2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

The Survivor placed microphones in the coffins. Shouldn’t there have been a way to trace the transmissions?

Probably.. I'm not technical so can't comment on this. And this book was written a while ago and technology especially wireless has grown in leaps and bounds in the last five years so this also could be a factor.

It depends on the type of microphones, but I thought there should be a way to trace them.

This book was published in 2004. I don't think that the technology to trace this kind of wireless signal existed yet.

Lauren wrote: "This book was published in 2004. I don't think that the technology to trace this kind of wireless signal existed yet."

Yes, that's what I thought Lauren. Issues like that do date thrillers.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Yes, that's what I thought Lauren. Issues like that do date thrillers..."

I have been looking it up and it isn't easy to do even today. It is difficult to triangulate acoustic signals in the sound field because the human vocal and auditory range are limited. There are animals that can do it (bats, whales and dolphins have echolocation). It was used in WW1 to try and track aircraft, but it was not very effective and once radar was developed it became obsolete.

That's interesting. With all the wireless cameras in security I thought it would be a given. But as I said I'm no techo genius, LOL.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "That's interesting. With all the wireless cameras in security I thought it would be a given. But as I said I'm no techo genius, LOL."

Yes, I would have thought so too. I think it's easier to hack into a visual feed than an audio.

Thanks for researching, Lauren. I didn’t know the answer but thought it should have been addressed in the story. It appeared that it had only short range capability but that was never explained.

Thanks for the information Lauren. I thought it would be easier to track because it used radio waves or a radio transmitter. Learn something new.

Sharon wrote: "Thanks for the information Lauren. I thought it would be easier to track because it used radio waves or a radio transmitter. Learn something new."

I thought so too. Listening in on audio when you know the location is relatively simple (think of cops or FBI agents listening in on mob hangouts), but finding the source of the sound when it is unknown is very difficult and expensive although not impossible.