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Re: Television detection.

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From: Chris Ng
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1990 18:11
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In article <428@ssc.UUCP>, markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:
> In article <2981@servax0.essex.ac.uk>, zotog@sersun0.essex.ac.uk (Zotos G) writes:
> > In UK they use a system (detector, presumably a sort of receiver) to detect
> > a non-licence TV household.
> > 
> > Does any out there has any idea of how this is done?
> > What exactly they detect ?
> 
> An article (lost in the mists of time ) make me think they use leakage out
> of the IF, since they were listening for the sound.
> 
> Another system picks up the horizontal sweep, and compares the phase to
> determine which station is being received.
> 
> markz@ssc.uucp

How do they know the TV household is a non-licenced one? 


  












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From: ngc@chanel.UUCP (Chris Ng)
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Subject: Re: Television detection.
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Date: 30 Jan 90 18:11:30 GMT
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