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Page history last edited by Alan Hartley-Smith 5 years, 9 months ago

 

 

 

 

Articles relating to the Broadcasting activities of the Marconi company are listed on this page.

 

 

  Date Article Description Click  
         
  1935 The Droitwich Broadcasting Station here  
  1951 New Marconi station for Turkey here   
  1951 More power to the Third Programme here   
  1952 With Telecom in Korea here   
  1952 Operation Argonaut here   
  1953 Sweden calling the world by AD Ahrens here   
  1954 Chelmsford to Colombo here  
  1954  Danish Programme  here   
  1954  Friends in Denmark  here   
  1955  The ninth wonder of the world  here   
  1955  New Wrotham service  here   
  1955  By air to Cyprus  here   
  1956 FM Transmitters for BBC stations here   
  1956 Paradys - South Africa here   
  1956 Iraq transmitter build-up here   
  1956 Broadcasting in the Sudan here   
         
  1961 Quick work at Kaduna here   
  1961 BBC technical training for broadcasting by KR Storley here  
  1963 Broadcast transmitter cooling here   
  1964 Multiplexing FM-Multiplex by M.W.S. Barlow here  
  1965 A new 1kW one-valve MF Broadcasting Transmitter by AC Downing here  
  1966 A new 100kW HF Broadcasting Transmitter by JD Whatson and JA Brisbane here  
  1966 Vapour-cooled High-power Transmitter Valves by DF Bowers here  
  1966  HJ Round - a pioneer who made history  here  
  1967 New Solid-state VHF FM-Translator by Nils E. Hveding here  
  1967 BBC in Ascension Island by D.A.V. Williams here  
  1967 The Quality Assurance cycle by S.E.E. Poplett here  
  1967 Transistorised 10Kw Broadcasting Transmitter by R.H. Bradbrook and A.C Downing here  
  1967  Operation ANTI  here  
  1967  The Voice of Kenya  here  
  1968  First pictures on the air  here  
  1968  Life at the top of the world  here  
  1969 Tetrodes in High-power MF Broadcasting Transmitters by D.F. Bowers here  
  1969  First ever VHF survey  here  
  1971 A New FM Drive by M McGann here  
  1971 An Improved Range of 10kW Klystrons by CN O'Loughlin here  
  1971 High-power Applications of Ferrite-cored Transformers by JA Brisbane and JW Thompson here  
  1972 A 50kW MF Transmitter by JW Thompson here  
  1972 Remote Operation of Broadcasting Transmitters by JF Ridgwell here  
  1972 BBC Engineering 1922 - 1972 here  
  1973 Rotamode Combining Filter by R Hutchinson here  
  1973 Broadcasting and the Open University by Peter Scroggs here  
  1973 Broadcasting Transmitter Output-valve Developments by RG Roach here  
  1975 BBC's Radiophonic Revelations by Dick Mills here  
  1975  SPECTOR by WC Mills  here  
  1975 Design Trends in Antenna Systems by WJ Meehan here  
  1975 High Power Fast Tuning HF Amplifiers by DE Hart here  
  1976 300Kw HF Transmitter for the Voice of Nigeria here  
  1976 Keeping Frequency by D Fairweather  here  
  1976 Synthesised Fast-setting HF Drive unit by MH Hopcraft  here  
  1976 HF Active Antenna Performance by BM Sosin here  
  1976 Using Directional MF Transmitting Aerials by P Hawker here  
  1976 A Versatile New 300kW HF Broadcasting Transmitter - Part 1 by DF Bowers and RH Bradbrook here  
  1976 A Fast Tuning 1kW HF Amplifier by PA Hamshere here  
  1977 A Versatile New 300kW HF Broadcasting Transmitter - Part 2 by DF Bowers and RH Bradbrook here  
  1977 Automatic Fast Tuning HF Matching unit for Whip Antennas by JA Gould  here  
  1977 A New Synthesised Digital MF/HF Receiver by A Yates  here  
  1978 Versatility in HF Systems by DE Hart  here  
  1978 A New 50kW MF Broadcasting Transmitter by JW Owen  here  
  1979 High Power HF Broadcasting Antenna Systems by C Pettitt here  
  1980 MF Broadcast Antenna Systems by C Pettitt  here  
  1980 VHF/FM Broadcasting - the first quarter century by M Voysey  here  
  1980 MFT2 HF Systems - the processor in control by P Watkins and E Hoare  here  
  1981 MFT2 HF Systems - synthesised drive and receiver by MH Hopcraft  here  
  1981 A Solid-state 1kW MF Transmitter - the simple approach by JW Heaviside  here  
  1981 PULSAM - a new amplitude-modulation system by DF Bowers  here  
  1981 MFT2 HF Systems - 10kW and 1kW Fast-tuning Amplifiers by PA Hamshere and DG Vint  here  
  1981 New 10kW and 20kW Transmitters for FM Broadcasting by JS Brisbane and AC Downing  here  
  1982 HEAD - A high efficiency amplitude-modulation system for Broadcasting Transmitters by DF Bowers here  
  1982 The Re-equipment of the BBC's High-power MF Transmitting Stations by DG Surridge  here  
  1982 NM1551 - a solid-state VHF / FM transmitter series for local radio by C. Bradley and O. Havoin here  
  1982 Containerised Transmitter Systems by A.A. McKerrell here  
  1982 NM1551 - A Solid-state Transmitter Series for VHF/FM Radio by C Bradley and O Havin  here  
  1982 Frequency Management of HF Sky-wave Circuits in Europe by JD Milsom  here  
  1982 Two-frequency MF Directional Antenna for BBC Start Point by SU Nolan and EJ Lee here  
  1983 250kW HF Combining unit by D Galloway here  
  1983 MFT2 HF Systems - 50kW Fast-tuning HF Linear Amplifier by PA Hamsphere and EG Owen here  
  1983 HF Broadband Transmitter systems for fixed and transportable applications by REJ Gerard  here  
  1983 SPECTOR 2 by KW Newson  here  
  1983 The R1760 - a new Rotatable Log Periodic Antenna for the HF band by D Galloway  here  
  1984 Five-channel MF Combining unit by EJF Lee  here  
  1986 A New HF Drive unit - the H1542 by RH Cooke  here  
  1995 YouTube video of the RRI Ujung Pandang Transmitter Site, Indonesia shot here  
  1995 The Transmitter by Ewan Fenn here  
  1996 Marconi 1996 Broadcasting brochure here  
  1998 Daventry calling the world by Norman Tomalin here   
  1998 2LO Calling - from the July 1998 issue of the IEE Review here  
  2003 On Air - A history of BBC Transmission here   
         
