KYW put up a Philco TV W3XE TV test pattern slide at digital changeover.

[qtpieislit]

WOW. KYW put up a Philco TV W3XE test pattern slide when they switched to digital at 12:30 pm. That made my day.

 

[evolve991]

Wow what a culture clash huh? I always associate those old test patterns with the fallout shelter symbols and hiding under stairwells. At least KYW added a bit of nostalgia to what has been an anticlimactic event. Analog should have had a more historical sendoff.

 

[nd2023]

I'm glad WPVI is all digital, their analog signal was a pest.

 

[radioskeptic]

I would've use a WPTZ slide. Oh well, I wouldn't have seen it anyway. I was driving at the time.

 

[DToTheJ]

Oh well, I wouldn't have seen it anyway. I was driving at the time.

You might have heard it on a Sony Walkman with a TV band, though...

 

[softmachine]

Oh well, I wouldn't have seen it anyway. I was driving at the time.

You might have heard it on a Sony Walkman with a TV band, though...

They're still on the air on VHF. Another 28 days or so...? There could be another chance.

Anyone have the permanent sign off date/time?

 

[SUPERCASTER]

You can also see the W3XE test Pattern here:
http://www.ggninfo.com/TP1.htm

Here is another info link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYW-TV

The Farnsworth company found an established ally on more favorable terms in the Spring of 1931, when the Philco Radio Corporation in Philadelphia, PA became their first bonafide licensee.

Link:
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-part06.html

Things took a brighter turn in the summer of 1934, when the prestigious Franklin Institute of Philadelphia invited Philo T. Farnsworth to conduct the world's first full scale public demonstration of television.

Link to picture:
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/images/franklin.gif

About the Wyndmoor TV station:

http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/farnsworth-keels.html

http://explorepahistory.com/cms/pbfiles/Project1/Scheme36/ExplorePAHistory-a0m4t9-a_450.jpg

http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/Farnsworth_stations.jpg

 

[SteelRocker]

KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh also had an interesting sign off and DuMont test screen. See video of analog sign off: http://kdka.com/video/[email protected]

 

[w9wi]

Oh well, I wouldn't have seen it anyway. I was driving at the time.

You might have heard it on a Sony Walkman with a TV band, though...

They're still on the air on VHF. Another 28 days or so...? There could be another chance.

Anyone have the permanent sign off date/time?

The FCC spreadsheet says July 12th. What time it doesn't say.

 

[rtetro]

Saw it. Very cool. That, along with Ch 29 actually showing the button being pushed at the transmitter to shut off the old analog signal, were probably the two best transitions. The worst was Ch 57, which just shut down the analog in the middle of a program. No announcements, nothing.

 

[rtetro]

I'm glad WPVI is all digital, their analog signal was a pest.

Except that I can't get the Ch 6 digital signal here in Lansdale. When they were in interim transition mode on UHF their digital signal was crystal clear. When they transitioned back to VHF channel 6, I lost the signal. I've also lost Ch 12 post-transition. Looks like I'll be putting up a new VHF/UHF antenna in my attic.

 

[softmachine]

Oh well, I wouldn't have seen it anyway. I was driving at the time.

You might have heard it on a Sony Walkman with a TV band, though...

They're still on the air on VHF. Another 28 days or so...? There could be another chance.

Anyone have the permanent sign off date/time?

The FCC spreadsheet says July 12th. What time it doesn't say.

The 'nightlight' is still on the air according to my little TV radio.