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If youre hungry for updated, practical electronic circuits for surveillance and countersurveillance, this book is a banquet. Theres no speculation here - author Tom Larsen makes his living as a countersurveillance technician, and he has bench-tested every one of his designs. Not only do they actually do what they are supposed to, these ingenious circuits are simple, inexpensive, and fun. You wont find any dry, overly technical explanations in this book. Instead, youll be treated to colorful descriptions of the real-life applications of scores of circuits and techniques, as well as a basic explanation and schematic detailing clearly and concisely how and why they work.

If you've got an insatiable hunger for updated, practical electronic circuits, here is a second heaping helping from the author of Bench Tested Circuits. Once again, Tom Larsen has served up a beggar's banquet of unique designs that are inexpensive, brilliantly simple, and loads of fun. Best of all, they actually work! A seasoned surveillance and countersurveillance tech, Larsen has bench-tested every one of his designs to ensure that they not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.

Each circuit described comes with a detailed schematic illustrating clearly and concisely how and why it works. You don't have to be a genius to put these ingenious circuits to work for you and you don't have to be rich. This is signature of Larsen stuff: innovative designs that are cheap, unique, reliable and in his own words, "so no-brained simple that they'll make a grown engineer hit himself in the head and say, "Now why didn't I think of that" All you need are an understanding of basic electronics, a mischievous mind, and the wealth of information in this book. 63 pp. For academic study only.