Early Television Museum
2016 Early Television Convention
This year's convention was held Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1.
This year's convention was held Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1. Attendance was up from last year. Though the auction had fewer high end items than last year, there were lots of bargains to be had. A highlight of the convention was the successful completion of a CRT rebuild by Nick Williams.
The tube is bright and well focused
Thanks to all our volunteers and presenters. Without you the convention would not be possible.
See you next year.
Here is a summary of the convention:
| Attendance: 125 (119 in 2015) |
| Saturday Dinner: 73 (61 in 2015) |
| Auction Sales $24,089 ($130,599 in 2015) |
| Donations $6,608 ($6,302 in 2015) |
| Net income to ETF $20,296 ($23,272 in 2015) |
Presentations
| Return of the Queens Messenger |
Joe Piazzo |
| The Story of the Chromatron, From Invention to Realization |
Marshall Wozniak and Jerome Halphen |
| The CBS Vericolor Camera - Restoration |
Steve McVoy |
| 3 vs 4 Tubes in Camera Design and the RCA Camera That Never Came to Market |
Jay Ballard |
| The Cooley Rayfoto System |
Mike Molnar |
| The New Texas Museum of Broadcasting & Communications |
Chuck Conrad |
| 60th Anniversary of the Unveiling of the VTR |
James O'Neal |
| Signal Boosters and UHF Converters |
Mark Nelson |
Displays
New at the Museum This Year
Schedule
Events in gray were at the museum and those in green at the Makoy Center
Friday, April 29
| 1:00 pm –
5:00 pm |
CRT rebuilding demonstration and workshop |
| 6:00 pm –
9:00 pm |
Meet other collectors at the museum. Beer, wine, soft drinks. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection |
Saturday, April 30
| 7:30 am –
8:30 am |
Swap
Meet setup |
| 8:30 am –
11:00 am |
Registration and Swap Meet |
| 8:30 am - 5:30 pm |
Silent Auction |
| 9:00 am - 11:45 am |
Live
Auction |
| 12:00 noon – 12:30
pm |
Buffet Lunch |
| 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Presentations |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm |
Presentations |
| 5:30
pm – 7:30 pm |
Browse the
museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors |
| About 6:00 pm |
Silent Auction closes |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Dinner |
Sunday, May 1
| 9:00
am – 2:00 pm |
Browse the
museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors. Demonstration of
sets in the Museum’s collection. |
| 10:00
am – 10:30 am |
Meeting - CRT rebuilding at the museum |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Early Television Foundation annual meeting |
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