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Van Rossman was instructed to keep his TV turned off or face fines of
up to $10,000 per day for emitting a false distress signal.
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and wide frequency range scanners are bound to have the local oscillator
to transmit on such a frequency if you set your scanner to a certain
frequency to listen to.


True, and some of those LO's can be quite strong, regardless of supposedly
being regulated by Part 15 rules. I had a Bearcat BC-250 scanner back when
they were new that if I set it just to the right frequency, I could open a
ham repeater three miles away with the LO.