into
a multi
standard monitor (240, 405, 441, 625) for use with a PC based
Presumably your radar CRT is electrostatically defiected, which makes
varying the scan rate a lot easier than if you were using electromagnetic
deflection.
Yes, the VCR97 is a 6" electrostaic deflection and focus CRT
Sure. It hadn't registered with me that you were using a VCR97 for this.
I found
'Newnes Televsion Handbook' in a second-hand bookshop a few years
back. I don't think they realised what it was, the price was pretty low.
It covers _only_ mechanically-scanend stuff....
A very lucky find! I recently got hold of some "television and
shortwave"
magazines from 1935 to 1939, which cover the late mechanical and early
Unfortunately, my oldest 'Practical Television' magaizes are from 1952, I
think. I have about 3 years worth from then, then a large gap, another 3
or 4 complete years in the early 70's, then another gap, then everything
from the end of 1985 onwards (until a couple of months
ago, when the
editors changed, the new chap is, I believe termially clueless, so
I've
stopped wasting money on it...)
electronic systems (the Baird 240 / EMI 405
competition and such like. There
is also a lot of information on the development of the Scophony mechanicaly
scanned 405 line receiver (I have one of the few remaining parts of a
Scophony set,
http://www.g1jbg.co.uk/tv1.htm)
Ooooh... A very nice find there...
-tony