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"Ian Jackson"
Phil Allison
"Ian Jackson"

The UK used Ch36 (tuneable +/- two or three using a small screwdriver or
trimming tool).

** Cos unlike Australia, all colour TV in the UK was on UHF.


Actually, I see that Australia used the same,


** Absolutely NOT true.

A tiny few ( AFAIK only Sony ) VCRs sold in Australia used Ch 36.


Sadly, I don't have your intimate knowledge of how TV developed in
Australia.


** Be a real good idea if you shut completely up about the subject then

- wouldn't it ????


It's something I'll try not to regret it until my dying day.


** Shame to waste the rest of your miserable living in regret

- avoid all the pain and just die now.



so I don't know why even an old 'VHF-only' type of TV should be
'specially
equipped' to receive only Ch28 (527.25MHz).


** You don't know the "why" of any damn thing.

Ch 28 ( a government sponsored channel ) was the only UHF channel on air
in
Australian capital cities for many years.

In the UK, even though we only had Ch33 (serving the London area) for a
couple of years or so, we never had TV sets capable of receiving only that
one channel.


** Australian TVs ( monochrome and colour ) all receive the whole VHF
band - was once up to 15 channels till FM broadcast stole a few.

Never heard of any TVs sold here equipped to receive only UHF ch28 *as
well* as VHF - till the OP mentioned it.

Must be an odd ball.

But not as odd a mad poms like you.

You snipped my thoughts that Australians might be cheapskates, and
(thank heavens!) you haven't commented on it. As it appears that they
didn't produce an 'el cheapo' single-UHF-channel TV set, it would appear
that they're probably normal, lateral-thinking people. Actually, all
those whom I've met are quite nice, so I suppose that applies (with
maybe a few notable exceptions) to the whole nation.
--
Ian