Signal logger

elmerfudpucker · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 12:53 PM

Looking for some program that can tell me if there is a cell phone jammer nearby. It seem lately my signal goes to crap at 7am every morning at work.

I would like to do a walk around and track the bugger down and kill it.

I will be working google a bit more but if anyone got a solution tucked away please fire it off to me!

**Mylt1** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 01:18 PM

i doubt your going to find anything. cellular jammers arent something people just buy to play with. are you in a building that most people show up for work about that time? if so it could be the surge in power interrupting the signal. unless you have high priority senior officials working in your office and there worried about an IED.

dallas contractor · #3 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 01:43 PM

You are most likely in a area that the tower has heavy traffic. This happens to me with major 8 lane freeway within a few blocks. Also shut down around afternoon traffic. Still can not get Sprint to upgrade tower.

mikejones13 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 03:06 PM

You know I am wondering the same thing.... Here in Aurora, Co when I go to work EVERYDAY my signal drops to nothing as soon as I pull up to my job. I wonder if they got a cell jammer at my job (Elementary School) the only reason I say this is my phone works perfect at every other school in the district EXCEPT the school I work at. As soon as I get a half block from the school my signal drops to nothing....... but on the "sprint" coverage map it shows that I should have excellent service. I have complained and complained to sprint but for some reason they seem to think I am making this up. Plus when I am in the school my phone is searching and searching all day long. It is killing my battery..... when I am able to charge my battery on a sat and use it all day with texting and surfing I still have 40% at the end of the day but when I go to work with no texting, surfing or calling my battery is at 30% after 3 hrs of work...... I would love to find an app to see I am crazy or not. On a side note I have 15 co-workers who also have sprint with the same problem......... but the competetors (att verizon) have perfect service..... Come to think of it maybe sprint just sux in that ONE block radius, lol

elmerfudpucker · #5 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejones13

You know I am wondering the same thing.... Here in Aurora, Co when I go to work EVERYDAY my signal drops to nothing as soon as I pull up to my job. I wonder if they got a cell jammer at my job (Elementary School) the only reason I say this is my phone works perfect at every other school in the district EXCEPT the school I work at. As soon as I get a half block from the school my signal drops to nothing....... but on the "sprint" coverage map it shows that I should have excellent service. I have complained and complained to sprint but for some reason they seem to think I am making this up. Plus when I am in the school my phone is searching and searching all day long. It is killing my battery..... when I am able to charge my battery on a sat and use it all day with texting and surfing I still have 40% at the end of the day but when I go to work with no texting, surfing or calling my battery is at 30% after 3 hrs of work...... I would love to find an app to see I am crazy or not. On a side note I have 15 co-workers who also have sprint with the same problem......... but the competetors (att verizon) have perfect service..... Come to think of it maybe sprint just sux in that ONE block radius, lol

Same here verizon works great inside, I can step outside the door and get full signal, yet inside none...

**Mylt1** · #6 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 03:47 PM

it could just be building construction. the metal fire houses i work in have very little to no signal inside.

**Darkjedi** · #7 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 03:51 PM

I get poor signal at work too, but that's cause I work in the urban canyon called downtown manhattan.

**GhettoBSD** · #8 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 05:25 PM

Well, like the developer of sporty pal, why can't we run a program that saves and the uploads/updates a master server with our signal strength?

i think this would be awesome. if anything i'd recommend you guys contact the guys over at sportpal since they already have the infrastructure set up, all they would have to do is port an app to add signal strength to the app and BAM#&(!(&*#!@ we know what's going on exactly.!

*edit i went ahead and emailed them with op's question.

we'll see what they say!

**GhettoBSD** · #9 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 05:26 PM

oh here's the url to the site http://www.sportypal.com/

elmerfudpucker · #10 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 05:49 PM

dudes, I kid you not, perfect signal up to 6:59am, 7am same spot no sig, like someone thru a switch...