  2010 An address entitled "Tricks of the Trade" by Raymond Rowe and Ron Bradbrook given at the Marconi Veterans Reunion in April 2010 here  
  ? PB3 High Power Broadcasting system for Poland - Customer and date TBA here  
         
  2015 Marconi: The West of England's very own Italian wireless pioneer here   
         
  2015 On Air - A History of BBC Transmission.  This book available for download. here   

 

 

These articles have been extracted primarily from the following magazine sets held on the Marconi Family Wiki.  At this time, access to the Marconi Family Wiki is only available to ex-employees of the Marconi Company or their sister companies.

 

  • Sound and Vision, available here
  • Communications and Broadcasting, available here
  • Marconi Companies and Their People, available here

 

 

 

Other Reference material

 

 

The Origin of the Monopoly of Broadcasting in Great Britain - R. H. Coase - Economica, Vol. 14, No. 55. (Aug., 1947)

 

UK Broadcast Manufacturers - a paper presented at an IEE Colloquium 1997 - copyright IET - click here

 

A significant record of BBC Engineering activities between 1980 and 1993 click here

 

BBC Year books between 1928 and 1977, also some feature subjects click here

 

North Weald - Ongar Radio Transmitting Station click here

 

Reminiscences of some BBC Transmitter projects (ongoing) click here

 

The Signals Museum at RAF Henlow click here

 

 

 

Comments (3)

Martyn Clarke said

at 8:04 pm on Aug 23, 2017

David it should read Quick Work not Walk at Kaduna

David Samways said

at 8:33 pm on Aug 23, 2017

Thx Martyn, fixed

Martyn Clarke said

at 10:55 pm on Aug 23, 2017

The PBS 3 in Poland could be 1935 similar to Droitwich we installed similar long wave TX in Turkey in 1936

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