaj said:
Turning on your lights and then get the high score - does it stop if you turn off the lights?

Maybe you have some funked out CFLs or something?
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It's a good thought, but we have LED lights throughout our property. The high score was recent and there were no electrical changes at that time. It is completely random. It happens whenever it fancy's itself
 
JPmedia said:
It's a good thought, but we have LED lights throughout our property. The high score was recent and there were no electrical changes at that time. It is completely random. It happens whenever it fancy's itself
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Well LEDs can emit RF as well, especially cheap ones.

You may well have a crazy neighbor, but make sure some of this isn't from within, like an ungrounded dishwasher or something that isn't engaging.

Maybe while you are outside walking around with the thing, someone turned something on or off in the house?
 
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In all honesty, it sounds like two things.

1) it sounds like the NVR has a problem. Maybe a bug from an update. Maybe a surge messed it up. I can't see a RF causing the "view" to change. And if it is isolated (truly air-gapped) then he can't change it via hacking.
2) there could also be some RF issue you are finding but should not be affecting ONLY your NVR.

As far as the RF, and you think it's your neighbor causing it, it is probably also affecting your neighbor and anyone else within range (not just you). If it's the coil it will be broadcast not a beam aimed at you (can't think of better words at the moment).

If your reading device has a logging capabilities use them. How long do the high readings last? A few seconds, a few minutes, an hour? Also how often? Is there any pattern when they go up?

If they go on for a few minutes or longer and you want to be sure once and for all it's your neighbor, turn off the main in your electrical panel when the readings are high. If they drop after you turn off the main then it's probably NOT your neighbor. Granted they will drop a little from your load but if your neighbor REALLY is doing something they will still be elevated. Then before turning your main back on, turn off all the individual circuits. Turn the main back on with all the circuits off. Turn one circuit on at a time to see which circuit is causing the problem. Then look at the items on the circuit. Etc.

Also keep in mind that although you didn't change anything in your home some animals may have. For example, just helped a neighbor fix his A/C and when I opened the condenser unit it looked like a mouse made a home in their over the winter. After clearing out all the debris I found many wires were chewed and had to be replaced.

One more thing, do you live near power lines? Any new construction in the neighborhood?
 
I understand that much of the behavior can be explained away due to installation error or weather issues affecting cameras, and high EMF readings can be the result of power lines 300 feet west of our property, that makes sense

What I have a hard time wrapping my head around is that it's ALWAYS the same cameras selected - either #2 or #7 or the main record function screen, which requires a password, that appears on the monitor when turned on. The change to any of them only happens when the monitor is off, NEVER while the monitor is on. Kind of like someone is making a statement for me to find after the fact. I highly doubt a failing NVR could be that specific in nature

And there has been no change to display of either camera or record screen since I received the scanner. That's highly coincidental.

By the way, on both cameras 2 and 7 parts of his property appears in the view.

I'm trying not to be the tin foil hat wearing lunatic here, just a regular crazy person
 
Looked at the system logs on the NVR, there's a lot of activity I don't recognize. And there's an admin and user account. I tried deleting the user account and it will not let me. Even though user account has no "system" permissions, it has "Playback" and "Covert" permissions for all channels which I cannot deselect and save the changes. And remember this NVR is NOT connected to the net, so how is someone accessing it?

Have to run to the vet but I'll expand on this when I return
 
Someone came here many years ago with something similar and it ended up being someone within his own house that was screwing with him.

No idea if that situation exists/is possible in your home, but maybe hide a camera where you can see anyone that physically accesses the NVR?
 
The NVR is in my office which is locked at night. It is never connected to the internet, yet somehow someone is accessing it. And until mid-June, I'm the only one in the house besides the dogs. The wife is visiting family in another state
 
JPmedia said:
The NVR is in my office which is locked at night. It is never connected to the internet, yet somehow someone is accessing it. And until mid-June, I'm the only one in the house besides the dogs. The wife is visiting family in another state
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Do your cameras cover all the ways to access you house?
If so, try to watch a playback according to the suspicious log entries in the NVR.
 
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