LF: Stealing RF power

["Peter Martinez" <peter.martinez@btinternet.com>]

> From G3PLX:
I seem to remember a story of a farmer near the BBC Droitwich transmitter 
who was lighting his farm buildings with RF from the 198kHz transmitter, and 
the BBC took him to court for stealing their power. The judge wisely ruled 
that ONLY if the BBC could prove that the quality of reception was being 
adversely affected by the farmer's action, would they win the case.  They 
withdrew of course.
I wonder if the judge was a radio ham.

73
Peter