1966 NBC 96% color nightly

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

The antenna in the picture is fairly high and is aimed in the right direction, but still, 56 miles - I wonder how snowy the picture was.

In the image you posted, I thought that was a high-voltage power line tower, and was feverishly looking for it on google maps. Mystery solved!

56 miles across flat terrain is considered suburban-fringe, per Channel Master's MATV guide, circa 1983, when I was schooled by them. I can't tell how many elements are on the antenna, but if it was a single channel antenna (common in MATV systems of that era), it may have been more than sufficient.


For years after the Channel Mastrer MATV class, I got a gift from the Channel Master rep each Christmas, never mind that I no longer worked for the distributor and was in the Navy.... The gift was usually something universal like a dictionary, an atlas, or a DayPlanner.


Cheers,