Bill's site, vintage wireless and all that stuff

The thought of looking at pictures of aerials and bodged installation
jobs (ie: Bill’s site) doesn’t ‘turn me on’ – but it’s amazing to note
that I’ve just spent about 45 mins wandering round the pics! There’s
something fascinating in the creativity of some people when it comes to
the ‘simple’ task of lashing a lump of metal to a fixed (or not so
fixed!) object! (OK, Bill, I know it’s not always *that* simple!)

Anyway, I’ve noticed that the site now has some scans of old ads and
articles and this prompts me to mention that I in a previous life (ie:
Batchelor) I was ‘into’ vintage wireless and as well as collecting old
sets (now in storage), I have a moderate collection of old books and
magazines, including:

* Trade and consumer magazines, from the 1920s to 1950s

*‘Trader’ circuit diagrams and repair guides for radios and TVs

*Various equipment/component manufacturers' brochures and technical guides

* Books for the home constructor (mostly from the 1930s)

* Books by JCW Reith, Arthur Burrows and PP Eckersley

* BBC Year/handbooks from various dates between 1929 and 1973

* Two hard bound sets of Ariel – the BBC’s in-house
propagan---er---magazine. The bound sets are from 1936 and 1937 which,
as any BBC aficionado will know, is the period of experimental TV at
Alexandra Palace and the time leading up to Radiolympia in 1938 so
there’s quite a few fascinating articles.

Anyway, Bill, if you fancy some snippets – or if anyone else would like
access to material (or copies thereof) for research - then just decode
my email address and let me know. I believe most of the stuff is well
out of copyright and in any case I'll only provide extracts for
reference so I don't think there's any major issues in that area. Some
of the stuff is in storage so I can't guarantee a 'next day' turnaround
but I'm happy to check things out if it will help anyone.

If all this leaves you cold then no problems - but thanks for reading
this far!

SJH

Anyway, Bill, if you fancy some snippets

I certainly do! Anything that's specifically to do with domestic radio
or TV aerials. I wouldn't like to think of you wading through page
after dusty page, but if you *could* find anything I'd be very
grateful. As you'll have gathered if you've looked at my site, the sort
of thing I'm after is 'build your own TV aerial', aerial theory, aerial
installation, etc.

If you can help I'd be grateful. Email me.

Bill

The thought of looking at pictures of aerials and bodged installation
jobs (ie: Bill’s site)

On a similar vein, for your viewing pleasure from a company I've dealt
with in the US. Here's their 'Gallery of shame':

http://www.lightnerelectronics.com/follies/doh1.htm

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Philip de Cadenet G4ZOW
Transmitters 'R' Us
http://www.transmittersrus.com