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 quid. With the valve line up this set has, I would have paid 10 ...
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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 sets. It amazes me how many there still seems to be around. ...
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 the 1930s, someone had the bright idea of putting the two together. ...
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 holes punched in it spinning in front a neon tube. The ...
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 testing it. The customer, in her early 20s, looked amazed, wondering ...
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 are so cheap. Remember in ’67 a 22” colour TV was a ...
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 call other phone users, without having to go through the ...
HF radio Communication – Anyone out there??
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 ...
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 appreciate a good job done on their treasured piece ...
The NHS RansomWare virus
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 ...
TV Remote Control
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 ...
All true “What customers say”
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 ...
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