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Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
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Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
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Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
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Linda Lovelace Experience
Humbars on a Sony KV2702
1972 Ultra 6713
D|E|R Service “The Best”
The one that got away
Technical information
The Line Output Stage
The map
Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.
Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy
Sanyo SMD
Disastrous Company Rebranding
1969 Philips G22K511
Memories Of The TV Trade
Crazy house
Dirty TV screens
Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s
Radios-TV on YouTube
The Winter of 62/63
A domestic audio installation
1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16
Music centre modifications
Unusual record player modification
B&K 467 Adapters
Mishaps In The Trade
1971 Beovision 3200
1971 Bush CTV1120
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Want to tell us a story?
Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Ceefax (Teletext)
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Colour TV Brochures
1970s Lounge Recreation
CrustyTV Vintage Television Museum
Linda Lovelace Experience
Humbars on a Sony KV2702
1972 Ultra 6713
D|E|R Service “The Best”
The one that got away
Technical information
The Line Output Stage
The map
Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.
Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy
Sanyo SMD
Disastrous Company Rebranding
1969 Philips G22K511
Memories Of The TV Trade
Crazy house
Dirty TV screens
Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s
Radios-TV on YouTube
The Winter of 62/63
A domestic audio installation
1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16
Music centre modifications
Unusual record player modification
B&K 467 Adapters
Mishaps In The Trade
1971 Beovision 3200
1971 Bush CTV1120
Aug 1967 Ferguson 3700: Another BRC/Thorn 2000 Chassis for the collection
Note: Game over :
John - Jayceebee correctly guessed what was in the box.
Thread now moved to the correct forum section and the title now reflects the TV and there's a blog page in my collection section of the website https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/1968-ferguson-3700-serial-no-1816/
A box just turned up....
No ordinary box, a ponderous box...........
A box of gargantuan proportions, a box that takes liberties with the description, box!
A box designed to ensure no matter how large the oafish courier is, he would not be able to chuck this one about. ?
Would it fit through the front door? No
Would it fit through the rear gate? No
Would it fit through the rear door? No
The contents would have to be extracted on the drive. But wait a minute, I can't even lift the contents out of the box due to the depth. ?
Nothing for it a saw to cut one side out.
What's in the box? ?
Box approx 4.5ft x 5ft
P.S. only one person cannot play as he knows what's in the box.....
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A large CRT?
Frank
Mmm, could it be a box in a box ?
Or perhaps a box in a box in a box ?
Or maybe a box in a box in a box in a box in a box in a...............
Well it would make it the best packed 1/4W resistor....EVER ! ?
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Posted by: ChrisA box just turned up....
No ordinary box, a ponderous box...........
A box of gargantuan proportions, a box that takes liberties with the description, box!
A box designed to ensure no matter how large the oafish courier is, he would not be able to chuck this one about. ?
Would it fit through the front door? No
Would it fit through the rear gate? No
Would it fit through the rear door? NoThe contents would have to be extracted on the drive. But wait a minute, I can't even lift the contents out of the box due to the depth. ?
Nothing for it a saw to cut one side out.
What's in the box? ?
Box approx. 4.5ft x 5ft
P.S. only one person cannot play as he knows what's in the box.....
Lucky it wasn't raining!
Jon
BVWS Member
Hmmmm....curious indeed. ?
I'm assuming it is TV related, an actual set maybe.... or a piece of test equipment?
To understand the black art of electronics is to understand witchcraft. Andrew.
Hi Chris, When you say only one person knows whats in the box, ie the sender, I gather you must know!
Can we play 20 questions and you answer yes or no?
Posted by: PYE625I'm assuming it is TV related, an actual set maybe.... or a piece of test equipment?
A box "that big" for test equipment, it is not. You're on the right track with your first assumption and you can now see why its such a big box
Some more teasers....... Its not been touched in many a year
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Q1,Did you not pay your car tax and the DLVC have had it crushed and returned to you in the cardboard crate?
I am thinking Thorn now, possibly even a rare Baird?
The certain colour of the metal plate housing the aerial sockets is shouting Thorn to me.
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Well, that's got to be the biggest RF modulator in the world!
Have we been importing exotic spiders again? - With or without a licence? ?
Another pointer to why the box was so big
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Hehehehe.... Now I wonder what make of CRT Thorn often use?
This is exciting !!
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Posted by: PYE625Hehehehe.... Now I wonder what make of CRT Thorn often use?
This is exciting !!
And, looking at that spider's bed of dust and web, there would seem to be a whole mess of those resistors much preferred by Thorn - the ones with the metal end caps/solder tags.
It would seem clear that there's darned big Thorn telly in that warehouse of a box, but don't ask me to identify the model - because I can't! ?
BUT, assume it's a dual standard?
You're all too good nerdy TV types, I'm impressed thus far with your powers of deduction.
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Oh my! the CRT is a corker, no warm up, just slapped the B&K on and emission tested straight away. I was worried about this, no need thank gawd!
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Gonna stick my neck out and say BRC2000.
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HMV colourmaster ?
I think the BRC2000 had a different type of aerial socket connection?
Could it be one of those never seen all valve BRC1000?
Posted by: abctelevisionCould it be one of those never seen all valve BRC1000?
I wish it were Dave, I wish it were....
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It could presumably be any of the following??
HMV 2700, FERGUSON 3700, MARCONI 4702, ULTRA 6700 or ULTRA 6702.
Jon
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