Narrow-Bandwidth Television Association

Has any body thought of using corona for modern NBTV? i saw a book about corona discharge used to create images, but a separate mechanism for television images. I have a fax machine (western union desk fax) that uses corona for image reproduction. I wondered if you could produce television images with corona? that got me thinkng, and i created a concept using an original corona discharge circuit by Rayphoto. Sorry for the bad sketch

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OL_9-W-pbsTLoF0Icw-T0GpMIVTPmCesXQ

http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/rayphoto.pdf Page 10

McGee2021 wrote:i saw a book about corona discharge used to create images, but a separate mechanism for television images

Isn't the last diagram on page 12 a corona discharge television receiver? The first diagram on page 15 being the scanner disk itself?

That's an interesting "catalogue" - I wish those parts were available now - at the same price.

That system could be described as a true "fire wheel*" and should produce very bright images.

* Newsletter 21-1

The only problem im having so far is finding the values of the transformers. The sync circuit is pretty similar to Hollis Baird's. I wonder if you could use a musical tesla coil for the corona generator? Also, Does any body know of any transistor equivalents for the tubes? ive been trying to match ube of various types to modern transistor equivalents. Another problem would be setting the ire into the disc. The fire wheel seems pretty similar to an led fan display.

I was thinking about this many moons ago
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1174&hilit=Corona


Yes there is the problem of fire with sparking perhaps a better idea than the original would be to spark inside a small glass jar,The Singing telsla crossed my mind as well but i never got around to trying it .