On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:36:11 -0500, Tom Ring
wrote:

Ian Jackson wrote:

In the UK, we pay a TV licence. There are detector vans which track down
offenders. The obvious way was to look for the radiation of the local
oscillator in the tuner. However, a radiating local oscillator is a 'bad
thing' because it interferes with things. With modern sets, it's
probably easier to look for the rubbish from the switch-mode power
supplies (which is often worse when the set is in standby).

It used to be said that the TV manufacturers were actually willing to
improve their designs in order to reduce the radiation, but were
pressured not to do so! I'm not sure how true any of this is. I've a
sneaky feeling that costs again come into it somewhere.

Cheers,
Ian.

Which reminded me of the "Cat Detector Van" sketch. Monty Python was so
good.

tom
K0TAR
Don't you mean the "Looney Detector Van"?

Howard

Howard wrote:

Don't you mean the "Looney Detector Van"?

Howard

I think there may have been that one, too. It was fertile ground for
jokes in the UK at the time as I remember.

tom
K0TAR

Howard wrote:
Which reminded me of the "Cat Detector Van" sketch. Monty Python was so
good.

tom
K0TAR
Don't you mean the "Looney Detector Van"?

Howard

:-)

"I've never seen so many bleeding aerials." I think it's called the
'Fish License' sketch.

jk ac6xg

Howard mensch90249 wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:36:11 -0500, Tom Ring
wrote:

Ian Jackson wrote:

In the UK, we pay a TV licence. There are detector vans which track down
offenders. The obvious way was to look for the radiation of the local
oscillator in the tuner. However, a radiating local oscillator is a 'bad
thing' because it interferes with things. With modern sets, it's
probably easier to look for the rubbish from the switch-mode power
supplies (which is often worse when the set is in standby).

It used to be said that the TV manufacturers were actually willing to
improve their designs in order to reduce the radiation, but were
pressured not to do so! I'm not sure how true any of this is. I've a
sneaky feeling that costs again come into it somewhere.

Cheers,
Ian.

Which reminded me of the "Cat Detector Van" sketch. Monty Python was so
good.

tom
K0TAR
Don't you mean the "Looney Detector Van"?

But . . but . . so the cop punches the button, turns loose a monster
burst of RF and the perp's engine sputters out. What prevents the RF
from also shutting down the engine in the Looney Van? The cops will be
issued Looney Vans equipped with RF-proof 1956 Stromberg carburetors
or what?? That would thrill the EPA and the EU envirofreaks no end . .

Sometimes I wonder about these academics . . last month it was the
University of Rhode Island . .

Howard

w3rv

Brian Kelly wrote:
But . . but . . so the cop punches the button, turns loose a monster
burst of RF and the perp's engine sputters out.

What prevents the perp from having his own RF gun? Are the cops
going to be driving 1960 Pontiacs?
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Cecil Moore wrote:

What prevents the perp from having his own RF gun?

Well, nothing. You can't outlaw them, because then only they would have
them!

Guy runs into a 7-11 wielding an RF gun and says: "Gimme all the money
or I'll screw up your TV reception!" :-)


73, Jim AC6XG

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
Brian Kelly wrote:
But . . but . . so the cop punches the button, turns loose a monster
burst of RF and the perp's engine sputters out.

What prevents the perp from having his own RF gun? Are the cops
going to be driving 1960 Pontiacs?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


They should be so lucky! In 60, Pontiac was building a race rep, and a
friend of mine bought a 3/4 race special factory package Bonneville. It may
have been heavy, and the front hood looked like the horizon, but you could
chirp the tires at 80 MPH going into 4th! IIRC, also about 6 MPG. It would
make one fantastic freeway cruiser.

Ed
wb6wsn

Ed Price wrote:

"Cecil Moore" wrote:
What prevents the perp from having his own RF gun? Are the cops
going to be driving 1960 Pontiacs?

They should be so lucky! In 60, Pontiac was building a race rep, and a
friend of mine bought a 3/4 race special factory package Bonneville. It may
have been heavy, and the front hood looked like the horizon, but you could
chirp the tires at 80 MPH going into 4th! IIRC, also about 6 MPG. It would
make one fantastic freeway cruiser.

The reason I asked is that I used to have one of those as a company car.
As I remember, it was 455 in^3. I used to drive the radar cops bats*it
by slowing down to 70 when approaching an overpass and then going 120 in
the straightaway out in West Texas. The radar cops *always* parked just
on the other side of an overpass in 1960.
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"Ed Price" wrote in message news:UQeKc.17318$9I.16487@okepread02...
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
Brian Kelly wrote:
But . . but . . so the cop punches the button, turns loose a monster
burst of RF and the perp's engine sputters out.

What prevents the perp from having his own RF gun? Are the cops
going to be driving 1960 Pontiacs?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


They should be so lucky! In 60, Pontiac was building a race rep, and a
friend of mine bought a 3/4 race special factory package Bonneville. It may
have been heavy, and the front hood looked like the horizon, but you could
chirp the tires at 80 MPH going into 4th! IIRC, also about 6 MPG. It would
make one fantastic freeway cruiser.

The trunks of those puppies were the other half of the horizon. A kW
mobile rig in the trunk? No sweat! And with room left over for the
suitcases.

Then along came the Chrysler 300s. The PA State Police bought a flock
of "Police Special" 300s which they used to nail those big GM and
Mopar cruisers. The 300s surfed the PA Turnpike at 130-140 mph "CCS".
I was riding on the TPK in the sedate 1953 six-banger family Pontiac,
didn't see trooper coming, then *Whooosh!*, his pressure wave almost
blew us out of the lane.

w3rv



Ed
wb6wsn

I was riding on the TPK in the sedate 1953 six-banger family Pontiac,
didn't see trooper coming, then *Whooosh!*, his pressure wave almost
blew us out of the lane.

w3rv


Suf's up:-)!