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Old 20th Mar 2012, 10:25 am   #18
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Default Re: Auroras at Crowthorne Tubes

I have two of these miracle converters. 100% reliable. Only one major problem...They are so small and easily lost! If it falls from it's usual home on the shelf in my museum, you have to follow the co-ax lead back to the F connector to find it. Seriously they really are fantastic producing a signal so clean that you forget that 405 is no longer with us in the true sense. It can be a very strange experience working on a 405 line receiver over an extended period. You completely forget that the signal is in fact arriving via the Aurora. A fantastic bit of kit and a lot cheaper than the £50.000 which I believe was the total price of the original converters installed at the transmitters. [Jeffrey you may know the original costs]
I believe the Aurora would have found a very good home at Crystal Palace had it been available in 1969. Regards, John.
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