01-09-2017, 12:24 AM
In post #34 upthread, I said:
“Interesting would be what, if any announcement Jason made when the JTV2 replaced the JTV. My guess is that it would have focussed on fringe area capability and AFC. I think one would have to search HFN for say the last quarter of 1958 and first quarter of 1959 as likely places to find such.”
That should have been last quarter 1959 and 1st quarter 1960.
Anyway, there is a comprehensive Hi-Fi News (HFN) index at this site: http://ukhhsoc.torrens.org/other/Indexes/index.html.
In particular it shows that there was an article in the 1959 October issue, page 316ff, by G. Blundell (of Jason) entitled “New TV and FM Tuner for constructors” , with Part 2 of the same appearing in HFN 1959 November page 394ff.
I’d say that there is a good chance that this two-part article described the Jasonkit JTV2 (and/or the Mercury 2) and if so, may have given the reasons for the issue of a new design just 13 months after the original JTV was released. (I have not seen the two HFN issues at interest.)
Cheers,
Steve
“Interesting would be what, if any announcement Jason made when the JTV2 replaced the JTV. My guess is that it would have focussed on fringe area capability and AFC. I think one would have to search HFN for say the last quarter of 1958 and first quarter of 1959 as likely places to find such.”
That should have been last quarter 1959 and 1st quarter 1960.
Anyway, there is a comprehensive Hi-Fi News (HFN) index at this site: http://ukhhsoc.torrens.org/other/Indexes/index.html.
In particular it shows that there was an article in the 1959 October issue, page 316ff, by G. Blundell (of Jason) entitled “New TV and FM Tuner for constructors” , with Part 2 of the same appearing in HFN 1959 November page 394ff.
I’d say that there is a good chance that this two-part article described the Jasonkit JTV2 (and/or the Mercury 2) and if so, may have given the reasons for the issue of a new design just 13 months after the original JTV was released. (I have not seen the two HFN issues at interest.)
Cheers,
Steve
