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Blind bargains has a Sansonic converter box I think from Merrit line that's
free with the coupon. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: A New c c Radio with a Twist
> Get a coupon for a converter box. Zenith ones are $60 at circuit city
> less the $40 coupon of course. They actually work very well have a tone
> for signal strength even. Has rf out and audio video out.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov
> 2008, John Miller wrote:
>
>> I know my TV's dying and I can't afford a new one. What I'll do when it
>> completely gives up I have no clue.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: A New c c Radio with a Twist
>>
>>
>>> Yep, I haven't seen anything cheap as far as a digital tv. We were
>>> talking about buying Libbie's dad a ttv for his kitchen, and they are
>>> expensive. No longer can we buy a color tv for under a hundred. One of
>>> the many down sides to this digital thing the fcc crammed down our
>>> throats. If the American public only knew how many millions and
>>> millions
>>> of dollars are being spend to replace and upgrade equipment.
>>>
>>> I haven't done much messing with smaller tvs, but I've found, as have
>>> other ham friends, that the converter boxes seem to have much hotter
>>> front
>>> ends in them than tv sets do. I've tried the zenith box here in Vegas,
>>> and get good signals off of rabbit ears.
>>>
>>> And, then there is the environment. How many thousand or millions of
>>> old
>>> sets are going to land fills.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>
>>
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