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Old 15th Aug 2016, 10:20 am   #26
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Default Re: "Television Sound" on vintage radios

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In 1940 Premier Radio (Fleet St), sold a radio chassis that received TV sound and they boosted about its quality.
That's an interesting historical footnote. Maybe an unexpired 1939 advertising contract?

AFAIK Premier Radio didn't also produce television sets. But for manufacturers who did, what a simple way to promote them! You already have a radio with short wave coverage and a somewhat impure local oscillator. Perhaps add a few components to the front end and a 'television sound' marker to the dial, and your customers will be able to eavesdrop on what they're missing in vision.

Hopefully this would build a desire to buy a television set. In the period concerned (1938-9), prices were coming down, screens were becoming smaller(!), and sales looked like they might be taking off. Only the prospect of that damned war was putting a damper on things...

Later on, I can't help but wonder if the youthful Gerry Wells, during his tours of bomb sites, ever encountered the sad remains of television sets. But that's for another thread...

Steve
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