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Postwar Television

1946-49 Antennas

After the war, stations broadcast with higher power, but until the mid 50s there were many areas of the country with poor television service. Large outdoor antennas were often needed.

  • 1950-1960 antennas
  • UHF antennas
  • Indoor antennas
  • Antenna rotors
  • Evolution of a TV Antenna
  • Field Testing for TV Antennas
  • High-Gain Directional Array for Marginal TV Reception
  • How to Select Your TV Antenna
  • Special-Purpose Television Antennas
  • Television Master Antennas
  • The Television Receiver Antenna
  • TV Antenna is Directional
  • TV Site Testing and Measurement Techniques

Early Philco Antenna

This antenna is cut for channel 3. It appears in a 1946 Philco publication, "The Servicing of Television Receivers", which contains mostly information on and pictures from TV sets made before World War Two. This antenna could have been made before, during, or immediately after the war. It was donated to the museum by Chuck Azzalina.

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Radio and TV Retailing, October 1945

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1946 RCA Antennas

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Courtesy of Chuck Azzalina

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1948

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Amphenol Folded Dipole Array

Installation manual and specifications 

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Courtesy of Chuck Azzalina

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Channel Master "Backstop"

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Telesine

British Antennas

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