FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know of our shortwave outings this week. On Sunday 5th May 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we have a show called Test Cards on Radio which is beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold.
This show is a must for fans of test cards and TV trade test transmissions alike and will feature all kinds of frequency tones for screen calibration purposes, an exclusive interview with Stooky Bill (*subject to availability) and test card related music from around the world. So rotate your rooftop antenna, adjust your brightness and vertical hold and tune in on Sunday.
Our second show is a special WRMI edition of Test Cards on Radio (2) on our new day of Wednesday 8th May 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz. We’re talking more test card musical classics and the worldwide exclusive play of the debut single from the band Horizontal Polarization called “Take me back to the good old days of 525 line Television” (*subject to availability). It’ll be an exciting show so tune in. If you want to know more about both shows and see some great test cards see the trailer below.
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Looks good! Will tune in to WRMI 9395 kHz on May 8 for this. SWL rig right now is Belka Radio with passive Sony speaker and undersized attic dipole. WRMI 9395 kHz has a lot of good music shows, I appreciate all the DJs making them happen.
Cheers for that! I hope you enjoy the show.
What does the girl in the BBC test card look like now and what is she doing?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/1665330/remember-tes-card-girl-tv-carole-hersee-unrecognisable/#:~:text=These%20days%2C%20Carole%20works%20as,Flash%20Gordon%20and%20Dangerous%20Liaisons.
Great stuff, thanks for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_circle_pattern is an excellent article particularly for the analog TV era. This pattern not only tests for sharpness and ensuring the correct geometry , there are also tests for the decoding of the colour which if correct in some blocks it should be grey.
The test pattern containing the girl is a modified version of the BBC test card.
Ta for passing that on!