mrhoover
11-15-2008, 04:21 PM
Bit off topic but things are quiet!!
Just put a video on youtube of my 1959 Philco Safari TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0WXjBShuDU
This was the worlds first transistor TV and used a small vertically mounted
cathode ray tube then reflected by a mirror thru 90 degrees to come out
of the front,much like pre World War 2 TV's.
It is actually very sensitive,had Spanish Sahara highband tropo signal
around 750 miles away with just the whip antenna once.
Its an American model designed for 525 lines.I'm running it on 625 lines
with a multistandard modulator giving 4.5 MHz intercarrier sound at
69.25 MHz ( Channel 4 and a bit) which is a European cable channel.
It hasn't got American channel spacings.
The TV runs off mains or 7.2 volt rechargeable batteries & is built like
a tank
The testpattern in the video was used by commercial TV channel Rediffusion
in England in the 1950's & they also were involved in Africa and it was in use
there-The company had Canadian conections so don't know if ever seen
across the Atlantic.
Hugh
Just put a video on youtube of my 1959 Philco Safari TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0WXjBShuDU
This was the worlds first transistor TV and used a small vertically mounted
cathode ray tube then reflected by a mirror thru 90 degrees to come out
of the front,much like pre World War 2 TV's.
It is actually very sensitive,had Spanish Sahara highband tropo signal
around 750 miles away with just the whip antenna once.
Its an American model designed for 525 lines.I'm running it on 625 lines
with a multistandard modulator giving 4.5 MHz intercarrier sound at
69.25 MHz ( Channel 4 and a bit) which is a European cable channel.
It hasn't got American channel spacings.
The TV runs off mains or 7.2 volt rechargeable batteries & is built like
a tank
The testpattern in the video was used by commercial TV channel Rediffusion
in England in the 1950's & they also were involved in Africa and it was in use
there-The company had Canadian conections so don't know if ever seen
across the Atlantic.
Hugh