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Title: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 03, 2008, 06:40:25 PM: Remember those test patterns you see in the middle of the night on television. Televisions stations called it the night. Either it is the color bar pattern or with black and white, the Indian head. Also, you hear a tone played at a certain frequency, music, or feed from a radio station.

Indian Head
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/RCA_Indian_Head_test_pattern.JPG)

SMPTE Color Test Pattern
(http://tinypic.com/jhr71d.gif)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kufKgNqJR9U[/youtube]
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Splashdown on January 03, 2008, 06:52:44 PM: And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

:usflag:
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Thor on January 03, 2008, 07:10:25 PM: Every Morning and every night at sign off. The "tone" was a 1 KHz test tone.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Chris_ on January 03, 2008, 07:12:05 PM: Quote from: Splshdown on January 03, 2008, 06:52:44 PM
And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

:usflag:

And the Indian crying at night.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 03, 2008, 07:31:40 PM: Quote from: Splshdown on January 03, 2008, 06:52:44 PM
And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

:usflag:

I remember the anthem too. Cool stuff. Here's High Flight which they use before sign off.

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sJeVePBjm78[/youtube]
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Lord Undies on January 03, 2008, 07:51:16 PM: I remember when some stations signed on everyday with a devotional and a pray. A Christian prayer.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Airwolf on January 03, 2008, 10:39:58 PM: Sometimes around here depending on which of the 3 local stations did it,they would play the national anthem to a video with the US military as a theme.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: jtyangel on January 03, 2008, 11:01:58 PM: I remember those...sigh
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: HACKSAW on January 03, 2008, 11:44:48 PM: There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Flame on January 04, 2008, 09:07:17 AM: Quote from: HACKSAW on January 03, 2008, 11:44:48 PM
There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.

radio station herep lays the Nat'l Anthem every day at noon. Of course, it's a Christian station, but still.
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Chris_ on January 04, 2008, 12:46:07 PM: Quote from: Flame on January 04, 2008, 09:07:17 AM
Quote from: HACKSAW on January 03, 2008, 11:44:48 PM
There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.

radio station herep lays the Nat'l Anthem every day at noon. Of course, it's a Christian station, but still.
One of the country radio stations plays the National Anthem, sung by George Jones every morning. :usflag:
Title: Re: Television Test Patterns
Post by: Splashdown on January 04, 2008, 12:48:55 PM: Quote from: Lord Undies on January 03, 2008, 07:51:16 PM
I remember when some stations signed on everyday with a devotional and a pray. A Christian prayer.

Whoa! A network station?