todays Harpenden meeting feedback - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

high_vacuum_house · 17th Oct 2010, 7:13 pm

Hello there,
I went to Harpenden today. This is the second time I have visited this meeting. I found the event very good. I did not buy much this time. A huge signal generator, a vacuum cleaner(!) and a few valves. There was quite a lot in the auction but nothing that really caught my eye. The price of tellies seemed rather high.

The food was very good and I must congradulate the 2 girls in the canteen who made an egg and bacon roll for me Well done !! .

The bring and buy sale was good and I managed to get rid of a few things. I must congradulate Jeffery for manning the stall all day!
Christopher Capener

Danny · 17th Oct 2010, 7:20 pm

Hi i went a bit mad today

had fun though. Danny

high_vacuum_house · 17th Oct 2010, 7:40 pm

Ah, so it was YOU who bought that rather rustic country feeling console telly!!

All I say is good luck

p.s how much did you pay for it? What model is it?

I was half tempted but was considering what was still nesting in there!! (had a live bat in a Philips bakelite radio before! diddnt help improve my driving when it came out in the car on the way home!)

Saw a few forum memners today (I was the one wearing a rather brightly coloured shirt!)

Christopher Capener

audiomagpie · 17th Oct 2010, 7:42 pm

Is that a KB Royal Star QVP20 I see before me, Danny? I've got one on my 'round tuit' pile!

Likewise had a most enjoyable day, bought a few bits & pieces and some cheap boxes of junk from the auction which will be interesting to sort through.

Always nice to catch up with a few of the forum members.

Another first class event! Thanks BVWS team.

Greg

ppppenguin · 17th Oct 2010, 8:08 pm

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Originally Posted by high_vacuum_house

...I must congradulate Jeffery for manning the stall all day!

Please don't forget Edward and Peter who probably did most of the work on the B&B. I really couldn't do it without them.

Heatercathodeshort · 17th Oct 2010, 8:09 pm

Had a great day! Bought only valves and service data. Tempted to buy the Pye V14 but I have loads of sets here needing overhaul so madness to bring yet more rotted junk home. The devil was sitting on on my shoulder, he did not win this time but usually does... Had a great meet up with the 'Rat Pack' as I call them! They know who they are!
I have some interesting projects for the winter season including a 1946 15" monster HMV. More to follow including 'The Practical Television P.T. Receiver' circa 1949 complete with two stage pre amp so yet more fresh receivers would only upset them as they wonder when their time will come. A well deserved thanks to all that organized the day and yes a big thanks to the catering staff that do their very best to keep us all fed and watered. Regards, John.

raditechman · 17th Oct 2010, 10:13 pm

A nice day, the was shining as I arrived, and a good number of people were queuing outside. Bought a frequency changer valve I required, (for an HMV 1115) when I got I home I fitted it and works fine. As I knew that the HMV was the last radio I had at home to fix up,-it needed rewiring as old rubber had perished- I bought one sad looking wireless for £2 (complete but no back) in order to have something new to start on.
Still not found the Ferranti Nova that I hope to get one day, there was one there but not the version I want.
I bought a few other spares, had some conversations and headed off at lunch time.
The sun was still shining.

John

Danny · 17th Oct 2010, 10:22 pm

Hi chris i think the gec model no is BT7094 quite a rarity about 1948 and i think it is a genuine barn find. the crt has a nice black getter which is suprising for one of these.
I have restored worse. the price may well i paid the asking price of fifty quid but i recon i will get my moneys worth of fun trying to restore it. yes it is a royal star. the most fun thing is going to be the packergram portable radiogram not my usual cup of tea but couldnt resist it for a fiver off the b and b stall. Danny

Steve_P · 17th Oct 2010, 10:22 pm

Glad you all had a good time. I couldn't make it as I am not allowed to drive that far on my own (Doctor's Orders) and Dilys and her daughter went to the Ballet. (Two ladies going to the ballet, etc...).

