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29th Jun 2007, 4:09 pm | #81 |
Rest in Peace
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
You're probably right, I grew up in a council house built in the late 1920's, at some point an "H" aerial had been installed, which we used right up until 1985, there was also a cable system with cast iron boxes at the end of the street which powered the system. The sets were connected up with a multi-pin plug with various pins at right angles to each other.
I suppose for council tenants TV must have started to creep in in the 1950's and 60's? |
23rd Aug 2007, 11:37 am | #82 |
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
Period photo?
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5th Nov 2007, 9:21 pm | #83 |
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
Here's a Band I 'H' and a Band III array located above the defunct Threshers Off-Licence in Bramley High Street, near Guildford. They both are pointing to the London transmitters and seem to be in good condition.
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5th Nov 2007, 9:44 pm | #84 |
Hexode
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
Guildford must have been a weakish signal area as it's a double 5 element band 3,
presumably screened a bit by the North Downs? Looks in amazing condition for at max a 52 year old aerial system. Presumably the chimney hasn't been used too much in that tiime |
6th Nov 2007, 3:51 pm | #85 |
Octode
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
Congratulations Ron. This must be the best preserved '405' aerial! Remarkable indeed with those 11ft ch1/B1 elements, also surviving the hurricane winds of 20years ago...
Was in Darlington last Sunday, quite a few surviving Pontop/Burnhope aerials around there. Didn't have the camera on me this time! Brian |
6th Nov 2007, 8:50 pm | #86 |
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
I use an old indoor band 3 aerial for DAB,it works just fine.
The best bit, of course,it was free!!! |
17th Nov 2007, 12:21 pm | #87 |
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Re: Your best preserved '405' aerial
Hi
I was in Dundee yesterday doing some jobs, what a place for really good 405 aerials! Its like going back 40 years, some are really excellent and some falling down but its the sheer quantity that remain. I took a picture of one with the phone which doesn't do it justice. Trevor
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