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FERNSEH · 6th May 2007, 11:17 pm

Hi Steve,
My Pye 838 has an RCA phono plug for the aerial socket and the Ekco models TA201 and TS701 are fitted with standard Belling-Lee coaxial aerial sockets.
The aerial socket on the Pye looks original which leads me to think that 1/4 or 3/8 inch diameter co-ax cable must have been available before WW2.

In the case of the two Ekco TVs, the co-ax sockets might have been fitted post-war.

DFWB.

6th May 2007, 11:17 pm	#3
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: Pre-war aerial cables Hi Steve, My Pye 838 has an RCA phono plug for the aerial socket and the Ekco models TA201 and TS701 are fitted with standard Belling-Lee coaxial aerial sockets. The aerial socket on the Pye looks original which leads me to think that 1/4 or 3/8 inch diameter co-ax cable must have been available before WW2. In the case of the two Ekco TVs, the co-ax sockets might have been fitted post-war. DFWB.