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Old 02-02-2012, 11:10 PM
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Thanks guys!
I fired up my Blonder Tongue AM-60-550B and was able to receive a very good picture using the built-in antenna from about 40 feet away. I found that channel 3 worked best with 9 a close second.

Here are some screenshots from classic Dr Who playing on a DVD player through my BT modulator. He's caught in a molecular dissimilator in that last photo



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Another great restoration! Congrats.

I wish I lived in your neck of the woods sometimes. All these finds that you get. I imagine it is mostly due because the manufactures were "right there" in their hayday.

Nothing like those bakelite models show up around that I have found unfortunately.
Whereabouts are you located ?
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Old 02-02-2012, 11:45 PM
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That over air looks wonderful.
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Old 02-03-2012, 08:33 AM
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Thanks guys!
I fired up my Blonder Tongue AM-60-550B and was able to receive a very good picture using the built-in antenna from about 40 feet away. I found that channel 3 worked best with 9 a close second....
Bob,

Your set looks great as usual. There is something about receiving the signal over the air instead of coax cables all over the place. My local club (MAARC) wants me to give a "Show And Tell" demonstration on the Blonder Tongue Agile Modulator in a few months. I have a box of Sony Watchman sets that I intend to pass out to the group for demonstration purposes. I kinda forgot about this and moved all of my larger sets to Florida already. (Hmmm, buy another console? I DON'T THINK SO!!!)

In my home here in Baltimore, I can broadcast with input from the Verizon Set Top Box and receive it in the basement whilst working on sets. It is nice since you get to demonstrate the entire workings of your set as you are demonstrating here.

Bravo Again!
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Old 02-03-2012, 02:42 PM
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On those Blonder Tongue AM-60's- are the last 4 digits of the model # significant for our application? I suspect they're just different years of the same basic model? I see 450's, 550's, 860's, A's and B's all showing up on the bay.
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I believe that's the upper frequency limit. The first number is output power.
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