In article <1FAEh.33647$3a3.26391@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>,
"JWBH" <blue.star777@REMOOOOVEvirgin.net> wrote:

> On the television the other day was something about how thieves are using
> something electronic to find out if someone has a satelite navigation system
> hidden in their car. I didn't get any of the details of it.
>
> I usually keep a cheap mobile phone in the glove compartment of the car, as
> a spare.
> Could similar means (what ever they were) be used to pick up that my phone
> in inside? If
> so I wouldn't leave it in the car.

As long as the phone is off, I don't see how detecting it would be
possible.