• @[email protected]
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    15 months ago

    Why is the TV set to channel 5?

    In the US, most RF switch boxes supported 3/4 or 2/3. I think some other countries used 36, which usually had no actual broadcasters (it overlaps eith a signal radio-astronomy uses)

    • Chris
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      5 months ago

      That’s probably a preset number not the UHF channel.

      In the UK (dunno if this is actually a UK photo - although the mug of tea might suggest it is) we had four channels until 1997, so preset 5 was commonly used to tune in to whatever else was connected.

    • RhoeriiOP
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      15 months ago

      As someone pointed out, this turned out to be a rendering.