[TrunkCom] Re: HK Data

[Tom Swisher]

Ron Wilbanks wrote:

>> Okay so lets say that it is okay.  Don't you have to
>> pay a radio/tv tax or you get caught if they drive by
>> the with the ocsillations detecting van?
> 
> I do know that you had to pay a radio tax to the "Home Office," but I 
> don't know if that was in recent years, but did apply many years ago in 
> 1970s.

A friend of mine spent several years in England while in the USAF. That 
tax is what pays for the BBC, or did. Said tax, as I recall him telling 
it, applied only to broadcast receivers.

If you've ever seen the comedy series "Mr. Bean" on HBO, one episode 
deals with Mr. Bean's adventures trying to get his new TV set to work 
and includes a few moments of him looking for the AC power plug and 
trying to install it on the TV cord. It's hilarious (especially if you 
know what it means), but unfortunately is one of those little bits of 
business that doesn't translate well to other cultures, since it's 
almost uniquely British. It's based on the fact that broadcast receivers 
were sold without AC power plugs; to get a plug, you had to pay the tax.

I don't believe scanners and SW receivers were included in this but I 
may be wrong.

Tom WA8PYR
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