[RTTY] W1AW CW on 3581.5kc

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Tue Jun 3 17:48:32 EDT 2014


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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 at outlook.com


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