[RTTY] W1AW CW on 3581.5kc

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > 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 at outlook.com
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