I had a black and white solid state Sony TV in my bedroom when I was growing up.

Aside from dialing into late night TV programmes my parents prohibited, there were two buttons that switched between VHF and UHF.

Toggling the UHF button allowed me to tune into police radio.

Being able to capture this via that TV felt close to magic, and I think probably went a long way to forming my associations between technology, mystery and discovery.