The end of an era

[Paddy]

Those were the days. With the old 70s system you could listen to TV sound with a diode and a pair of earphones. Well, you could if you lived next door to the Crystal Palace transmitter anyway.

Still got an old 70s transistor radio, use to to detect wires in the wall.

I use a hammer and nail for that

[nomadd]

Retro Thing: Sony TV8 - The First All-Transistor TV

Old folks used their TVs to keep them warm. The transistor was a killer for them.

[Sysman]

Cause Calderdale is part of Yorkshire, and as its closer to Lancashire its not in the reach of the Tyne Tees signal

You can get Tyne Tees if you live on the hilltops* around there.

Mind you, that was back in the days of gas tellies.

* whacking great multifuel stove an essential part of the equipment if you live up there.

[Sysman]

Those were the days. With the old 70s system you could listen to TV sound with a diode and a pair of earphones. Well, you could if you lived next door to the Crystal Palace transmitter anyway.

Still got an old 70s transistor radio, use to to detect wires in the wall.

I could get ITV sound on FM on my 70s transistor radio.

And my tape recorder would play Radio 4 (or was it Radio 2?) if I put a finger on the microphone socket. It was a second hand valve jobbie of unknown vintage.

[VectraMan]

I could get ITV sound on FM on my 70s transistor radio.

And my tape recorder would play Radio 4 (or was it Radio 2?) if I put a finger on the microphone socket. It was a second hand valve jobbie of unknown vintage.

I remember leaning my bike against a metal drainpipe and hearing radio 2 through the handlebars.*




*You might think I'm making that up, but it's completely true. That was in Droitwich not far from the transmitter.

[speling bee]

I started working in a Radio and TV shop on Saturdays back in the seventies.

TV's that came in for repair included some that were dual standard - they worked on the VHF 405 lines and the new fangled UHF 625 lines. Some even had colour!

Now it's about to be switched off.

Elreg Linky

Too late for an "Analogue Rules" popular uprising?

Never too late for resistance. There are powers they do not understand.

[amcdonald]

Old folks used their TVs to keep them warm. The transistor was a killer for them.

Now I use my desktop PC as an air conditioner,how times change

[ctdctd]

Now I use my desktop PC as an air conditioner,how times change

Er...... how does that work then?

P.S. I have Plasma - just as hot as an old school TV

[Cliphead]

It's been digital here for some time, 98% signal strength but still get freezes and other glitches. Analogue didn't have these problems so are we faced with a generation or two thinking glitchty TV is the norm, kinda like most people thinking computers crash (thanks to Microsoft)?

[nomadd]

It's been digital here for some time, 98% signal strength but still get freezes and other glitches. Analogue didn't have these problems so are we faced with a generation or two thinking glitchty TV is the norm, kinda like most people thinking computers crash (thanks to Microsoft)?

Tried a "powered" aerial by attaching a booster box? Worked wonders for me.