[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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