Will be going to Gnosall next week and to the do in Golborne. See you there,

Cheers,

Steve P.

brianc · 17th Oct 2010, 10:34 pm

I think the "rustic console" which Danny bought is a GEC BT7094, the tall version of the BT7092. A super set with brute-force EHT so time to be careful.

high_vacuum_house · 17th Oct 2010, 10:53 pm

Hello there,
One of the valves I bought there was in the 10p box at the back of the room and turns out to be a mercury vapour thyratron (you can see the droplets onside the bulb)

I found the pin out and technical data of it online and have spent much of the evening playing with it with power supplies and large resistors making it glow purple and trying to see if I can get the control side working. Suprising how much fun you can get out of 10p

Christopher Capener

techiesteve · 17th Oct 2010, 11:00 pm

Today was my first visit to the Harpenden event. I was very restrained and only came away with one item, an interesting black cased amateur band transmitter with two 807's in the PA. Later I regretted not buying a few other items I looked at. I had a great time and will be at the next event.

Line whistle · 18th Oct 2010, 12:56 am

Hi,
First of all thanks to the organisers. I had a great day. With many Harpenden visits under belt this was the first one where I was a stall holder. I managed to sell nearly everything I bought, something I needed to do to make some space. It was nice to meet quite a few forum members.
Cheers,
Des.

Kat Manton · 18th Oct 2010, 1:58 am

It sounds like I should get myself to this meeting some day. A chance to meet more forumers, plenty of interesting bits and bobs to peruse and bacon and egg rolls?

Memo to self: Fix car.

Two potential problems; one is that it's an estate, the other is that I'd probably fill it...

Hunts smoothing bomb · 18th Oct 2010, 9:03 am

I had a great day too, It was a kind of shame for the sellers of the auction lots but good for us buyers as the prices didn't really climb all that high, I practically filled the back of my estate car and only spent a total of £22!

A big thanks to all who were/are involved and a big pat on the back for the catering team who made me a nice plate of sausage, chips and beans!

Cheers

Tazman1966 · 18th Oct 2010, 9:43 am

A good day had by me too and got a mint Bush VTR103, a great "Vantenna" set top aerial and a good few other bits and bobs including a nice old AVO LCR bridge which I'm looking forward to playing with.

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Originally Posted by Hunts smoothing bomb

...a nice plate of sausage, chips and beans!...

Don't forget the Hammonds Burger Sauce - yum!

Heatercathodeshort · 18th Oct 2010, 10:06 am

I think that GEC is a BT3893 or similar. Very unusual set maybe a little earlier, I would say 1947. Great find and it looked mice inside, sorry nice.. To be honest it will clean up a treat with very little rust on the chassis. Good luck with it. J.

Mikey405 · 18th Oct 2010, 10:11 am

I had an excellent time too. It was great meeting my old forum pals and I bought a box of Rank Bush Murphy "Colour TV Lecture" records and slides from Des.

beamcurrent · 18th Oct 2010, 11:31 am

Yes an excellent day, much good conversation and lots of things to resist buying and lots of things to give in and buy. Particularly pleased with the Marconi Instruments TF2210 scope I bought, I have a soft spot for Marconi.

Lots of boxes of misc items from the auction too.

Brian

www.tvcameramuseum.org

Dr-Watts · 18th Oct 2010, 1:02 pm

Indeed an excellent day.
I've been rather poorly of late and this was just what I needed to get out of the house and blow the cobwebs away.
I bought another superb Television Lamp, a dead RF sig gen, a couple of boxes of erm... and yes, I was the one who bought the Strobe Lamp. Why ?
I dunno lol.
Excellent to see Des, Tas, Mikey, John, Lee, Jeffrey and all the other forum members as well.
Roll on the next one

