Re: Low tech tape solution
Trying to remember the story, I think it was an old News Quiz newspaper clipping, from when a fifth British national TV channel was brought in, that mostly used the same frequency as a VCR communicating with the TV by RF modulator i.e, imitating a TV channel. This meant they had to send a technician to try to retune any affected householder's equipment and check reception.
One of the engineers found no antenna (aerial) connected, but a sausage stuck into socket on the back of the VCR or TV.
Householder explained that they'd found that they got reception when they stuck their finger in the socket, but they got tired.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
