Vintage Audio Activities...

[bobins]

Back in the day, our main transmitting station had a rubidium frequency standard to which all our transmitter drive units worldwide were locked.

Happy days

They had a small 'museum' at Rugby with a wall of photos of transmitter halls from sites all over the world. I took photos of a lot of them but they're not very good, unfortunately. Maybe some of yours were featured.... or possibly not

[CitroJim]

or possibly not

Unlikely to be ours but would love to see them

This one was one though..

Racal TA1800 10Kw transmitters next to their smaller siblings - The 1Kw TA1816...

And a corner of the aerial field showing one of our rotatable HF log periodics

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Trivia Investigation thread has had a fair delve into Tootles The Taxi one of the Falcon Favourites, but the immense subject matter and interest of those Ladybird books are just a joy, and superbly illustrated all of them.

There was even this for the Radio buffs! 10 points for identifying the blokes on the cover!

e-bay sale item

Neil

[CitroJim]

I remember that book Neil!

[bobins]

I remember that book Neil!

Was it on the shelf in the reference library at work ?

[NewcastleFalcon]

I remember that book Neil!

Was it on the shelf in the reference library at work ?

Now that is quite prophetic Bobins.... see here...freshly posted by yours truly in a similar vein...

viewtopic.php?p=809080#p809080

Neil

[Peter.N.]

I think it's a bit like the legend of what will happen if the ravens leave The Tower, or the apes leave Gibraltar - if the Time Signal ceases, then so will CitroJim

The way I'm feeling right now, it might be a good idea to check the time signal - it may already have ceased!

[CitroJim]

I remember that book Neil!

Was it on the shelf in the reference library at work ?

Our bible

[bobins]

Mainly for Jim - the 'museum' photos from Rugby. As stated though - not brilliant photos. These would have been taken on my first digital camera, an Olympus C2500L with a 2.5 pixel sensor Getting on for 25 years ago now
You get points for naming each bit of kit and what part of the world it's in

Rugby photos 1 - own work

Rugby photos 2 - own work

Rugby photos 3 - own work

Rugby photos 4 - own work

Rugby photos 5 - own work

Rugby photos 6 - own work

[CitroJim]

Wow! That's magic Bobins

That's going to keep me amused for hours!

I immediately recognise the Eddystone receiver just getting in on the act in Photo 2 and the banks of CR100 receivers in photo 6

I'll try to ID the model of Eddystone when I can. The S-Meter is quite distinctive...