Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, Brilliant engineer and inventor of the “Death Ray”?Born in Croatia, 1856, Tesla was to become a massive influence in the area of electrical engineering.After school and university, ...
Browsing Archive February, 2014
Classic radios of the past
Classic radios of the past Wireless set from the ‘40s-60s, were shackled to a degree performance wise, given that transmitted material was limited to Medium and Long Wave. This gave you an audio ...
BSR, the company that gave us the record player
Dr. Daniel McDonlad ’05-’91.If, like me, you are a ‘50s-‘60s ite, you probably remember stacking records up on an automatic turntable, watching the first drop, being played then another dropping and ...
BBC Radio 4 (real name, Home service), the end is nigh?
I have written about some important topics in my time, but this towers over global warming, asteroid hits, Spanish economy, Global Economy, Covid…. BUT, the end of BBC Radio 4 long wave. This has ...
Alan Blumlein
Unsung engineers that gave us things we take for grantedAlan Blumlein 1903-1942Now here’s a clever chap that not many people would have heard about. Amongst other things, his work was instrumental ...
TV Buyers guide, Some things to think of!
Before investing your hard earned Euros in a nice new telly, you may find some of the points set out below useful. This document can be downloaded from www.zeta-services.tv and printed for use as an ...
How servicing has changed!
Talking about radio and TV over the last couple of months make you realise how things have changed from a servicing point of view. In the 50s-60s, electrical goods were made, to a degree, with ...
What to look for when your TV, HiFi decides not to work properly
I have written a few articles of late relating to domestic equipment, TVs and HiFi etc. A lot of you have dropped me a line, having found the information useful. Well, that's good, glad it's useful. ...
TV sets, what to buy, when to repair, how to look after…….
There comes a time, inevitably, when your old TV set eventually goes to meet its´ maker either suffering a serious illness or being beyond economical repair. In the '50s and '60s TV sets were not ...
Portable Radios!!
Well, owning a portable radio is one of those things you have to achieve before leaving this planet. Ever since Marconi got fed up with painting his bathroom and decided to invent radio, we have ...
Juke Boxes and a rusty tool box
I got chatting to a customer the other day about juke boxes. So I thought I would write and bore you again. Always been fascinated by Juke Boxes. Probably goes back to when I was a kid wandering ...
How to protect your electrical equipment, some Tips!
Well, I have written about Old TVs and radios, HiFi in the 50s-60s, servicing with a personal view of how things have changed. For better or for worse. In Britain, in the ´50-60s, you would have ...
