29-05-2022, 01:34 PM
Talking of museums I was visiting Bob Smallbone on Tuesday. He has been a collector of pre-broadcast Marconi equipment for many years. His collection is not a museum but he was telling me about another recent visitor, Noreen Hann who is the curator of an absolutely incredible collection of early radio equipment in Canada.
I've never seen such a display before: https://youtu.be/Tu_hcxdWv8M
That said, entering Bob's house was also rather interesting. As I walked into his hallway I was confronted by a Marconi MkIII complete with turret lenses then a few steps up the stairs sat a Marconi AXBT microphone mounted on its stepped square base. He mentioned that he had bought it from Dennis Yates but hastened to add that he had never bought an Enigma machine!
Peter.
I've never seen such a display before: https://youtu.be/Tu_hcxdWv8M
That said, entering Bob's house was also rather interesting. As I walked into his hallway I was confronted by a Marconi MkIII complete with turret lenses then a few steps up the stairs sat a Marconi AXBT microphone mounted on its stepped square base. He mentioned that he had bought it from Dennis Yates but hastened to add that he had never bought an Enigma machine!
Peter.
