Beau Decca
An interesting radiogram, coming onto the market during 1947. These radiograms were very well made, having separate amplifier / PSU and radio sections. For those …
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 …
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 listeners’ request during my Valle radio 50s-60s wanting to hear a tune only available on a 78 rpm record, got to thinking about how …
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 …
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??
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …