Hi Jerry / Bill & others;
An interesting TV story Jerry. I grew up in Spokane and left for college (1951) before TV had arrived in Spokane. Seattle had a channel or two but while in college for four years I saw maybe a total of one or two hours. After college I entered the Air Force and was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming which also had no TV stations (at least until after 1957). Denver was 100 miles to the South and when one of the fellows in the BOQ left the Air Force I bought his Admiral 17 in. TV for $25. I built my own antenna by salvaging 1/4 in. aluminum tubing from a scrapped B-29 fuselage on base (a director, dipole, and reflector mounted on a wooden beam). The signal was just ok but it was fun building the antenna and mounting it on the roof of the BOQ. I had the TV for 20 years and during that time replaced the picture tube, fly-back transformer, and a bunch of other tubes. TV is still kind of low on my priority of things to do.
As Bill mentioned, you should get a copy of Chuck Dachis' Hallicrafters book - well worth the price.
73, Skip Magnuson W7WGM
