Question for radio/electronics wizards about Bush's debate receiver . . .

[mistertrickster]

Could the signals he received have been picked up and recorded by tape recorders or the audio part of video tape recording the event?

I know that one couldn't hear the voice on the other end directly, but might the radio transmissions have been recorded as high frequency signals inadvertenly? Bush was standing pretty close to the microphone, and electronic signals can easily bleed into other devices they're not intended to.

I used to open my garage door with a 2 meter handi-talky.

[lapfog_1]

1. Probably the device employed all sorts of CIA tech

which would include frequency hopping, encryption, and a host
of other things.

I also remember that when Bush did his infamous press briefing
("I can't think of any mistakes... nothing is popping into my head"),
*I* saw a clear plastic antenna of some sort sticking out of his
ear (I could see it on CSPAN, but none of the MSM networks would
use the tight shot which showed it). My guess is that this
ear implant is likely picking up from the booster amp in his
"hump back" bulge ( which also decrypts and tracks frequency).

[mistertrickster]

3. Right, I hadn't thought of that. Even if you could get ahold of the

signal, you'd have to get a device that could read the encryption.

There was a faith healer evangelist that seemed to be able to pick out people's problems without even talking to them--his name was something Popoff. Anyway, he was busted by a tape recording of radio transmissions from his wife who was reading "prayer cards" people filled out.

Too bad somebody can't do the same thing to Weasel Boy.

Or failing that, design a jammer that could cause a high-decibel siren scream in Bush's ear, forcing him to pull out his earpiece on camera.

[begin_within]

2. Computer enhancement provides the answer...

[Us vs Them]

4. I wish I had the patience to search for the links...

However, it has been widely reported that instances of Bush prompter audio have bled into the on-air feed. Apparently during one D-day speech, the lines were crossed and Americans tuned into cable subscribers on the East Coast were witness to a 'strange voice reciting Bush's speech just seconds before he spoke.' Paraphrasing, naturally, however the direct quote is equally disturbing.

[mistertrickster]

9. Yeah, I remember hearing about that too. Thanks for the reminder.

I'll google that one of these days.

[Bozita]

10. I saw that D-Day speech live. So did many other DUers

There were some lengthy threads here.

IIRC, there was also a link to the video.

[liveoaktx]

11. I recorded the CNN D-Day

at Bush Odd Sync

I think, after having seen this so many times, that he might have recorded HIMSELF what he was going to say in his speech and it was being played back for him through his earpiece.

[NVMojo]

5. this reminds me of an interview last year with * and his wife and Diane

Sawyer. Smirk kept looking off into space when he was asked a question and, frequently, Laura piped up and answered for him. He looked like he was listening to something else and couldn't quit comprehend what he was hearing ....freaking freak!!!

[tkmorris]

6. No

In fact most electronic devices become far more specific in what they process as they get better in quality. In other words, all of the rather high-end electronic equipment employed at such an event tries very hard to NOT pick up anything except exactly what it is trying to record.

Did you know that just about every hard surface in your home is likely to have a detectable 60 hertz signal resonating from it? It can be made audible if you try hard enough. Not to mention all of the other electromagnetic noise that is in the air all around you, all the time. Cell phones, cordless phones, radio waves all over the frequency range, broadcast television signals, and so on. For any electronic device to operate properly or even at all it is neccessary to filter out EVERYTHING but the specific frequency range it is looking for.

You might be able to pick up such a signal if you were trying to do it. Unlikely in this case because unless they were sloppy they would have employed all sorts of techniques to make your job difficult but possible. To do it inadvertently? Nope, no way.

[mistertrickster]

8. Interesting . . . thanks. Now the question is, how to design a receiver

that would pick up what he's hearing. If it's a radio, it can be hacked. It's just radio waves and physics, right?

[John_H]

7. A theory: Could chimp's awful performance be explained

simply by stupidity? Or could someone have "hacked" his signal, filling his ear with...."Hey Chimp. You stupid fuck. C;mon, answer the question...Mary had a little Hussein.....yeah yeah...blah blah blah." No way to turn it off or pull out the earplug! LOL!