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emeritus · 13th Aug 2016, 7:27 pm

Television sound has been mentioned in a few threads. One which I cannot now find concerned a massive late 1940's Bakelite radio (I don't remember which model) in which television sound was received on the short wave band, and it turned out that this was effected via a tuned circuit that allowed the 41.5 MHz TV sound carrier signal from the London transmitter to be received on the ~ 13.8 MHz short wave frequency position. I had such a radio myself, and it certainly worked effectively in the London area in the 1960's, and I had wondered why I could not get TV sound on that short wave frequency on my other radios. The thread also mentioned that TVs were available with no sound tuner for use with such radios.

13th Aug 2016, 7:27 pm	#2
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,349	Re: "Television Sound" on vintage radios Television sound has been mentioned in a few threads. One which I cannot now find concerned a massive late 1940's Bakelite radio (I don't remember which model) in which television sound was received on the short wave band, and it turned out that this was effected via a tuned circuit that allowed the 41.5 MHz TV sound carrier signal from the London transmitter to be received on the ~ 13.8 MHz short wave frequency position. I had such a radio myself, and it certainly worked effectively in the London area in the 1960's, and I had wondered why I could not get TV sound on that short wave frequency on my other radios. The thread also mentioned that TVs were available with no sound tuner for use with such radios.