[lucaspiller]

Actually if you are close enough to the transmitter you can cause issues. I remember at school we went on a tour of the local transmitting station. It was used last century for worldwide transmission of BBC World Service. At the peak of operation in the 80s, it had ten 500 kW transmitters. Anyway, so apparently one of the local farmers decided he wanted to cut his electricity costs. I'm not sure exactly what he did, but it was something like this (on a bigger scale), which did actually cause detectable issues. I think he ended up in prison after they caught him :s