what would happen if you stuck a security tag on your shoe, set off the
beeper, and refuse to voluntarily accompany security personnel to their
backroom for an 'interview' saying you didn't take anything and you're in a
hurry, causing them to physicaly manhandle you into the office where they
search you (if that was what they did) and find nothing. Assuming they
don't find out you engineered the whole scenario, do you think you would be
able to sue them? would they want to settle out of court? anyone have any
thoughts on this?

"Dave Bushong" wrote in message
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nana wrote:
Lets not forget, an amateur license carries a higher degree of respect
than does a non licensed device.



With whom? Most people still have no accurate idea what a Ham is!

In regards to this ancient thread - my cellphone has triggered the alarms
at the checkouts more than once. These alarms relied on reradiation of
harmonics and perhaps some non-linear device within the phone did just
that.

The store did not go into an anti-theft frenzy. The girl looked up from
her register, I took my phone off my belt, waved it past the detector, it
beeped, I walked through after it, it didn't beep, problem solved. There
is no big issue here.

Brad VK2QQ



A friend of mine plucked one of those anti-theft plastic doohickeys from a
high-ticket item and stuck it onto the back of my belt and I set off the
detector over and over again as I walked through the exit door.

Some friend.

I wish I had thought of it.