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Old 03-21-2011, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by NewVista View Post
Yes, in the Wallace Manual you see a Burst-Gate, then a Hi-Q Crystal Tank Circuit, then buffer/clipper-limiter to deliver subcarrier phase-locked to Burst. I knew GE did this in the sixties but, as others have pointed out, Motorola and Admiral also sometimes used this ingenius idea.
Interesting. On a related note, in 1969 we pulled a (then) late model GE into the shop with a really bad color sync problem that couldn't be fixed in the home with tubes. Noticed an NE-2 neon bulb in the burst area of the circuit board and tried replacing that, and it fixed the problem. I don't remember the details of the circuitry as GE was not one of our store's specialty brands. But the NE-2 was involved in the burst gate circuit.
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