Forgive my ignorance, but once you have managed to restore and get working a vintage TV, how do you test it given analogue signals are no longer in OZ since 2013.

Some older TVs had the rabbit ears, others I guess some type of coaxial / RF connector for input - but not all of them had RCA inputs.
Guessing a set-top box might possibly do the digital TV to analogue TV conversion trick via your RF connection?

But can you somehow convert an analogue PAL source (eg VCR/DVD) from RCA cable into a signal that coaxial/RF cable understands?
Then just tune TV to the relevant RF frequency (VHF/UHF) to watch it?

I know we had to do this in mid/late 70s to be able to hook up our new super duper pong game box to the TV, so we tuned it in via some RF UHF/VHF? frequency instead of a specific TV channel no, through RF connector.

[One a slightly different note - I know of one person who thought they could copy tapes between two VCRs by connecting a RF cable between them, and then press play on one and record on the other - when trying to explain to them why that could not work, was like trying to teach a fish to ride a bicycle and explaining why there are two L's in the word llama - at the same time]

Not sure if my TV fits into the 'vintage' category, but I guess it might as CRTs are no longer in vogue since they worked out how to mass produce the blue led. But I have an absolutely 'huge' 4.5" TV/clock radio, which has an aerial (broken) and a mini RF connector - but no RCA inputs.

I used to turn it on it's edge so I could watch TV whilst laying in bed on my side, so not to get sore neck.
I have located the model on https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/unknown_superstar_tv_clock_radio_tcr_1001.html# and bought it in Feb 1990 for $99 from a really high end hifi store called... Target.

I was wondering how I could get it to display from a beta/vhs/analogue RCA cable video source?
I have an adapter somewhere for the mini RF connector.

Is there a box/gadget that does this all for whilst you are testing/watching output from your Video Home System (VHS) on your newly restored (or old and still working) TV that has no native RCA input?
Guessing scan line resolution capability was much lower on much older TVs than later models - is that also an issue watching stuff on really old TVs?

Or have you got your own pirate TV station that broadcasts to the neighbourhood so you (and those around you) can have movie night and watch stuff on their vintage tellies via the airwaves?

Here is a start:

https://vintage-radio.com.au/default.asp?f=6&th=233#1852

I am a vintage TV restorer and collector. My email is unhidden.

If your set has an antenna plug, you can use a VCR, or an old 8-bit computer that has RF output.

If it only has rabbit ears, well...