Two, actually. One even and one odd.Originally Posted by w0aew
Two, actually. One even and one odd.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
You are right about the VA48. It would do the whole chroma burst and if you could not align to it there was something terribly wrong. What I really appreciated is the fact that a ringer was built in for yoke testing, and that both vertical and horizontal driver signals were available. This consigned the old yoke/flyback tester to the service call van.
The way the Sencore guy clinched the deal was telling me that the VA48 was a requirement to become certified for Sony factory warranty work. Indeed it was--and Hitachi & MGA/Mitsubishi as well. Sure wish that the cost to get one then was $85. I think I paid something like $1500 for mine in 1981. It paid for itself in the first six months. A quick lesson though--wonderful it was for the solid state stuff--it did not play nicely with the all tube sets that still wandered in the door. Those still liked the old equipment. Sometimes I miss the days (and nights) of TV repair...
Fred, what in the dickens does one do with a video white noise generator, except possibly look for losses in CATV systems?
Back when I was a CATV tech, we used a sweep generator and spectrum analyzer to test the system's frequency response every six months. I remember because I'd have to start at 03:00 and stop the sweep generator at the head end by 07:00 or else people would call the office to complain about the repeating blip that ran through the picture while it was running. Hell hath no fury like someone pissed off about the quality of their TV reception.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Taaa Daaaa, found that old friend. Philco 7008.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
^^^^^^^^That is a work of art... Absolutely beautiful--look at the blue jewel in the pilot light and the engine turned finish.
Bet that this weighs in at least 30 pounds! Check out the Amphenol single pin connectors. These predate the more common 80-75 MC1F "mic" connector.
Yea. It got me through the re-alignment of an SP-600 and an HW-101 build. Wonderfully. Mine looked like crap, and was full of tobacco smoke. I cleaned it up after a while, but it was still pretty beat up looking.
Donated from a local TV guy who upgraded to Sencore stuff. I'd been hanging out and helping him clean his shop for goodies for a few years. But it was free, and worked well. I learned a hell of a lot playing around with that thing.
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"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
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