Early Television Test Equipment

Early Television

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Early Television

Early Television

Early Television

Early Television

Postwar American Television

Postwar Television Test Equipment

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Early Television

Drug store tube tester

Early Television

Simpson field strength meter - Donated by Phil Dudley

Eico 425 Oscilloscope

Jackson Signal Generator

Precision 920 Tube Tester

Heathkit VTVM

Approved Electronics A-460 Field Strength Meter

Here is a Transvision field strength meter from the same era.

B & K Dyna-Scan Flying Spot Scanner Video Generator

Hickok 610 Alignment Signal Generator

Lectrotech CRT-100 CRT Tester

Early Television

RCA WR-64 Color Bar Generator

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

Early Television

Eico 630 CRT tester. One of the few that tests 7JP4s

This device was made in the late 40s by Crest Laboratories to generate horizontal and vertical bars on the picture tube for adjustment of linearity. It was installed by removing the socket from the CRT and inserting the device. (Donated by Joe Sousa)

Early Television

Early Television

Simpson TV Antenna Compass. Used to orient TV antennas. (Donated by Charles Harper)

Early Television

Simpson Model 406 Chromatic Amplifier (Donated by Bill Walter, restored by Joe Sousa). Used to amplify video and chroma signals for low sensitivity oscilloscopes. Here is the operator's manual.

Early Television

Hickok 760 Video Scanner

Early Television

Sylvania Color Viewer

Early Television

Degaussing Coil

Wickes color test equipment