How to Make a Listening Device

Intro: How to Make a Listening Device

i will show you how to make a listening device from a walkie talkie.

STEP 1: What You'll Need

Things Youll Need:

Set of walkie talkies
Masking tape
Paper clip
Private conversation

STEP 2: Buy It

Purchase or acquire two quality walkie talkies

STEP 3: Press

Press down the talk button on one of the walkie talkies.

STEP 4: Tape It Up!

Place masking tape on the talk button and wrap the tape around the walkie talkie making sure to cover the talk button.

STEP 5: Put on the Clip

Lay a small paper clip or another small object on top of the talk button. The masking tape will protect it from being damaged by the paper clip.

STEP 6: Keep Wrapping

Continue to wrap the walkie talkie with masking tape, covering the talk button. This will keep the talk button on.

STEP 7: Hide It

Hide the walkie talkie with the masking tape around it in a room where you want to spy and listen in on its occupant's conversation.

STEP 8: Leave the Room

Go into a separate location when no one can hear your walkie talkie so that you can listen in on the conversation in private.

STEP 9: Listen In

Listen to the conversation to your heart's content.

Comments

[FranDunzer]

Cool! I'm gonna make it for baby sitter use.

[selim028]

Thank you very much for help me to make a listening device from a walkie talkie Thanks a lot LinhTramN for inform me about your site . Really it is very helpful.

[shaggydoo121]

What's the paper clip for ?

[kivster]

Well you can listen in but until the battery dies i would give it a larger battery to let it last longer

[wonder_yosemite]

And lets not forget that when batteries run low the dam walkie-talke lets out a beep ,indicating low battery.now your screwed.

[Michaelgoode]

Awesome, thats a really good techneak, whats the paperclip for

[airsoftman111]

will electrical tape work instead of masking tape but GREAT Instructable and sweet pictures! =)

[pennsteve]

Or you can buy 2 cheap tracfones, call one, hide the other one and then you can listen from miles and miles away.  Just hope you dont hit a bad service area.  :)

[Kociubinska]

Many radios have a built-in voice activated transmit option.

[CameronSS]

You needed nine steps to say "tape a paperclip to a walkie-talkie and leave in another room"?

[ReCreate]

Yeah,Its pathetic right?

[codongolev]

am I going to have to flag this as "not nice"? because it doesn't really sound like a compliment.

[ReCreate]

*a very well deserved facepalm*

[t3h]

It's a complicated process :P

[yzzid]

hiya, am not a professional HAM radio operator, but one thing i learned with working with radios...if you keep the PTT Push to Talk) depressed for a long time, you could end up burning up your Finals.. am not sure if this goes the same for Family Radio System (FRS)..thanks!!

[macca4life]

ive tried it and i got caught i hid the walkie talkie under a chair and for some reason my two older brothers saw them and made a blag private convo where they said they where going to do a hit on someone so i ran down and said your not gunna do a hit on anyone without me and they said to me you F***ing idiot we sussed it out we saw you walkie talkie under the chair and now im grounded for 3 months my my mum and step dad for ease dropping

[Rock Soldier]

Now if they were going to do a hit, the ending would be different...for some.

[Rye2121]

lol that sucks...srry man.

[Rock Soldier]

What does the paperclip do?

[ac1D]

do you have the seven autorization from the author of the picture to use them?