Rigger's Diary: curious misapprehensions

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:12:11 +0100, "Wrights" wrote:


"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:07:53 +0200, J G Miller
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:53:46 +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

That woman was utterly certain that the TV picture came up the
mains cable.

Maybe she had seen the commercials or even bought one of those useless
scam devices to "turn your home wiring into a giant tv antenna"?


Radio on the mains can work. My auntie lived so near the Holme Moss
transmitter that the electric cooker could get radio 4.

Did each ring produce a different station?
Bill

Just Radio 4 on the large ring on the left. I never heard anything on
the large right ring or the two small rings. On a good day the volume
was high enough to hear from across the room.

Steve

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message
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I enjoy your stuff.
Geoff

Cheers!
Bill

I more than enjoy your stuff, reminds me of Dick and Smithy
"in your workshop" Radio Constructors mag

Those who don't know what i'm on about have missed out.

http://vintageradio.me.uk/radconnav/iywindex.htm

Thanks for posting that link, were you aware of this?:

http://www.vintage-radio.info/llj/

a series of articles in Television magazine by Les Lawry-Johns. Written
in a similar style to Bill's articles, mildly self-deprecating with a
gentle humour. Very enjoyable.

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"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
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In article , Steve Terry
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http://www.vintage-radio.info/llj/

a series of articles in Television magazine by Les Lawry-Johns. Written
in a similar style to Bill's articles, mildly self-deprecating with a
gentle humour. Very enjoyable.

Les Lawry-Johns. Let us pay homage.

Bill

"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
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In article , Steve Terry
writes
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message
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I enjoy your stuff.
Geoff

Cheers!
Bill

I more than enjoy your stuff, reminds me of Dick and Smithy
"in your workshop" Radio Constructors mag

Those who don't know what i'm on about have missed out.

http://vintageradio.me.uk/radconnav/iywindex.htm

Thanks for posting that link, were you aware of this?:

http://www.vintage-radio.info/llj/

a series of articles in Television magazine by Les Lawry-Johns. Written
in a similar style to Bill's articles, mildly self-deprecating with a
gentle humour. Very enjoyable.


Thanks i'll have a read, I used to buy Television mag occasionally
when i was young, but more often Radio constructor

Steve Terry

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:53:28 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
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Thanks for posting that link, were you aware of this?:

http://www.vintage-radio.info/llj/

a series of articles in Television magazine by Les Lawry-Johns. Written
in a similar style to Bill's articles, mildly self-deprecating with a
gentle humour. Very enjoyable.

A fascinating documentation of the closing days of an era when sets
could routinely be repaired by slotting in a generic tripler. And,
sadly, of the writer's eventual mental decline.