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I wouldn’t have opened that chemical bottle either
Well with 240 volt residential power you can actually plug a welder into the "mains" in the U.K.
Thank you Fran for the interesting viewers mail; brings back the memories when I was a Electronics Engineer, now retired. I restore vintage test equipment from the past to keep my skills in tip top shape, "love the old stuff".
I used to play Sega Genesis during long trips on my Pocket Vision 22. There's a 3.5mm jack in the top you can use for an RF adapter. When I was 12, I was not allowed to have a TV in my room. But they had no idea I was able to hook up cable to my pocket TV. 🤣 It wasnt exactly "cable ready" but it did good enough.
That pocket TV isn't completely worthless yet. There are still video broadcasters made that can "broadcast" short range analog signals on channels 3 or 4. You could still use it to watch your own analog broadcast content with that TV. Of course, you won't find any actual commercial analog broadcast signals anymore. It's all digital now. Unfortunately, the handheld digital brethren of that analog pocket TV don't work nearly as well. In fact, digital TV actually sucks badly when using an antenna.
Back in the 50s, many houses were designed with both 110v and 220v plugs. In our garage (from a house built in the 50s), we had 220v plugs available for our washer and dryer appliances. There was an additional 220v plug in the garage for various electric tools that needed it (table saws, etc). It's not unheard of that that arc welder might have required 220v and utilized a 220v plug. The interior of the house only had 110v plugs, but you wouldn't do arc welding indoors. It would have been more commonly used in the garage area with sufficiently open air flow.
I had the same CASIO pocket TV as well, screen was the size of 2 postage stamps and a set of Ni-Cd rechargeables would last 1hr. Couldn't use it right where I lived due to lack of signal but worked fine elsewhere, UHF only being a British model
Congrats on the new digs, Fran! Your viewer mails are simply amazing! Glad you liked the microphone!
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"The PocketVision22 outlived television itself…"
What Fran’s saying is, “quit sending me your shit”.
Missed a chance to read from the mailbag section of that old mag!
I will look into it to see this work.but I have a lot of projects to make.but I need to make a small low pass filter to a sound module not yours but a recordable type to make it record/play better.but I do have a Ramsey TV 6 to use on Sony's portable TV from the 80s.
Definitely be invitation only is the way to go I think LGR has gone this route and sticky to true vintage as this is your bailiwick I feel.
Do one or two at a time and stop start the camera for it.
there's a evil spirit in that bottle fran .lol