TV Transmitter goes portable (Jun, 1951)
TV Transmitter goes portable
This battery-operated RCA back-pack weighs 53 pounds, including batteries. Antennas for transmitting picture signals and receiving orders from a base station extend from top of pack. Range is about one mile. At rear of camera case is an electronic finder and a microphone for the narrator.
I recall seeing these used during Presidential nomination conventions in the 1960s. I have hazy recollections of Dan Rather(?) wearing some sort of get-up like this to broadcast from the floor during the convention.
Comment by Just Bob — April 15, 2008 @ 5:03 am
Gee, if they replaced the business suit with spaceman-jumpsuit, then disguised the camera, we’d have the makings of a good sci-fi flick.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — April 15, 2008 @ 9:42 am
An early version of Al Franken’s SNL one man war correspondent?
Al Franken: Dennis, I am here on the Arabian peninsula, panning now with my Sony KB-2000, which is mounted on my extended-cam harness.. and I’m beaming my signal with my 1.3 meter parabolic antenna.. up to a satellite back down to you, at 30-
(Sorry for miniscule picture)
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/9.....pdate2.jpg
Comment by jayessell — April 16, 2008 @ 4:26 pm