Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!bruce!goanna!minyos!chudich!s872607 From: s872607@chudich.co.rmit.oz (George Tzanatos) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Television Detection Message-ID: <2813@minyos.xx.rmit.oz> Date: 3 Feb 90 13:26:56 GMT References: <3027@servax0.essex.ac.uk> Sender: news@minyos.xx.rmit.oz Lines: 13 zotog@sersun0.essex.ac.uk (Zotos G) writes: >Well, it is true that in England they detect non licence households with two ways. >One is with a van with lots of antennas at the top and the other with some sort of portable detector which is used to places where the van can't go. >Is any one out there,who knows how it is done? They probably use the hf radiation generated by the sweep circuitry (etc) in the set, as previously mentioned in several articles. If this is true, then why not just shield the set using a faraday cage, and orient it such that the tube points towards a neighbour's house...? George Tzanatos.