Adam Field wrote:
> 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,

Just found a copy on Amazon for =A35. It appears to be a later edition, =

but essentially the same concept.

> 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.

Yeah, the main differences are the colour encoding, field rate and =

number of lines per field. IIRC there are some other subtle differences =

(sound subcarrier frequency?).

> 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.

Very nice -- thanks.

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