TV1 New Zealand ch1 DX-TV Reception 1983

[Nivicoman]

Gotta love the Ionosphere!

[staticbear76]

i just love this your the staticoolest your friend staticbear76

[IanGorton]

Quite remarkable to be able to pick up a signal from that far away.

[EncoreEnterprisesLLC]

I wish there was a clearer version of the T1 test card. I can't seem to find any images of it or historical documents.

[BionicCommander89]

Beautiful music.

[sammypus]

my dad built our tv here in auckland in 1957. We used to pick up ch2 sydney and brisbane very clearly as we had no stations operating here to cause interference. The best year was jan 1958 may have been due to the large no of sunspots at that time. We had crystal clear vision and sound for hours at a time

[aussiebeachut]

That's amazing.. You may well have been the only Kiwis watching TV at the time !!

Wondering whether you have any photos of this TV Set he built ?

That's extraordinary.. Did you use it later to watch the NZBC ?

Were the Australian transmissions drowned out once TV broadcasts began in Auckland ?

Did you pick up any other stations that you can remember or just the ABC ?

[sammypus]

hi aussiebeachut..i have the 1958 tv still with me. built by my dad from a radio and hobbies magazine australian of course!!I was only nine at the time sometimes we would pick up sydney melbourne or brisbane my dad tried channels 7 and 9 but never got them. In the mid 1960s our ch2 started xmitting from the waitakere ranges here in auckland on 100kw this caused a lot of co channel interference..

[IanGorton]

Yeah could be and bouncing off them perhaps

[zakko86]

La ricezione del canale è pessima,lo ammetto ma la musica è favolosa!

[FrozenDoberman]

The FM audio pitch variation is a function of the Betamax VCR, not the TV. VCRs are sensitive to poor sync and time base errors when receiving low level (weak signal) video.

[timonline2000]

How come the music sounds like it's speeding up, slowing down? It seems to be the same extract played twice too.

[AidanLunn]

@timonline2000 It's because the signal keeps on losing quality, it sometimes loses the control signal, which is what the VCR is locked to when recording and playing back to enable a stable picture and a constant speed. Irregular control pulses on the tape on playback results in this.

[ProductionX]

This is kinda neat. I Only wish I was into the DX stuff.

[FrozenDoberman]

It could well be. I'm not an expert on test cards, but from what I understand, the T1 card was only used in New Zealand during the late 1970s to mid 1980s.

[TestCardFanatic]

We also used PM5544.

[wb8976]

Would that be a modified version of the BBC's "Test Card F?"