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Then if you are lucky, the telescreen is in an unusual position. By sitting in the alcove, and keeping well back, you might be able to remain outside the range of the telescreen.

It's comical how close to the telescreen this whole thing is.

> The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.

Remove the AC coupling capacitor connecting the antenna to the transceiver.

That'd be the time to grab your hammer, baseball bat, or shotgun.