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# How they work
It wouldn't surprise me if they did just check every home without a license to see if they had a TV.

However, TVs use a type of radio receiver circuit called a Superhet, which generates an intermediate frequency lower than the frequency it's listening to; this can be detected using very sensitive equipment.

Well, you did ask.
(, Wed 19 May 2004, 11:47, archived)