Hi from Uruguay

[Gus1969]

Hi, my name is Gustavo, 54. I live in a coast town 40 miles east from Montevideo, Uruguay. Next to the Rio de la Plata. Sorry my english! I understand all, but writing…
For a long time I have enjoyed reading this fórum, so I decided, (overcoming my shyness) introduce myself.
Since me 13 years old I repair electronics. Today working on CATV.
What can I say? Radio comes to Uruguay in 1923, today we have a lot of AM radios and we can listen a lot of radios from Argentina and Brazil too. Here AM radio is totally alive.
Most listened radios for mid age are AM (me haha) Theres a lot of FMs too, many retrasmiting AMs, others all music.
TV begins in 1956, color TV in 1981, DTV (ISDBT) 2015. At present day we still have analog channels!!!
First TVs sold in Uruguay were most from USA, and some european. A total winner was the Wells Gardner chassis 21N95 and 23N100. Tuners, coils, and some tubes were imported from USA, completed with domestic industry, and rebadged.
Most BW TVs during were 23 inch table sets. Zenith, Admiral, RCA, were luxury brands here. Local versions of the Wells Gardner were mid price sets. Color TVs most popular were 20 inch, first european made, due to the Pal N system adopted here, then Japan an Korea till flat panels comes, today all China scrap.
Some photos of my workbench. Not much, a DMM, a series lamp, an old RF generator, CH3 modulator, transcoder for the DVD source. Soon a second hand oscilloscope.
My collection is small and from very varied regions.
I really enjoy reading the topics in the fórum and I am very exited for my first post!!!
Best regards, Gustavo

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