[W126 Coupe] My 560SEL

[drakon]

Well actually I heard over in England or somewhere you need a license to
watch TV, they have vans that drive around looking for that reference beam
off of the tv.

 

Eddie

 

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On Behalf Of Axel Wulff
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] My 560SEL

 

I didn't argue that the ban made sense, or that the VA argument would hold
up in court if properly presented. It is simply the pretense they have been
using in order to keep the ban. 

Sure, reference beams are generated by TV, radios, etc., but the state can
outlaw whatever "emitters" they choose and VA has decided to keep TVs legal
(for now...).  <http://graphics.hotmail.com/i.p.emcool.gif> 


Regards, 

Axel J. Wulff 

>From: Ken.England at ipaustralia.gov.au 

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>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] My 560SEL 

>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:06:47 +1000 

> 

>The way Virginia and DC has gotten around the FCC verdict is that every 

>radar detector emits a reference beam that the device uses to compare the 

>incoming signals with. The signal is minute in strength and very hard to 

>detect (which explains why the police's radar detector "detectors" are so 

>useless), but it provided enough cover for those states to pretend that 

>radar detectors violate the ban on "emitters". 

> 

>Virtually all radio, TV, cell phone etc etc receivers generate an internal 

>RF current as part of the superheterodyne principle.  Apart from that TVs 

>and computers also have radio frequency signals generated internally if 

>only to control the displays.  So that's it for the broadcasting industry 

>in DC and Virginia since no-one can buy legal receivers. 

> 

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