Analog NTSC still On-Air

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Originally Posted by IsthmusTV

I thought I'd revive this thread since I just discovered that there is a OTA analog station operating on Ch. 8 in or near Madison, WI. There had been a LPTV station operating on channel 8 a few years ago which then abruptly went off the air. Back then, it played still images of nature scenes, set to "new age" music. I was surprised to see it back, now playing old westerns. It looks like they're playing bad VHS tapes, complete with break up and tracking errors. Here are a couple of screen shots from my DuMont RA-113. The lousy resolution is the transmitted signal, not my DuMont





Gotta wonder what their business model is. I've never seen any advertising...

-Clark



Oops! I didn't realize that this thread was originally started in the "vintage color tv" forum!

That looks like a nice DuMont with Magic eye your watching.

To the other comments:

Old analogue portable televisions are NOT obsolete.
a. They have collector value (to some)
b. They can be connected to a digital converter box.
c. Better yet, hook up a modulator to you favorite video source, then one can walk around the house or go in the yard and see and hear the a/v wirelessly on the portable TV.

I can still receive two analogue stations in the Phoenix Valley. I'm about 22 miles from the transmitters and can pull them in with the monopole antennas on those "old obsolete portable televisions ".