21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
8:59 a.m.
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 11:35:22AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
I wasn't knocking it. :-)
Thanks for the
insight. When I worked for Telecom, I commisioned some
broadcast circuits from the local radio station and there were a few
old broadcast magazines from the 60's and they were interesting
reading, esp the techniques that were used with what little was
available at the time.
Don't knock it too loudly, the tv transmitter I help maintain yet, an old water cooled GE TT42-TF3a combo was originally
made about then.
And it still makes 'good pictures' yet today. But thats part of the
You can get some nasty "belts" off those tubes. :-)
Some (most?) of the records from the 60's sound a lot better than some
you can get today, which seems surprising considering the technology
available. Maybe less is better than more :-)
Maybe there was so much to look out for, like 'birds nests', 'earth
loops' etc., that one had to be particulary diligent?
Or maybe the components of today are manufactured with 'cheaper'
materials?
--
Chris.
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