On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:01:17 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:04:35 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:44:23 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

I`m looking for a radio that picks up audio T V signals. Where can I find one? Thanks for any info...Herb

4 times. You're starting to get annoying.

But I'd like one too and I checked and surprisingly there are several
for sale.

One that google finds on Best Buy doesn't mention Tv.
Another has been sold since 2002, before TV was digital iirc.
Another looks just like the AM-FM-TV radio I have and used to like but
which doesn't know about digital.
One says TV in the heading but no mention in the specs.


These are all on Best Buy or Amazon. Maybe they should stop things that
don't have TV from saying TV!

Digital made that a lot more complicated. NTSC audio was just
broadcast in the clear on the FM band so it was trivial to put a TV
band tuner in an FM radio. Now you would need a digital tuner to get
the whole stream, this strip out the audio. You would also find out
pretty fast that the little whip antenna that worked great on analog
is not up to the digital world. As you know if you use an antenna, as
soon as that picture starts pixilating the audio drops out. It is all
part of the same stream.



The antenna isn't a problem - as long as the OP didn't want easy
portability. ? I used one of these fractal units for an elderly
friend, in the nursing home - to save him paying for cable TV -
when he only needed a few local stations anyway. It worked just fine
perched inside on his window sill. Minor position adjustments were
required to fine tune the TV signal.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop...ractal-antenna

Finding a "radio" is another matter - I'd be tempted to get a used
cast-off 19 inch LED TV and use it . .
John T.