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Catching Exam Cheats With a Spectrum Analyzer

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-did-you-get-for-number-3? dept.

angry tapir writes "Police in Taiwan have used a set of spectrum analyzers to catch at least three people suspected of cheating on an exam by monitoring them for mobile phone signals. Officers used three FSH4 analyzers specially configured by the German manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz to monitor an exam in south Taiwan for prospective government workers."

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  1. Re:Great Spectrum Analyzer by petermgreen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, I have a FSH8 (which is closely related to the FSH4 but goes to 8GHz) in my office and it's a really nicely designed peice of kit. It's light, the controls are responsive and well designed, the dyamic range is good (at least compared to the anritsu I don't have anything else to compare it too).

    Much nicer to use than the anritsu MS2036A we have.

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  2. Re:Expensive cheats by Dayze!Confused · · Score: 5, Informative

    I live in Taiwan, and at any exam that I have ever attended there is one simple rule. If your cellphone even as much as vibrates while you are taking a test you are disqualified at that moment. We are told this beforehand and are recommended to turn off our cellphones.

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