Free, with Mickey Maus, Issue 12 - A police band radio! Hold on...Issue 12 of the German Mickey Maus magazine came bundled with a Chinese-made novelty radio. The problem: said radio was reportedly able to tune into the normally secure police-band channels.
The German police were first alerted to this rather odd eavesdropping through concerned parents, who were wondering why Mickey was calling an Alle Punktnachricht (All Points Bulletin).
A copy of the white mini-radio, about the size of two matchbooks, was picked up by several of Hamburg's finest so that they could conduct further tests on the radio's limits. (more)
I will be in Hamburg on assignment in 3 weeks and will look into this further. Need anything inspected in the EU? Call me now. ~ Kevin
