MOBILE PHONE DETECTOR

This is a mobile phone sniffer circuit that can detect the signals being used in the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) band at about 900 MHz.Since the signals are digitally encoded, it can detect only the signal activity, not the speech or the message contents.

. A headphone is used to hear the detected signals.

The circuit schematic is given in the .rar archive attachment. There are two separate detector units. Every detector unit consists of a dipole antenna, a choke and a diode. The antenna receives the GSM signals in media. Then a small amount of charge is induced in the choke. The diode demodulates the signal and finishes detecting. The diodes must be schottky diodes or germanium diodes. Since the forward voltage of a silisium diode is high, it won’t give a sufficient result in this circuit.

LM358 amplifies the received signal. It contains two separate op-amps that are supplied by a common power source. R3 and R7 resistors determine the gain of the amplifiers. When the resistor values are greater than 10M then the noise level increases. If they are small like about 100k, this time it becomes harder to hear the signal.

The PCB file is provided in pdf format. You can apply it to the board by using the ironing method.

PARTS REQUIRED:

R1, R5 : 100K 1/4W Resistor

R2, R6 : 1k 1/4W Resistor

R3, R7 : 8.2M 1/4W Resistor

R4, R8 : 220 Ohm 1/4W Resistor

R9 : 2.2K 1/4W Resistor

D1, D2 : BAT43 Schottky Diode

C1, C2, C4 : 100nF Polyester Capacitor

C3 : 100uF 16V Electrolytic Capacitor

L1, L2 : See Text

U1 : LM358

J1 : 8 Pin Socket

J2 : Stereo JAck

1 × 9V Battery

1 × 9V Battery Socket

1 x LED

1 x On/Off Switch

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM :

The chokes are 10 turn molded chokes. The wire diameter should be about 0.5 – 06 mm and wound around a 5 mm cylindrical object.

Diodes are very critical. You should use one of BAT43, BAT45, AA112, AA116 or AA119. When a silisium diode is