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Old 05-13-2011, 12:39 AM
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Now I posted a video of my Admiral bakelite TV on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWbvVdAFiE

Not a great quality video shoot, and it's sideways. But you can see the TV set operating nicely from my personal mini cable system. 3 CECB ATSC converter boxes, on channels 2, 4, and 5 (the 2 and 5 boxes were modified).
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Old 05-13-2011, 01:35 AM
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Cool setup!
I think YouTube has software that allows you to rotate your video, might give it a look.
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Old 05-13-2011, 09:06 PM
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Nice setup. I've noticed on my Admirals that the reception is better on 2-6 than 8-13. Could just be that my alignment skills are lacking at higher frequencies
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Old 11-18-2011, 01:34 PM
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I fixed the sideways video, so it plays more sensably
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWbvVdAFiE
or just look for WA2ISE.
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Old 11-18-2011, 10:43 PM
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[QUOTE=wa2ise; 3 CECB ATSC converter boxes, on channels 2, 4, and 5 (the 2 and 5 boxes were modified).[/QUOTE]

Modified you say? this peaks my interest as I've always hated being limited to CH 3 and 4 that most VCRs and converter boxes output. Could you please elaborate on the modifications you made?
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Old 11-19-2011, 06:18 AM
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I'm relatively new to antique tvs, but I never understood why you even need to use any converter boxes at all to get a signal if you can connect your cable right into the antenna jack with a balun connector. That's if you have cable, of course. My TVK-12 works fine that way, although it has an inductive tuner. Hopefully the cable companies will continue to use an analog signal, which they probably will because it's easier for them to keep it.
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Old 11-19-2011, 07:26 AM
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Awrite !! KEWL set !
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Old 11-19-2011, 11:50 PM
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Hopefully the cable companies will continue to use an analog signal, which they probably will because it's easier for them to keep it.

Cable companies are only required to offer analog service until early 2012. After that they will likely shut it off to save expense and force all users to rent digital set top boxes, thus making more money.
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Old 11-20-2011, 09:08 AM
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If that happens , I'll just drop them for tv service and pick what I can off the air. Other than testing my restorations, I don't watch much cable tv anyway. I'll keep them for internet, though. But if they keep analog transmission, I'll keep them. Hey, I am only the customer.
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