This year's Hilliard Extravaganza

The 2011 Early Television Convention at the Early Television Museum, Hilliard Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42002845@N02/collections/72157626635460350/

Drool, drool, drool....(Sigh)...

This year's Hilliard Extravaganza

The 2011 Early Television Convention at the Early Television Museum, Hilliard Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42002845@N02/collections/72157626635460350/
Thanks for all the photos. I had ear surgery and could not make the trip to Hilliard this year. Boy, did I ever miss a lot of cool stuff.

I looked through the auction photos and didn't see anything newer than about 1956... Would I be correct?

thanks for the great images ... some of the sets are serious drool material.

The CBS/Zenith SK set is one fantastic stuff as is that extraordinary drum field sequential NTSC home build...wow....

To all those expressing thanks for the pics - you're welcome, it's my pleasure since some people aren't able to attend. I'm never sure if I might be missing something important, so I try to capture a lot of what's new plus some miscellaneous museum pieces that catch my eye.

One request I have is that NAMES of folks might be attached to the pics...OTOH, if you're like me & have what has been politely described as a "Face for Radio", I can understand why you WOULDN'T wanna be identified...(grin) Still, its ALWAYS great for a guy like me to see examples of exotic gear that I know I'll likely NEVER otherwise see....

The timing has always been off for me to attend..and I would have places to stay too! We'll see what happens next year.

The annual Saturday night gathering at Max & Erma's is a who's who of VK. I could name over a dozen regular posters off the top of my head, but would rather caption one of the pictures taken when it is posted--even though it might require drawing a reference with numbered silhouettes. :)

The timing has always been off for me to attend..and I would have places to stay too! We'll see what happens next year.

Would have been difficult (and expensive) for me this year; I was in Melbourne, Vic. Australia. Maybe next year? But wait... I will be in Florida then...

Oh well..._:)

Would have been difficult (and expensive) for me this year; I was in Melbourne, Vic. Australia. Maybe next year? But wait... I will be in Florida then...

Oh well..._:)

I hope you enjoyed your stay in my home town mate!

I hope you enjoyed your stay in my home town mate!


I did! We lived 3-4 blocks from Museum Victoria at the Plum Carlton, corner of Queensberry and Swanston Streets. Spent a lot of money a Queen Victoria Market. One thing that was a little different was spending $18 for a six-pack of Carlton Draught. We are use to spending $16-22 a case here for stubbies.

My son-in-law got a job as Curator of Mammals at MV. I assisted them on the move to Victoria. Now, they are renting a house in Rosanna, just north of Heidelberg. I have a lot of experience with the CBD of Melbourne (Pronounced "Melbin"!) and will certainly be back many, many times. I even got to drive on the "wrong" side of the street.

"We now return you to your regularly scheduled program"

Sorry if I went OT, wish we could have met up! I would have loved to have brought home a valve radio...

..3-4 blocks from Museum Victoria ..

Is Phar Lap still there (on the ground floor)?(along with that (replica?) Gold Nugget found in 1800's Gold Rush)

A must see on the way to Early Television Museum is the Air Force Museum near Dayton !

Hi to All,

Hello Mr Roper,

Pictures from "Max & Erma's" saturday evening, April 30th.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

Here's my contribution, a shot of the drum set with Dorthy.

I still have to upload the rest, I'll probably just make a ZIP file.

The CBS set had outstanding color!

Is Phar Lap still there (on the ground floor)?(along with that (replica?) Gold Nugget found in 1800's Gold Rush)

A must see on the way to Early Television Museum is the Air Force Museum near Dayton !


Yes, Phar Lap is there and the Gold Nugget is also there (I thought that it said it was a replica). But I think both of them are on the second floor now. I spent a lot of time there, saw the Tutankhamen exhibit as well. Of course, my son-in-law got us in for free when I was walking the grandson. Interesting and different museum...

"Phar Lap", huh ? Down here, we have the "Final Lap"....A WONDERFUL Beer Hall, very classy, the kind of place where they check you at the door for a gun or a knife, & if you don't have one, they'll GIVE you one...

the cbs set is awesome to see!thanks for posting pic.thought i would go through life never getting to see it in operation.
phar lap was a huge horse.17 plus hands.about that pic at max and ermas.looks like a work release program gallery!joking,glad all had fun!

Hi to All,

Hello Mr Roper,

Pictures from "Max & Erma's" saturday evening, April 30th.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

LOL!! I was looking a little wasted.....but I did alright and stopped in time:D:smoke:

Not shown: ChuckA, John Folsom.

wow I would never thought anyone outside Australia and NZ would have heard of Phar Lap..wowo...

and those CBS sets are fantastic.... perhaps the system was ultimately impractical but it sure was pretty good...

The recent Royal Wedding reminds me that in 1953 Queen Elizabeth's Coronation procession was covered, in part, in color using an experimental closed circuit field sequential system with receivers setup in various hospitals in London.

Here he is in all his glory...

The pictures look so interesting, I hope I can attend the convention myself in the next couple of years.

thanks for posting phar lap.huge horse that looks like our champion forego.same size and weight.i am a horse fan so this was great to see

This year's Hilliard Extravaganza

The 2011 Early Television Convention at the Early Television Museum, Hilliard Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42002845@N02/collections/72157626635460350/

Great Pictures... Any Kaye Halbert 27 inch B & W, or any other Brand like Muntz 27 inch ? Zenith & RCA showed them in the add's, but wonder if they was produced ?

I had a ~1954 RCA 27" console many years ago. Even though it was frighteningly huge, I wish I had kept it because I have literally never seen another one in the flesh these 30 years later.

Phar Lap today:

http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/current-exhibitions/phar-lap/

Phar Lap to our conservators (I work for a state agency involved with historic and archeological sites) ...and that he had become a topic in a thread on the restoration of color televisions there was a look of disbelief.

One, because anyone outside Australia knowing about him and secondly ...."they do what? Restore colour tvs?"

Then I explained that we are talking about sets from the 1950s.

There eyes lit up... :)

Actually, I have a 1959 RCA CTC-9 that is in queue and I have gotten all tubes that I need, electrolytic capacitors to "stuff" the cans and look forward to seeing a picture on my "Roundie". I even have a replacement CRT that measures NOS to replace the on in the set that measures Zero!

Seriously, hope we have not strayed (too) far OT...