File:TV ghost eliminator.agr.jpg
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English: A "ghost eliminator" designed to reduce ghosting in over-the-air consumer television reception, made by w:Radio Shack under its Archer label. Devices like this were sold in the 1960s and 70s. The unit measures 95 x 68 x 43 mm and contains a resistive attenuator with a variable potentiometer between the antenna and receiver File:Pi type unbalanced attenuator circuit.jpg. According to a review in Popular Science, April 1972, pp. 75-76, the unit sold for $3.99 and was of limited utility. |
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| Author | ArnoldReinhold |
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| current | 17:00, 15 March 2015 | | 3,264 × 2,448 (1.69 MB) | SteinsplitterBot | Bot: Image rotated by 270° (EXIF-Orientation set from 6 to 1 - EXIF had minor errors. Some EXIF could be lost. - , rotated 0°) |
| 15:48, 15 March 2015 |  | 2,448 × 3,264 (1.69 MB) | ArnoldReinhold | {{Information |Description ={{en|1=A "ghost eliminator" designed to reduce ghosting in over the air consumer television reception. Made by Archer Electronics. Devices like this were sold in the 1960s.}} |Source ={{own}} I took this photo of... |
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