28 Feb
2012
28 Feb
'12
10:39 p.m.
On 28 Feb 2012 at 18:48, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote:
I can't say that I've ever seen one that way, including pre-war "kit"
models, like the Meissner (they of "signal shifter" VFO fame):
http://www.myvintagetv.com/meissner101153.htm
Our 1948 10" Philco tabletop certainly didn't use that scheme (had a
huge transformer in it though). And neither did our "big screen"
1953 RCA set.
Perhaps he's thinking of the CBS color system with the motor-powered
wheel:
http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/Color_Sys_CBS.html
--Chuck
My father started working at RCA in 1957 and
tells me that hybrid
receivers (with electronic horizontal circuits and mechanical
vertical) were still common at that time.
outside of museums??!?
1957??!?