Old UK radio and TV clips

If you were young in the UK in the 1950s you may be interested in these two sites dealing with radio and TV in the 1950s. There are many old clips that take you back nearly 60 years.

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/index.htm  
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/

   

Self assembling solar cells?

Interesting article on the BBC Technology page about a possible technique for "self assembling" solar cells and other electronics products. See http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8452912.stm

DXTV - 1938 style!

There is a fascinating clip on YouTube of 405 line BBC TV being received in New York (from London) presumably by F2 or multi-hop sporadic-E propagation in 1938. This is the only example of a pre-WW2 live 405 line BBC TV transmission known to be recorded. The image shown left is of the female TV announcer. The signal comes and goes as the QSB takes the signal out of sync. Totally fascinating.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SniB0JEDGs