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 the 1930s, someone had the bright idea of putting the two together. ...
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 holes punched in it spinning in front a neon tube. The ...
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 testing it. The customer, in her early 20s, looked amazed, wondering ...
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 are so cheap. Remember in ’67 a 22” colour TV was a ...
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 call other phone users, without having to go through the ...
Short wave radio . . . - - - . . . So, HF radio (High Frequency), what’s that all about? Well, we all have heard about amateur radio and Morse code etc. HF radio, was and still is a good way to ...
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 appreciate a good job done on their treasured piece ...
The NHS RansomWare virusWell, what the hell was that all about? We recently saw how the NHS and many other companies and computer users were brought to their feet by a nasty PC virus. One small piece ...
The TV Remote Control Well, I have written about many interesting developments and engineers relating to the electronics industry, but this article is about the history of the most important ...
Just for light relief, I have started writing down classic “What customers say”The below is all true.I am not sure if the Spanish sun affects people, but I seem to get my fair share of odd balls in ...
A simple thing as plugging the telly into the mains socket is a given to most of us. But, what goes on behind getting the 230V AC power to the socket? I hear you all shout. Quite a lot as it happens ...
Last month, I wrote about Gordon Welchman. Unsung, and who was instrumental for some of the most incredible code breaking work at Bletchley Park during WW2. Judging by the queues of people lining up ...
