ETF - 2010 Convention

2010 Early Television Convention

The 2010 Early Television Convention will be held on Friday, April 23, Saturday, April 24, and Sunday, April 25 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard, Ohio. We have moved the event one week earlier to avoid conflicts with other conventions and meetings. The buffet lunch, presentations, and banquet will be at the Makoy Center, a conference facility about 2 blocks from the museum.

After analyzing last year's income and expenses, we discovered that we lost money because expenses have been increasing over the years while we have kept our registration fee flat. Our goal is to break even, so this year we are increasing our registration fee by $5 to $30. The banquet cost remains the same at $30. You can now register online for this year's event. A complete list of prices is shown on that page.

Here is a list of motels near the museum, including several with special rates available.

Here is a list of the presentations:

Arrival of Home Video Tape, 1956 to 1976	Richard Diehl
Selecting Modern Filters for Color Wheel Displays	Cliff Benham
Rebuilding the 15GP22	John Folsom and Bob Galanter
A new look at John Logie Baird’s 1926 30-line Televisor	Don McLean
The WGSF Mobile Production Van	Leland Hubbell

Displays

John Folsom will display his Mitsubishi 6CT-338 Triniscope

Cliff Benham will display his 'no-wheel' CBS tri-color CRT set with some new additions that allow it to display both CBS color and two-color sequential images and a Butterfield "color" camera and a small B&W monitor for it.

Dave Abramson will display his Indextron tube.

Here is a tentative schedule:

Events in gray will be at the museum. Those in green will be at the Makoy Center

Friday, April 23

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Meet other collectors at the museum. Beer, wine, soft drinks.

Saturday, April 24

7:30 am – 8:30 am	Swap Meet setup
8:30 am – 11:00 am	Registration and Swap Meet
8:30 am - 6 pm	Silent Auction
10:00 am - 11:30 am	Live Auction
11:45 am – 12:30 pm	Buffet Lunch
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Presentations
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Presentations
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Banquet

Sunday, April 25

10:00 am – 3:00 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors. Demonstration of sets in the Museum’s collection.
11:00 am - 12 noon	Meeting of those interested in establishing a CRT rebuilding operation at the museum
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Panel Discussion - Recollections of the WGSF mobile van

Here is information on the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Conventions.