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20th May 2018, 12:01 pm | #1 |
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BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44131106
Couple of interesting shots of the monitoring sets. Andrew
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
So what sets are we looking at here in their smart veneered cabinets and multiple tuning presets?
Certainly not the expected AR88s or HROs. Could they actually be German? Martin
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Looks like Marconiphone/HMV.
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20th May 2018, 2:52 pm | #4 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Never seen those before. Handy for a telephone or table lamp etc
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20th May 2018, 2:55 pm | #5 |
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20th May 2018, 3:06 pm | #6 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Thanks Lawrence-"Year 1939?" 8 valves impressive! This very much ties in with what I was told about the Murphy A92 being a superior domestic set that was roped in, as a stop gap, at the start of the War until the "proper" communication receivers came on stream.
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20th May 2018, 3:34 pm | #7 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Interesting relatively advanced set, but wouldn't expect it to compare performance-wise with an AR88. Maybe it was more readily available at the time.
I see from the internals that the multiple station presets appear to operate motorized tuning. Maybe that feature was particularly important for the operator to be able to return to specific stations that were being monitored. Martin
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
If Caversham Park was set up in the war, then I'd have thought that HMV had other things to do than build Tea-Planter's specials, Yet HROs AR88s and CR100s would be needed more for the direct war effort.
curious David
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20th May 2018, 6:10 pm | #9 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Also some more here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...06639505-1.jpg
I think BBC Monitoring also used Murphy Station Masters. I'm pretty sure I've seen old photos showing them in use, but can't track them down right now. When I started there in '79 we still had some BRT400s and RA17s! |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Ref: Post#9 link:
Looks like a Murphy A76. Lawrence. |
20th May 2018, 8:54 pm | #11 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
It was all about availabilty in a crisis Martin [according to an article on the A92 in Radiophile]. Anything with an RF stage and a decent dial qualified!
Yes A92 Station Masters Ian and not just for monitoring. I've got two of them and the chap in Milton Keynes who sold me one said he remembered that they were the Officers Radio in their carraige on Troop Trains-presumably powered by some sort of vibrator pack or similar [unless it was steam]. That would make "Stationmaster" a sort of double pun! Excellent sets! Dave |
21st May 2018, 5:57 pm | #12 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
I've emailed the author of the article asking if he could share these images at a larger size. I guess if they're BBC copyright he possibly can't but worth asking.
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21st May 2018, 6:06 pm | #13 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
There's a fuller picture of one of the shots here, there's also a short video:
https://www.ft.com/content/29b0085e-...8-6876151821a6 EDIT: Whoops link to article/pictures failed, it can be found on Google pics..."monitoring caversham ft" Lawrence. Last edited by ms660; 21st May 2018 at 6:19 pm. |
21st May 2018, 7:28 pm | #14 |
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Unless it's me, the images seem bigger on Andrews post now Lawrence [as opposed to Al's on the other thread]. I wonder if the Mods can combine the two, or is that a problem?
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21st May 2018, 9:31 pm | #15 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Those sets are HMV Model 1200 ( advertised on the back of a 1940 issue of Wireless World)
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21st May 2018, 9:43 pm | #16 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Sorry,my memory has failed me. I think MS660 is absolutely correct, Marconiphone 880s(probably the same innards tho',same valves.) A very nice radio indeed.
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Quote:
http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/Re...ion%20Room.JPG
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13th Jul 2018, 7:04 pm | #18 |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
Here's a link to another article on Caversham, which includes a photo of a female monitor with a Murphy A92 - second photo from top.
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2016/...aversham-story |
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Re: BBC article - Caversham Park WW2
CR100 and HRO's. Pure classics.
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