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
>
>