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Postwar Television

Antenna Rotors

  • Alliance brochure
  • CDR rotor advertisement
  • Channel Master antenna rotor display
  • JEB rotor advertisement

People living outside major cities often got their television from stations in several major cities. Outdoor antennas had to be aimed at the stations, and antenna rotors were used to do that. The antenna would be attached to a motor, and a control box inside the house would operate the motor.

 

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These control boxes were made by the Alliance Corp.

 

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CDR control box

Courtesy of Forrest Cook

 

 

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Vee D X control box. Made by La Pointe Electronics, Inc., of Rockville, Connecticut. Donated by Teresa Barchuk

 

 

 


 
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