13 Jan
2016
13 Jan
'16
4:59 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 01/13/2016 03:27 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
In the old days, the shitty kit TVs would have continuous tuners.
In prewar days, it seems that there more than a couple of offerings.
Didn't Meissner(they of the "Signal Shifter" VFO) offer a kit TV in the
30s/early 40s? I do remember the continuous tuners, though--two bands--and
one could even tune Channel 1.
A large number of Heathkit color TVs were built by vets using funding from
the GI bill. Those were Heath's good days...
--Chuck
ISTR ads in magazines like Popular Electronics offering courses on TV
repair that employed the Heathkit as the learning platform.
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
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