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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Sandy, that tale adout the admiral is very amusing. I assume there were no local stations in that area back then as who would go to the trouble to haul that thing up a hill and set up a power suply if there was an easier way to get a station. If that area was a TV signal "dead zone" though why would they pay for a TV to watch static on?  |
Yeah, that place is the highest site around, they had power up there, & he had some sort of antenna. We didn't have TV around here til late '54 or so, that's one reason we rarely ever find VERY early sets here. I used to go up there in the '80s w/a JVC CX-500US-a 4.5" color set/cassette/radio combo, & could pick up all manner of stations that we didn't have on the local cable TV system. In fact, the "Master" antenna for the cable TV system was up there. People started going up there & using it for a "Lover's Lane", doing dope deals, shooting at the antennas, etc, & now you can't get up there anymore, its locked off.