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Originally Posted by rambo1152
Both in System I, VHF
Both unlatched System A, UHF
Two nice undocumented features!
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A story I've told before. At Network Control 2 (for BBC2) at Television Centre, where all the various sources were linked into one service, we used a Sony 9-90 for our off-air monitor. It showed the output from Crystal Palace Ch.33.
At the time I had noticed the feature Rambo mentions. (Actually I think you'll find it works the other way round.) During one idle moment during a Trade Test Transmission I wondered if the complete 625-line UHF chain would handle a 405-line signal. So I pushed both buttons in on the Sony, which now was primed to display a 405-line picture on UHF, and went back to the Mixer Desk, where I selected 405-line Test Card D as a source. Then I 'punched it up' through the mixer.
It all worked perfectly! 405 on Ch 33 UHF from CP (and all the other national transmitters). I only risked leaving it for a couple of seconds though, otherwise alarm calls would have started coming in. Possibly also 'calls' on my job!
Steve