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1930 Hollis Baird The Romance and Reality of Television booklet was produced by the Shortwave and Television Corporation -- Station W1XAV -- Boston, Mass. -- USA.

Here are scans of the most interesting parts of this 65 page 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" soft cover booklet, which covers information about the company, its broadcasting studio and transmitting equipment, instructions for building their scanning disc television, complete chassis photos, and finally, the operating instructions.   Original booklet cost 15 cents.

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 (33K file size)    Front Cover

(71K)    Inside front cover and title page

 (20K)   The offices and transmitting antenna

(52K)     Scanning equipment in the studio

  (103K)   More studio equipment

  (87K)   Overview of building the kit

(116K)     Schematic drawing of the receiver

  (78K)  Chassis Top View

  (91K)    Chassis Bottom View

 (47K)    Motor and Neon Bulb Wiring Diagram

  (78K)  Operating Instructions - Page 1

 (117K)    Operating Instructions - Page 2

(75K)     1930 Active Television Stations in USA - Using Mechanical Scanning Systems

Here is an interesting 1931 article telling about all of the problems you can have when you operate an early mechanical scanning system television, like the Hollis Baird kit.

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