[BARC-List] Early TV DX

[Dan Malloy]

Hello to all
  Some of you may enjoy AM, FM or TV broadcast DXing, and tropo on 2 =
meters affects most of us now and then.  I thought this article about a =
TV tech from the forties might be of interest to some...
DE Dan, KA1RDZ
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                    TV Image Received In Hopedale =20

      HOPEDALE, June 1 [1948]  Atmospheric conditions are credited with =
the clear and distinct television reception on a recent evening when =
four stations, three from New York and one from Philadelphia, were =
brought into the home of Clarence E. Chilson, Freedom Street.=20

         Mr. Chilson, well-known radio technician explained the unusual =
situation as due to temperature inversion, which to the average person =
means cool ground and warm air overhead.=20

         If the inclement wet and humid weather was good for something =
it is news to everyone and should help to raise the morale.=20

         Mr. Chilson has been studying television in his spare time for =
several years.  He was the first person in this area to receive a TV =
image.  His home-constructed set brought in a station in 1941.=20

         The present set is another that he constructed himself.  On =
Friday night he and several friends were able to witness a boxing match =
from Madison Square Garden for nearly two hours, without interruption.  =
In addition, Mr. Chilson receives the test patterns daily, now being =
sent out from the Boston station.  The Milford Daily News =20

  

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