Vintage TV in Brum, 16th Nov 2019

[ppppenguin]

Afaik it only went out on Midlands region local new. National itv didn't have room for it.

[Amrad]

Hello Jeffrey,

Thanks for the explanation. I'll have to watch it on the ITV player, if I can get it to work with my SeaMonkey browser!

Regards,

Dave.

[beamcurrent]

Hi All

well done to Paul and the Team!

a link to the broadcast is here, transfered from the other place.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o-3L3qbypo

Regards

[ppppenguin]

Brian, thanks for posting the link. Here are a few photos from the Friday.

1: Our "Southern" truck with pair of Marconi Mk VII cameras plus the ITV news satellite van.
2: Another view
3: Andy, the ITV reporter indoors, talking about the cameras etc
4: Loads of us, looking at Andy doing his report
5: An Ekco TMB272 on the hoardings by the railway area being prepared for HS2. I have no idea how or why the set appears in this shot.

[ppppenguin]

Another photo. The camera on the left is a Marconi Mk III: https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk3/index-1.html
The other camera is an EMI 2001 colour camera from 1968. 4 x 30mm Plumbicon tubes. The internal lens made it mechanically short which was loved by studio camera operators. However, unlike its great rival, the Marconi Mk VII, the choice of lenses was limited (2 types, both by Angenieux) and very few were sold outside the UK. It's mounted on a Vinten HP419 gas pedestal. Note the very chunky G101 camera cable. 101 cores and very heavy.

The TV is a Thorn 2000, the world's first all solid state colour TV. It belongs to Mike Bennett of Solihull who brought and demonstrated several interesting TVs for our enjoyment: https://www.oldtechnology.net/

The whole event was organised by Kaleidescope, with support from Birmingham City University.
https://www.tvbrain.info/

Over 200 people attended.

[ppppenguin]

Yet another photo.

The banners on the left show (not very clearly at this resolution) information about 2 of the BECG's OB trucks. Look out for an article in the Winter edition of the BVWS Bulletin too.

Leftmost camera is a Marconi Mk VII, again on a Vinten HP419 gas pedestal. These pedestals allow a heavy camera to be raised an lowered at a touch but are dangerous if mistreated. If you pull out the locking pin without a camera on there, the column will shoot up and damage anything in its path. This can include you. Glad to say I've never had to find out the hard way.

Then a Marconi Mk IV. A classic image orticon camera. This one was originally exported to New Zealand. In the 1970s(?) a load of NZBC kit was brought back to the UK and sold to BATC members. The final camera is a Marconi Mk II. This camera was used at the 1953 Coronation. That's a pretty safe thing to say as just about every scrap of TV broadcast equipment in the UK was used at the Coronation.

https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk7/m_mkvii1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk4/mk4_1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk2/mk2p1.htm

The TV is another from Mike Bennett. It's a Baird, not sure which model. The electronic countdown clock could either be the Thames TV analogue design (made by Michael Cox Electronics as the 350), the Cox digital version (650) or the Courtyard CY200. They all look incredibly similar on screen. TIYL is This Is Your Life. A clip was used in the ITV News transmission.

[Terry]

Assuming it's 25", the TV looks like a 710 (the earlier 700 had a rotary UHF tuner). If it's 19" it will be a 708 or 718.

Forget that! There's no VHF turret tuner, so it can't be one of those!

Try Baird 8724 with a Thorn 3000 chassis. I hadn't realised that Thorn retained the distinctive Baird cabinet style.

[ppppenguin]

It should be on Mikey's web page: https://www.oldtechnology.net/ Looks like the 8724 which is on his 2nd page of colour sets.

He also brought along the Philips K4 21KX102A from 1964. It was giving good pictures but chroma lock was temperamental.

[ppppenguin]

In post #14 the photo with lots of people watching:

From left: 2x security, Dave (BECG trustee, almost hiding), hefty security guy, Paul Marshall, (BECG Chairman, very hidden), another Paul (friend of Paul Marshall), Jill (Paul Marshall's wife), Martin (BECG trustee, with camera) several not known, Sam (HGV driver, he loves "Southern", with hi-viz), Tony Currie (I think, not very visible. He was compere for the main event), Phil (BECG trustee), Mikey Bennett (bringer of TVs), several unknown, Chris (organiser of whole event)

[ppppenguin]

More nice photos of the event from BCU's twitter account: https://mobile.twitter.com/BCUPressOffic...0473457675

The monochrome TV is a Thorn 1400. A tough and reliable dual standard chassis used in many sets, You also get a glimpse of the massive G101 camera cable that was used with first generation colour cameras. 101 cores and a hefty connector. When carrying a coil of the stuff, the connector has a distressing tendency to dangle down and whack your ankle. It hurts. https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/cameracab...101p4.html