Thread: TV license.
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Old 05-12-2014, 06:04 PM  
rowan
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I remember they used to have vans that had super sensitive electronics that could detect the local oscillator operating in a TV set from several metres away. So they could basically say "there's a TV in that house over there" and check the address against their licence records.

Probably wouldn't work these days because so many devices generate RF noise.
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