> Actually, you're a wee bit off there. It's 3.579545.4545...
Of course ... it's been a few years since dealing with that on a
regular basis. ATSC is a whole different beast <G>.
In any case, that puts the W1AW code practice comfortably close
but just out of range of the "beacon". I seem to remember there
were even articles about building a "W1AW locator" using surplus
color burst crystals.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2014-06-03 5:48 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: (may be snipped)
On 6/3/2014 11:52 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
The color burst oscillator in NTSC color TV sets was 3581.59 ...
REPLY:
Actually, you're a wee bit off there. It's 3.579545.4545... a number
burned in my memory from my TV repair days.
If you have a lot of time on your hands, there is a discussion of why
it's such an odd number:
http://www.repairfaq.org/samnew/tvfaq/tvwinsswf.htm
73, Bill W6WRT
dezrat@outlook.com
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