Regards

Dr. Dave

17th Oct 2010, 7:13 pm	#1
high_vacuum_house Octode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Belper Derbyshire Posts: 1,935	todays Harpenden meeting feedback Hello there, I went to Harpenden today. This is the second time I have visited this meeting. I found the event very good. I did not buy much this time. A huge signal generator, a vacuum cleaner(!) and a few valves. There was quite a lot in the auction but nothing that really caught my eye. The price of tellies seemed rather high. The food was very good and I must congradulate the 2 girls in the canteen who made an egg and bacon roll for me Well done !! . The bring and buy sale was good and I managed to get rid of a few things. I must congradulate Jeffery for manning the stall all day! Christopher Capener __________________ Interests in the collection and restoration of Tefifon players and 405 line television

17th Oct 2010, 7:20 pm	#2
Danny Heptode Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Walsham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 516	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Hi i went a bit mad today had fun though. Danny Attached Thumbnails

17th Oct 2010, 7:40 pm	#3
high_vacuum_house Octode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Belper Derbyshire Posts: 1,935	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Ah, so it was YOU who bought that rather rustic country feeling console telly!! All I say is good luck p.s how much did you pay for it? What model is it? I was half tempted but was considering what was still nesting in there!! (had a live bat in a Philips bakelite radio before! diddnt help improve my driving when it came out in the car on the way home!) Saw a few forum memners today (I was the one wearing a rather brightly coloured shirt!) Christopher Capener __________________ Interests in the collection and restoration of Tefifon players and 405 line television Last edited by high_vacuum_house; 17th Oct 2010 at 7:46 pm.

17th Oct 2010, 7:42 pm	#4
audiomagpie Heptode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 824	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Is that a KB Royal Star QVP20 I see before me, Danny? I've got one on my 'round tuit' pile! Likewise had a most enjoyable day, bought a few bits & pieces and some cheap boxes of junk from the auction which will be interesting to sort through. Always nice to catch up with a few of the forum members. Another first class event! Thanks BVWS team. Greg __________________ Greg BVWS committee chairman

17th Oct 2010, 8:09 pm	#6
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Had a great day! Bought only valves and service data. Tempted to buy the Pye V14 but I have loads of sets here needing overhaul so madness to bring yet more rotted junk home. The devil was sitting on on my shoulder, he did not win this time but usually does... Had a great meet up with the 'Rat Pack' as I call them! They know who they are! I have some interesting projects for the winter season including a 1946 15" monster HMV. More to follow including 'The Practical Television P.T. Receiver' circa 1949 complete with two stage pre amp so yet more fresh receivers would only upset them as they wonder when their time will come. A well deserved thanks to all that organized the day and yes a big thanks to the catering staff that do their very best to keep us all fed and watered. Regards, John.

17th Oct 2010, 10:13 pm	#7
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback A nice day, the was shining as I arrived, and a good number of people were queuing outside. Bought a frequency changer valve I required, (for an HMV 1115) when I got I home I fitted it and works fine. As I knew that the HMV was the last radio I had at home to fix up,-it needed rewiring as old rubber had perished- I bought one sad looking wireless for £2 (complete but no back) in order to have something new to start on. Still not found the Ferranti Nova that I hope to get one day, there was one there but not the version I want. I bought a few other spares, had some conversations and headed off at lunch time. The sun was still shining. John

17th Oct 2010, 10:22 pm	#8
Danny Heptode Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Walsham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 516	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Hi chris i think the gec model no is BT7094 quite a rarity about 1948 and i think it is a genuine barn find. the crt has a nice black getter which is suprising for one of these. I have restored worse. the price may well i paid the asking price of fifty quid but i recon i will get my moneys worth of fun trying to restore it. yes it is a royal star. the most fun thing is going to be the packergram portable radiogram not my usual cup of tea but couldnt resist it for a fiver off the b and b stall. Danny

17th Oct 2010, 10:22 pm	#9
Steve_P Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 6,644	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Glad you all had a good time. I couldn't make it as I am not allowed to drive that far on my own (Doctor's Orders) and Dilys and her daughter went to the Ballet. (Two ladies going to the ballet, etc...). Will be going to Gnosall next week and to the do in Golborne. See you there, Cheers, Steve P. __________________ If we've always had it, why is the Car Boot open? You're not sneaking another Old TV in are you...?

