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  • Preparing for Television in the South West

    From JMB99@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 31 08:25:13 2024
    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Mar 31 11:50:27 2024
    In message <uub34o$1ius2$[email protected]> at Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:25:13,
    JMB99 <[email protected]> writes
    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891


    Glorious! I like the decidedly home-made dipole and anemometer, the determination of driving trucks through fields, and of course the
    accent.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    verbing weirds language
    - Bill Watterson (https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25)

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  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Sun Mar 31 15:01:31 2024
    On 31/03/2024 11:50, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Glorious! I like the decidedly home-made dipole and anemometer, the determination of driving trucks through fields, and of course the accent.



    I don't think there were many Band I antenna on sale!

    The vehicles looked ex-military or at least military spec and most of
    the people would have been in the forces.

    Not much site surveying now but they had off-road vehicles in past -
    Forward Control Land Rover, Unimog. As well as the Land Rovers etc.

    A 144 MHz yagi fitted on the Research Dept pump up mast well!

    One of their Forward Control Land Rovers lost a half-shaft on the steep
    Torosay track! Poor chap had to sit there with foot on the brake until
    help arrived.

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  • From tony sayer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 31 18:38:23 2024
    In article <uub34o$1ius2$[email protected]>, JMB99 <[email protected]>
    scribeth thus
    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891



    How sweet!, and now you can do this at home on a PC and in better resolution!...
    --
    Tony Sayer


    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

    Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to tony sayer on Sun Mar 31 22:05:35 2024
    In message <[email protected]> at Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:38:23,
    tony sayer <[email protected]> writes
    In article <uub34o$1ius2$[email protected]>, JMB99 <[email protected]>
    scribeth thus
    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891



    How sweet!, and now you can do this at home on a PC and in better >resolution!...

    I did wonder - what was in the balloon? Helium? Town gas? And either
    way, did they recover it (the gas) when finished with it (the balloon)?
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organising our ignorance of the past. - Hilary Mantel, first Reith Lecture 2017

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  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Sun Mar 31 23:30:52 2024
    On 31/03/2024 22:05, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    I did wonder - what was in the balloon? Helium? Town gas? And either
    way, did they recover it (the gas) when finished with it (the balloon)?
    --


    I would have thought Hydrogen, Helium would be expensive.

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  • From Graham.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 12 15:44:51 2024
    Does anyone know where I could find a copy in the correct aspect ratio
    and without burnt-in subtitles?

    I've found this, but the quality is poor. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=547357622303939

    I've got the London and Midlands equivalents for showing on my Cossor
    916.


    --
    Graham.
    %Profound_observation%

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  • From Graham.@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 12 15:43:48 2024
    On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:25:13 +0100, JMB99 <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891



    --
    Graham.
    %Profound_observation%

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  • From tony sayer@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 13 23:30:04 2024
    In article <[email protected]>, Graham. <[email protected]> scribeth thus
    On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:25:13 +0100, JMB99 <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Twitter today


    #OnThisDay 1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to
    bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved
    the use of bus-sized balloons.


    https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1774330789640978891




    And now minutes work on a PC and more accurate results..

    But not as much fun tho;!...
    --
    Tony Sayer


    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

    Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to tony sayer on Fri Jun 14 08:33:22 2024
    On 13/06/2024 23:30, tony sayer wrote:
    And now minutes work on a PC and more accurate results..

    But not as much fun tho;!...


    Except when a balloon breaks loose!

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