murphyv310
10-03-2009, 04:14 AM
Hello Guys.
This is my first post on this forum, I stumbled across it when I was looking through a thread on the UK Vintage forum and was reading a post from Jeffrey Borinsky.
Like Jeffrey I won't be a huge contributor but it looks good and hopefully I will make some comments from time to time.
Thanks for having me
Best wishes from Scotland
Trevor :thmbsp:
bandersen
10-04-2009, 03:22 PM
Hi Trevor. Welcome to the forum :wave:
Bob
Sandy G
10-04-2009, 05:16 PM
Kewl ! What are those sets in yr avatar ?
ppppenguin
10-09-2009, 02:46 AM
Kewl ! What are those sets in yr avatar ?
Please forgive me for replying on Trevor's behalf. The main set is (surprise!) a Murphy V310 though it could be one of a few other models they made in the same style. The small one on the left is a bit hard to see but looks like an Ekco TMB272, a mains/battery portable. Took about 8A at 12V so would flatten your car battery pretty fast.
Jon Evans' website is an excellent reference for many early British TVs:
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tvmanu/murphy/murphy.htm
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tvmanu/ekco/ekco.htm
Sandy G
10-09-2009, 06:45 AM
I only have one piece of Brit electronic gear, sad to say...But the one I have is a doozie- a RACAL RA 17, which was Britain's answer to the Collins R-390A military shortwave boatanchor. It has 20+ tubes, & uses the Barlow-Wadley loop tuning scheme, which was a way of cancelling the drift all tooob boatanchors have. It is very quiet, & the tuning scheme takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it works great. RACAL sold a few on this side of the pond, & they used std American tubes, but there are direct replacements for the Brit-spec tubes, in any case.
Mikey405
12-20-2009, 03:53 PM
Welcome Trevor. I don't post here much either, but it's fun just to watch from the wings and drool over people's tele pictures. :)
Kind regards.
From Mike.