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richard.cs · 11th Sep 2017, 10:21 pm

Certainly my FMT3 tuner seems to be very good, performing well with a bit of scraggly coat hanger as an antenna.

My grandfather worked for Jason in the late '50s and early '60s, and he considered the FMT3 (probably with a certain degree of bias) one of the best available in that price range, he kept a lot of the Jason test gear around for years afterwards when he was doing TV work. I know he knew Geoff Blundell and had a lot of respect for him as a designer.

As a side note my grandmother remembers winding Jason IF transformers on the kitchen table at home.

11th Sep 2017, 10:21 pm	#21
richard.cs Triode Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 46	Re: Jason anyone? Certainly my FMT3 tuner seems to be very good, performing well with a bit of scraggly coat hanger as an antenna. My grandfather worked for Jason in the late '50s and early '60s, and he considered the FMT3 (probably with a certain degree of bias) one of the best available in that price range, he kept a lot of the Jason test gear around for years afterwards when he was doing TV work. I know he knew Geoff Blundell and had a lot of respect for him as a designer. As a side note my grandmother remembers winding Jason IF transformers on the kitchen table at home.