"Peter May" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (13 Mar 04  23:34:58)
 --- on the heady topic of "{at}%^{at}#$%^ veroboard"

 PM> MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Jasen Betts:
 MR> They don't make tuners like they used to in early VCR's.

 PM> Back in the days of monochrome TV, I had this largish Philips
 PM> portable, a hybrid set which had two side boards that folded out after
 PM> undoing a couple of screws.
 PM> This set had the most freakish reception, I could get all the country
 PM> stations and occasionally some interstate skip on plain old rabbit
 PM> ears antennas. I showed it to some friends, who dobbed me in to the
 PM> local paper who wrote a few lines about it.
 PM> I cant remember what happened to it in the end, I think I gave it
 PM> away, but the point is that I've never struck another television with
 PM> such a powerful front end on it. Always had a crystal clear picture!

Obviously before the advent of cable, TV front ends had a tougher time
of pulling in the signal. Those early TV's were also better at
handling multipath with special video circuitry to detect image
problems i.e. keyed agc etc. I recall owning Philips tv's and they had
great reception indeed!

 Mike
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... I ran Doublespace on my monitor & get 2 more TV channels.
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