Richard writes: “I was searching for a picture and I came across these photos of Southern, in TVS livery. I took the pictures, they are at Battle of Britain Air Show, Boscombe Down 9th June 1990. They were taken with a proper camera, with real film.“
Continue reading “Southern at the Battle of Britain Air Show, Boscombe Down 1990”CIO Status
We are delighted to announce that BECG is now registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), number 1189469.
Continue reading “CIO Status”MkIII Camera Test Facility
Paul’s latest “lockdown” report:
Here is a picture of the new Marconi Mk III camera test facility that I’ve put together.
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If all has gone well, the site is now hosted by “Mythic Beasts” in Cambridge, UK.
YTTTV’s twin
A posting on a Yorkshire TV facebook group provided us with this excellent picture of the “twin” of NUB327F – we still haven’t been able to figure out what the actual registration is though (see update)!
MkIII PWM EHT Module
Paul writes:
Here is a photo of one of the restored Mk II/III PWM EHT units. Continue reading “MkIII PWM EHT Module”
YTTTV gets a “spring wash”
Paul reports:
I’ve spent almost all of this weekend on YTTTV maintenance as she’s had none in such a long time.
Fourth Vivat PWM Part 3
Paul writes:
Latest photo – I managed a few more hours today.
Fourth Vivat PWM Part 2
Paul writes:
Whist waiting for answers to some ‘real work’ questions, I’ve gone for ‘first light’ on the PWM.
Fourth Vivat PWM
Paul writes:
This weekend I’ve been working on the ‘final’ Vivat PWM – this is the ‘US spec’ one that we changed the mains transformer on. The electrolytic capacitors are stamped ‘1953’, so it’s a good early one from MkII days.