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It should be possible just from the monitor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking


Yes, I remember when I was a child flipping through the UHF channels on my black and white tv, visible in the snow and static on one of the channels I could see the shapes in motion of my next door neighbour playing on his Atari 2600.


That most likely was caused by an overpowered "RF Modulator" transmitting a strong enough signal for you to pick up. One popular model used UHF Channel 33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sup%27R%27Mod

This is unrelated to "Van Eck Phreaking"


Somewhat related: [(Theoretical) long range wireless NES video](https://youtu.be/8sQF_K9MqpA)




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