Recording of the Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion

This recording, a VHS Tape, is one of the few original recordings of the Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion. When played, all broadcast signals in a 20 mile radius are jammed, causing all TV and radio signals to stopped.

Origin
The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion was a television signal hijacking that occurred in Chicago, Illinois, United States on the evening of November 22, 1987. It is an example of what is known in the television business as broadcast signal intrusion. The intruder was successful in interrupting two broadcast television stations within the course of three hours. Neither the hijacker nor any accomplices have ever been found or identified. Around 11:15 p.m. Central Time, during a broadcast of the Doctor Who serial "Horror of Fang Rock", PBS member station WTTW (channel 11)'s signal was hijacked. WTTW, which maintained its transmitter atop the Sears Tower, found that its engineers were unable to stop the hijacker. According to station spokesman Anders Yocom, technicians monitoring the transmission "attempted to take corrective measures, but couldn't."."By the time our people began looking into what was going on, it was over," he told the Chicago Tribune. WTTW was able to find copies of the hijacker's telecast with the help of Doctor Who fans who had been taping the show.

Effect
This artifact requires a VHS player and a TV. When played, the recording will do nothing. Once it gets to the intrusion, all TV and radio transmisions will be jammed, causing them to either be distorted or just stop.