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Old 24th Jan 2021, 3:12 pm   #139
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Default Re: TV Detector Vans

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That begs the question, do you need a TV licence to receive amateur TV transmissions?
I would say that you do! A Russian guy I worked with a few years ago had put up a dish to watch programmes from his home country, he was told he still needed a TV licence, even though he never watched UK TV!

While the detector vans are a thing of the past, I have heard that small handheld devices, similar to a mobile phone are now used to catch licence fee dodgers.
I would love to know if this is true, and if so, how they work.


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