Mechanical Television
Daven Equipment

This amplifier was used by many early television experimenters to connect a standard AM or shortwave radio to the neon tube that was used in mechanical TV sets. Here are details of this amplifier.

This is a "Tri Standard" disk. It has three sets of holes: 24, 36 and 48 lines.

A Daven neon with box.

Daven sold components for home built receivers in the late 20s.
