Tv detector unit, 1980 (photo)

TV detector in use. In the 1980s and 1990s, persons who did not report having a television set were checked with television tracking to determine whether a household had a television receiver or not. The purpose of the activity was to find households that had TV receivers without paying TV license. With a directional antenna, the inspector gets the signals into the measuring equipment that shows that the apartment owner has a television without paying a fee to the state for it. Here is a man who probably finds it difficult to talk his way out of the situation when the television set is visible inside the door. The technique of tracking television signals is no longer used, instead random samples and home visits are made to people who have not reported television ownership. Sweden 1980