17th Oct 2010, 10:34 pm	#10
brianc Rest in Peace Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Burghfield, Reading, Berkshire, UK, Posts: 1,055	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback I think the "rustic console" which Danny bought is a GEC BT7094, the tall version of the BT7092. A super set with brute-force EHT so time to be careful.

17th Oct 2010, 10:53 pm	#11
high_vacuum_house Octode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Belper Derbyshire Posts: 1,935	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Hello there, One of the valves I bought there was in the 10p box at the back of the room and turns out to be a mercury vapour thyratron (you can see the droplets onside the bulb) I found the pin out and technical data of it online and have spent much of the evening playing with it with power supplies and large resistors making it glow purple and trying to see if I can get the control side working. Suprising how much fun you can get out of 10p Christopher Capener __________________ Interests in the collection and restoration of Tefifon players and 405 line television

17th Oct 2010, 11:00 pm	#12
techiesteve Pentode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks, UK. Posts: 161	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Today was my first visit to the Harpenden event. I was very restrained and only came away with one item, an interesting black cased amateur band transmitter with two 807's in the PA. Later I regretted not buying a few other items I looked at. I had a great time and will be at the next event.

18th Oct 2010, 12:56 am	#13
Line whistle Hexode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bedfordshire, UK. Posts: 341	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Hi, First of all thanks to the organisers. I had a great day. With many Harpenden visits under belt this was the first one where I was a stall holder. I managed to sell nearly everything I bought, something I needed to do to make some space. It was nice to meet quite a few forum members. Cheers, Des. __________________ www.freewebs.com/405tv

18th Oct 2010, 1:58 am	#14
Kat Manton Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,700	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback It sounds like I should get myself to this meeting some day. A chance to meet more forumers, plenty of interesting bits and bobs to peruse and bacon and egg rolls? Memo to self: Fix car. Two potential problems; one is that it's an estate, the other is that I'd probably fill it...

18th Oct 2010, 9:03 am	#15
Hunts smoothing bomb Octode Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wimborne, Dorset, UK. Posts: 1,407	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback I had a great day too, It was a kind of shame for the sellers of the auction lots but good for us buyers as the prices didn't really climb all that high, I practically filled the back of my estate car and only spent a total of £22! A big thanks to all who were/are involved and a big pat on the back for the catering team who made me a nice plate of sausage, chips and beans! Cheers __________________ Lee

18th Oct 2010, 10:06 am	#17
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback I think that GEC is a BT3893 or similar. Very unusual set maybe a little earlier, I would say 1947. Great find and it looked mice inside, sorry nice.. To be honest it will clean up a treat with very little rust on the chassis. Good luck with it. J.

18th Oct 2010, 10:11 am	#18
Mikey405 Octode Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Solihull, West Midlands and Beaford, Devon Posts: 1,626	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback I had an excellent time too. It was great meeting my old forum pals and I bought a box of Rank Bush Murphy "Colour TV Lecture" records and slides from Des. __________________ G7TRF

18th Oct 2010, 11:31 am	#19
beamcurrent Heptode Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Camberley, Surrey, UK. Posts: 805	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Yes an excellent day, much good conversation and lots of things to resist buying and lots of things to give in and buy. Particularly pleased with the Marconi Instruments TF2210 scope I bought, I have a soft spot for Marconi. Lots of boxes of misc items from the auction too. Brian www.tvcameramuseum.org

18th Oct 2010, 1:02 pm	#20
Dr-Watts Heptode Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Posts: 696	Re: todays Harpenden meeting feedback Indeed an excellent day. I've been rather poorly of late and this was just what I needed to get out of the house and blow the cobwebs away. I bought another superb Television Lamp, a dead RF sig gen, a couple of boxes of erm... and yes, I was the one who bought the Strobe Lamp. Why ? I dunno lol. Excellent to see Des, Tas, Mikey, John, Lee, Jeffrey and all the other forum members as well. Roll on the next one Regards Dr. Dave __________________ Do you have the scope to be a TV repair man