HMV 456, 425, Marconiphone 537,219,296
These wireless sets were very popular in the mid to late 1930’s. There were many variations on the chassis as used in the set shown. […]
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FM Radio transmitters
Several projects have recently been undertaken for local radio stations, for example Valle radio and Cool FM These projects have included the building of 100
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Beau Decca 1947 radiogram
An interesting radiogram, coming onto the market during 1947. I acquired this from a junk shop in South London for the huge sum of 30
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BUSH DAC 90
Everyone has to own one of these sets before the die. Recent popularity due to Ebay, seems to have emptied lofts, garages of these little
A brief history of time, Car radios!
Now, the radio and car were invented around about the same time, Marconi did the radio and another chap did the car. One day, in
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Let’s have black & white 405 line television back!
In the 30s John Logie Baird was playing with his version of television. This was an electro-mechanical system and consisted of a metal disc with
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Bring back 78 rpm records???
A customer came in the other day, whilst I was repairing a 1950s record player. I actually had a 78rpm 10” record on the machine
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All our eggs in a Chinese basket!
We all love our electronic techie toys, be they, phones, PCs, labour saving gadgets, TVs and so on. Especially now that these sorts of commodities
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At the 3rd stroke, it will be…. The Speaking Clock
Some time ago, I wrote about a chap called Mr. Strowger, inventor of the automatic telephone exchange. He set the way to enable us to
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HF radio Communication – Anyone out there??
Short wave radio . . . – – – . . . So, HF radio (High Frequency), what’s that all about? Well, we all
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Wonderful world of guitar amplifiers
The nicer side of my working life is repairing vintage guitar amplifiers, for two reasons I guess. One, I like repairing equipment for people that
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The NHS RansomWare virus
The NHS RansomWare virus Well, what the hell was that all about? We recently saw how the NHS and many other companies and computer users
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