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110 The Early Years: Before CATV
111 Rooftop and Tower-mounted Antennas, residential and MDU
112 Antenna Signal boosters
1121 Tunable Settop Antenna Booster Amplifiers
1122 Broadband Settop Antenna Booster Amplifiers
113 Master Antenna System Amplifiers
120 CATV Off-air Signal Reception
121 Antennas
1211 Antennas and mechanical components
1212 TBA
1213 TBA
1214 Antenna Systems in situ
122 Tower-mounted antenna preamplifiers
123 Tower-mounted passive devices
130
Satellite Reception
131 The first TVROS: 10- and 11-meter
132 Smaller TVROs: 5- to 7-meter
133 "Backyard Dishes"
134 DBS Antennas
140 CATV Headend Electronics
141 Amplifiers
1411 Vacuum tube strip amplifiers
1412 Solid-state tube strip amplifiers
1413 Vacuum tube broadband amplifiers
1414 Solid-state broadband amplifiers
142 Signal Processing
1421 RF-to-RF Channel processors
1422 Video-to-RF Modulators
1423 RF-to Video Demodulators
1424 Satellite receivers
1425 Satellite descramblers
1426 Scramblers
1427 Passive RF devices
143 Other headend electronics
1431 Video switchers
1432 EPROM programmer
1433 Leakage-Detection Signal Sources
1434 Weather Channel data inserter
1435 Cable FM equipment
160 Outside Plant
161 Construction
1611 Utility Poles and Pedestals
1612 Hardline Cable, connectors, splices
1613 Strand, guys, pole hardware
1614 Tools
162 Amplifiers
1621 Vacuum Tube - Jerrold Electronics Corp.
1622 Vacuum Tube - Other manufacturers
1623 Solid State
1624 Coffee Can Amplifier
163 Passive Devices
1631 Splitters and Directional Couplers
1632 Line Taps
1633 Self-piercing Taps ("Pressure Taps")
164 System Powering
1641 Power Supplies
1642 Power Filters
170 Customer Premises Equipment
171 Drop Materials
1711 Connectors, Slices, Groundblocks
1712 Baluns
1713 Splitters, directional couplers
1714 Traps
1715 AB Switches
1716 Wall Outlets; Wall Plates
1717 Jerrold J-Jacks
172 Indoor amplifiers
173 Settop electronics
1731 Tunable Analog Converters and Descramblers
1732 Analog Block Converters
1733 Closed-caption decoders
174 Direct-to-Home Satellite Equipment
1741 TVRO Equipment (C- and Ku-Bands)
1742 DBS Equipment (Ku-Band)
180 Test Equipment
181
Signal Level (Field Strength) Meters
1811 Group 1: Approved to Jerrold
1812 Group 2: Jerrold Model 704
1813 Group 3: Radion to Wavektek
182 Sweep Equipment
183 Leakage Detection Equipment
184 Time Domain Reflectometers
185 Frequency Counters
186 Variable Attenuators
187 Spectrum Analyzers
200 Publications
201 Generic (not vendor specific) technical info
2011 Broadcast Television
2012 Cable Television
2013 Satellite Communications
2014 Telecommunications
202 Vendor-specific Technical Information
Entron Entron Incorporated
Holt Holt Electronic Research
Jerrold Jerrold Electronics
RCA Radio Corporation of America
Texscan Texscan Corporation
Viking Viking Electronics
210 Industry History
211 Broadcast Television
212 Cable Television
213 Satellite Television
214 Telecommunications
220 Coop's Chronicles
221 Periodicals: CATJ, CSD, and CJR
229 Bibliography
250 Ephemera
251 Newspaper and Magazine Advertising
252 Sales Brochures
253 Channel Cards
254 Novelty Items
255 Clothing
300 Links
301 Regulatory agencies
302 Industry associations
303 Museums
3031 Broadcasting
3032 Cable Television
3033 Telecommunications
3034 Internet
3035 Other Stuff
304 Technical Information
305 Listservs, Message Boards, Groups...
320 Blogs
321 Webmaster's Blog
330 People
350 In Memoriam
400 About This Website
401 Glossary of terms used on this website
402 FAQ about this website (including contact information)
403 Copyright information
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