HMV 1871 Television. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Graham G3ZVT · 19th Dec 2018, 1:48 am

I was thinking about the HMV 1871 we got in 1959 or 1960
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hismasters_hmv_1871.html

The clear acrylic channel knob on the Fireball tuner had a multi-colour filter, and pilot lamp, and lit the selected channel in either red, amber or green.

As I remember, most, if not all the Band I channels were green
and most Band III channels were red, but there were some orange, I think four in total but split into two pairs.
So what, if anything, was the significance of the orange channels?

Heatercathodeshort · 28th Dec 2018, 2:30 pm

I think it was done more for effect than any real purpose. The HMV 1870 series [Ferguson 400 series] and the 1890 series [Ferguson 500 series] both had the same fragile knob!

The usual Band 1 channels were 1-5 and the Band 3 channels commonly used were 8-11.

Maybe at that time the 'orange' channels had not been allocated. Just a guess. I remember this series very well. John.

19th Dec 2018, 1:48 am	#1
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,711	HMV 1871 Television. I was thinking about the HMV 1871 we got in 1959 or 1960 https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hismasters_hmv_1871.html The clear acrylic channel knob on the Fireball tuner had a multi-colour filter, and pilot lamp, and lit the selected channel in either red, amber or green. As I remember, most, if not all the Band I channels were green and most Band III channels were red, but there were some orange, I think four in total but split into two pairs. So what, if anything, was the significance of the orange channels? __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT

28th Dec 2018, 2:30 pm	#2
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: HMV 1871 Television. I think it was done more for effect than any real purpose. The HMV 1870 series [Ferguson 400 series] and the 1890 series [Ferguson 500 series] both had the same fragile knob! The usual Band 1 channels were 1-5 and the Band 3 channels commonly used were 8-11. Maybe at that time the 'orange' channels had not been allocated. Just a guess. I remember this series very well. John.