Spy Review

Is such a thing possible? Sure.

A walkie-talkie is a hand-held two-way radio transceiver, originally invented for the Canadian government during WWII by one Donald L. Hings.

The original walkie-talkies were big, both heavy and large, weighing more than 30 pounds, making such a surreptitious usage impossible.

However, in today’s day and age, some UHF radio units are smaller than a pack of cigarettes, which could easily be concealed.

Walkie talkies can run either off batteries or AC adapters. Ideally, running it off an AC adapter increases the chance of it being detected.

The trick is to secure the unit in an obviously non-visible area, i.e. behind a couch or a chair that has a wall socket behind it that will never be accessed by the person(s) you are listening in on.

Continuous Recording

An ideal situation would be a wall outlet that is already maxed out, and given enough time to access the area alone, i.e. move the couch out, add a power strip and plug in your listening device. Then, secure the walkie talkie, perhaps with good old Duct Tape, forced into an on position, maybe with a super glue so it is always sending.

Best to try testing the unit running on battery power until you know you have a secure and reliable signal, then wait for the opportunity to do the power strip and final mounting to the piece of furniture.

Range Limitations

Unlike conventional listening devices, many of which can be used to listen in from any part of the world, walkie talkie bugs have range limitations. You can expect a reliable range of several miles and need to consider whether or not conversations are to be just listened in on at random, or perhaps recorded.

Consider a receiving unit plugged into the USB port of a personal computer, recording all sound digitally, archived on CD or flash drives. Go even further and run the recorded conversations through a voice to text software package and be able to have text transcripts.

This of course is all well and good for a do it your self fellow, but bear in mind that there are walkie talkies on the market specifically designed for just such purposes.

One we know of is the James Bond 007 Spy Walkie Talkie from IMC Toys, which you can probably even find used on E-Bay.

“Small and compact Walkie talkies with a big range of 80 metres! They are small and compact as not only are they Walkie talkies but in fact they are a bugging device also. Place one in a secret hiding place, leave the room and listen in. Ideal to catch out the bad guys when on important secret missions. Batteries included.”

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Bear in mind that local laws may have to be taken into consideration when it comes to surveillance devices regarding privacy issues, and in no way is this document intended to encourage any activity that may be prohibited by law.

Otherwise? Good luck with your spy plans and happy listening in.