From 1951:

"Complaints on the quality of TV sets
delivered to the New York City area
continued to increase during the fall.
Several large retailers reported that
practically every set had to be realigned,
and service contractors said
that workmanship was "rapid and
poor" and was getting worse"

David has a quite of a collection there.

I hope you all noticed the clickon to "Radio Craft" magazine in the 1948 listing of "Radio-Electronics" issues. Lots of earlier radio/TV articles going back to 1929.
This cover from Aug. 1938.

-Steve D.

I just used that Radio-Electronics archive link to find the Zenith 29JC20 vertical output transformer supply cap value in the Oct 62 issue. That link is now bookmarked! Thanks!

Dave

The articles on the business side of radio-TV repair are fascinating, too. I look at the ads and can't imagine living in a world where all those great parts and military-surplus equipment were so readily available.

Look at the prices of the 211's and 2A3's, pure Nirvana! :D

New York City had the most TV stations in the VHF spectrum you could have per FCC rules. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. Most small towns, like Syracuse, had only 3 TV stations, 3, 5, and 9. In New York City, the tuner and IF strip had to work well to keep 2nd adjacent stations out of the desired channel. Especially channel 4 and 5 (there's 4 MHz of non-TV related stuff between them, so that's why 4 and 5 could co-exist per FCC rules).

But those prices were in the day when you could wine and dine your girl, and paint the town and have change left over from a quarter... :D

Is 'Radio and Television News' [Radio & TV News] available on line?
I haven't found that one at all.

Regards,

Available on the same website, all the way back to when it was just "Radio News"...

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...Page_Guide.htm

PF Reporter has joined the other mags available on the American Radio History website:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/PF-Index.htm

Thanks, was just there and found an article I needed!

Electronic Technician and Dealer was a fine Magazine as well.
IIRC, they would include a few schematics every issue. Many times, before Sams would issue them. Also, at the time of subscribing, they would include a book of schematics, as a bonus. :thmbsp: