Chris van Rossman's 20" flat-screen Toshiba television sent out a distress signal (at 121.5Mhz) that was picked up by an orbiting satellite.
The Civil Air Patrol and local police showed up at van Rossman’s apartment. Van Rossman was instructed to keep his TV turned off or face fines of up to $10,000 per day for emitting a false distress signal.
Mystery signal traced to TV [gazette-times]
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Toshiba TV sends out SOS distress signal