When are they planning to turn off the analogue TV in your area? Seems
like a very limited project life.
Best source of SAW filters etc is probably an old TV. Look around for
a faulty one, mostly they're just thrown away around here.
Google books has a lot of examples  of TV circuits etc.

RP



2009/7/30 Adam Field <adam@badtech.org>:
>> Lastly, does anyone know of a reliable reference (or indeed more than
>> one reference) for this type of technology? As in, TV, video and so
>> forth (maybe radio as well, though I'm already aware of the existence of
>> the ARRL Handbook).
>>
>
> I recommend Basic Television by Grob. I have the third edition, came
> out during the 60's, and while it deals with a lot of tube circuits,
> television never changed until recently with the DTV mess. This book
> however, is NTSC/US specific. I understand that the basics of
> operation can be applied to PAL signals and maybe even SECAM.
>
> But this book is a great resource on every part of a TV, from the
> carrier signal to the tuner, oscillator, amplification, gain control
> and FM sound.
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