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Re. North Korea TV:
I visited Steve Kropla's page and according to his list, North Korea uses both SECAM and PAL.

I believe that the reason PAL is listed is because "SECAM" VCRs are actually recording in PAL and they convert the output signal to SECAM. You're the engineering student, maybe you can explain it better. [Linked Image]

The actual TV stations may broadcast in SECAM. See http://www.kropla.com/tv.htm


Re. Adapters:
Keep sticking a Schuko plug into an adapter designed for the thinner Europlug pins and you'll eventually ruin the adapter's female contacts - spread them out enough that they loose their spring action and don't grip Europlugs anymore. They're very thin metal and bend easily.

Maybe that's why the Europlugs keep slipping out of Ragnar's adapter.

I ruined a couple of cheap "German to American" adapters by doing that that (fortunately they only cost US$1 and I was able to unscrew them and bend back the contacts so now they grip Europlugs properly).

Maybe you have better adapters out there...hehehe

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 01-10-2003).]