transformer needed?

[radio nut]

Do I really need a matching transformer to hook a 1962 RCA New Haven up to a vcr using a coax. cable?I have using jumper wires to the ant. hook up. the tv is puuting a pic on the screen but the sound hums very quietly and the picture will not hold horiz. sync so far. I still have 5 original caps to replace, just need to pick them up at Fair Radio first

[electroking]

Do invest in a transformer. You may find it still attached at the back of a junked TV.

[radio nut]

Bought a new one on the way home earlier. Why do they need one?

[ChrisW6ATV]

For a VCR or digital tuner going to a TV, you could probably get away with just kluge-ing the coax onto the 300-ohm screw terminals. With a real antenna signal from a long piece of cable, it would make a bigger difference.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

For a VCR or digital tuner going to a TV, you could probably get away with just kluge-ing the coax onto the 300-ohm screw terminals.

Been there, done that occasionally.

With a real antenna signal from a long piece of cable, it would make a bigger difference.

Yup. Gotta concur.

[Reece]

However those little transformers are cheap and available at RS, Lowe's etc. Makes a neater and more secure installation as well as satisfying impedances.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Yes, indeed. I keep plenty of spares around here, of both "genders", for hookup activities with older TVs and antennas.

[Geist]

Hi All;
I didn't know You could get them in either Gender !! I have seen only female..
THANK YOU Marty

[ChrisW6ATV]

Marty-

There are transformers with two screws for the 300 ohm connection, that push onto a female 75 ohm F connector. Those are the "opposite gender" to me.