1963 Setchell Carlson color roundie

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Telecruiser

Somewhere in the back of my mind, there was a connection between Setchell Carlson and Ball-Miratel who made color video monitors. Am I imagining this? Ball also made (still makes) glass jars for home canning... Go figure.

Aside from both being in Minnesota, one connection is, they both sold a LOT of black-and-white monitors to the airport/airline video display industry. For over thirty years, I paid a lot of bills fixing monitors of both brands. The Ball Brothers TD-23, in particular, I should have the schematic diagram memorized by now. R162 15k, R164 15 ohms, R165 33 ohms 2 watts...

[Olorin67]

Miratel does seem to have been a spin-off originally of S-C, either started by S-C employees, or a former SC plant or product lines spun off when the company was sold. One reference I found said Miratel (MInnesota RAdio TElevision) was started by ex SC employees.