There’s nothing like a warm evening in central London. Which is exactly what I got, nothing like one. The occasion was the premier of Tim Burton’s adaption of the Alice In Wonderland story, and it rained. Oh boy did it rain. On me, and my trusty spectrum analyser.
Of particular interest to me was the amount of wireless cameras deployed in such a tight space on Leicester Square. As well as a live OB being beamed to cinemas up and down the country the main news organisations were there in force, plus a multitude of overseas crews. As a result the 2GHz band was busy, busy, busy. Only one unlicensed camera was spotted. Or rather it was me who was spotted by the user of an unlicensed camera. As I moved along the soggy ‘Red Carpet’ (it was actually green!), huddled over my analyser, an unidentified camera transmission suddenly ceased. I was obviously close to the user, but they must have seen me first. My time will come...
