How 1940s Television Worked

TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .....* ..... ..... LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .... .....* ..... ..... .. . LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .... .....* ..... ..... .. . LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .... .....* ..... ..... .. . LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .... .....* ..... ..... .. . LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg TELEVISION SHORT WAVE VISUAL & SOUND WAVES AREA BLOTTED OUT SY EARTH'S CURVATURE POINT OF INTERFERENCE OF BROADCAST WAVES BY EARTH Courtesy, Life Magazine Ultra-short waves aimed at horizon carry television signals in a straight line. They can be picked up anywhere between transmitter and horizon where they continue out into space. The broadcasting radius depends upon height of antenna. SENDING RECEIVING ELECTRO MAG- .. NETIC WAVES .... .....* ..... ..... .. . LIGHT ELECTRONS ELECTRONS LIGHT ICONOSCOPE KINESCOPE Courtesy, Life Magazine Sending a television picture consists of transforming the image of an obiect into electrons in the Iconoscope (camera) and into short waves from the antenna. The receiver reverses this order, re-forms the image in the Kinescope. sandmarg