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Vol. 5 No. 49 JUNE, 1954

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VALVES FOR TAPE RECORDERS

INPUT STAGE Tone correction and Output and bias oscillator Rectifier
Z729 intermediate stages U709
B309
N727/6AQS or N78
/ow noise pentode; full -wave rectifier
double triode

bp IC

IC

Vh 6.3V Vh 6.3V Vh 6.3V Vh 6.3V Vh 6.3V

lh 0.2A lh 0.6A lh 0.45A Ih 0.64A ih 0.95A
Va 250V Va 250V Va 250V Va 250V Vh_k 450V (max.)
Via 350 rms (max.)
140V gm 5.5 mA/V Va2 250V Va 250V
10" 150 mA
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Vol.5 No. 49 EVERY MONTH JUNE, 1954

Televiews
COLOUR TV ON TAPE version of electricity to light. The battery
THE Radio Corporation of America recently recently demonstrated to the Press is powered
disclosed that it has developed its own by a minute quantity of long life strontium -90
system of recording colour television radio -active isotope, obtained as a by-product
on magnetic tape. The system records and of atomic reactor operation. This big stride has
reproduces pictures in black and white and in been achieved by coupling the battery's radio-
colour with no intermediate operations such as active source to a transitor-like wafer which,
film processing. In fact, it eliminates all chemical instantaneously releases about 200,000 electrons
processing. An official of the company said for each electron it receives.
that the magnetic tape recording of TV signals This may prove to be the beginning of a new
should make possible a simple means by which chapter in man's effort to utilise some of the
TV set owners can make recordings of TV enormous untapped energies within the nucleus
pictures in their own homes. Such recordings of the atom for peaceful purposes rather than
can, of course, be played over and over again for the destruction of life. The atomic battery
like a gramophone disc. A demonstration of the is likely .to be applied first to portable and
system showed the colours in true as distinct pocket-size radio receivers, Iraring aids, signal
from the usually exaggerated reds, blues and control and similar devices.
greens of the cinema. Almost at the same time as the above an-
The same company has also announced that nouncements came the news that the Bell
colour TV sets w ill be on the market about six Laboratories have produced a " solar battery.
months after the Federal Communication Made from strips of silicon, it is claimed that
Commission approves the new colour system. this battery is powered from energy radiated
The method of recording TV on tape corres- by the sun, and that it can deliver power at the
ponds in general principle to that employed rate of 50 watts a square yard of surface. This
for recording sound on tape or wire. is approximately 50 million times the power
Colour TV can now be received in -35 big of the atomic battery.
cities in the U.S.A. and by the end of this year THE RADIO SHOW
the range will have increased to take in about
125 TV stations, which will, bring colour TV to SPACE for this year's national Radio Show,
75 per cent. of the American population. to be held at Earls Court from August 25th
Other American experts have been con- to September 4th, is already overbooked. The
sidering the problem from another angle-the demand has been greater than at any time since
tube or screen. Experts at the National Con- the war and this suggests that competition in the
vention of the Institute of Radio Engineers in radio and TV market is likely to be even more
New York dealt with this in detail. The General competitive. All of the large firms in radio and
Electric Company of America made the sug- TV are among the exhibitors, and all three
gestion that the TV industry should adopt a services are taking space. The BBC are to be
single standard electron gun to replace the three allocated more space than ever before.
types at present being used in America. PRACTICAL TELEVISION and our sister journal
Practical Wireless will of course, occupy a
AN ATOMIC BATTERY stand.
FROM America also comes the announcement INDEXES FOR VOLUME 4
that it is now possible to convert atomic INDEXES for Volume 4 are still available at
energy, directly and simply, into small but usable ls. Id. each from our publishing department.
quantities of electrical energy sufficient to operate address as above. Readers are advised, whether
a transistor, by means of an atomic battery. they have their copies bound or not, to obtain
This direct conversion of nuclear energy may indexes so that they can rapidly trace articles
prove to be as significant as Edison's con- and information published herein.-F. J. C.
 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954

rj RECEIVER
CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF AN
ECONOMICAL RECEIVER UTILISING
SURPLUS COMMERCIAL RECEIVER
COMPONENTS

By J. Cook

supply. Sound and vision strip valves account for

the remainder and the receiver is designed for use on
200-250 volts A.C. only.
The Circuit
Apart from the question of T.R.F.-versus-superhet
and, if the latter, the design of the mixer/oscillator
combination, designs vary but little. Since many
THERE are at present being advertised in these suitable vision and sound strips have been described
pages 9in., 12in. and 15in. narrow angle tubes in these pages, the circuitry of the author's receiver
and a number of key components at very is included for interest only because the modified
reasonable prices, and kt is a slit of these which has " Pye " strip used on the vision side is suitable for
been incorporated into the following design. This is the 45 Mc/s London transmissions only, it being a
not primarily, a constructional article, with precise T.R.F. line-up. In fact, unhappily, the T.R.F. seems
Wiring and dimensional instructions, but rather is it to be dying a natural death due to the difficulty of
intended to take the design section by section and retuning a vast number of tuned circuits when
dissect each in turn to show how it functions. Apart alternative channels are desired. However, if the
from prospective constructors, it may be that some 45 Mc/s channel is required, the " Pye " strip can
readers will find this description interesting as a hardly be bettered for, performance and for ease of
design study because some of the features, e.g., the adaptation from its service role. With five R.F.
method of D.C. shift controls, may be incorporated stages and no less than 10 tuned and one broad -band
into existing equipments-always provided, of course, inductance, the alignment of this strip to get the very
that underlying principles are appreciated. The best out of the BBC transmissions is a relatively
warning remarks which appeared in the Editorial of simple matter since the strip is aligned to give at least
this magazine some months ago concerning the 4 Mc/s bandwidth as it stands. The input coil has no
many pitfalls of mixing circuits are most heartily variable core and is broadly tuned at 45 Mc/s ;
endorsed by the writer. all the anode coils are peaked at 46.75 Mc/s with the
Balancing cost against desired performance usually exception of the final (diode) coil, which is peaked at
means accepting sub -standard results, but whilst 45 Mc/s ; and the grid coils are all at 43.25 Mc/s
the endeavour of this design has been to simplicity as aligned at factory. Thus a little judicious stagger
and economy of components the receiver maintains tuning, taking care not to overdo it on the sound
a full frequency response, excellent interlace, linearity, channel side because of breakthrough, enables a
etc. Modern circuit techniques are employed, but bandwidth of 6 Mc/s for double sideband reception
the older and more cheaply obtained B9G and octal to be obtained without any great difficulty. Principal -
based valves are used. Any C.R.T. with a scanning modifications are associated with the cathode
angle not much greater than 50 deg. may be used and biasing arrangements where a potentiometer controls
will be fully scanned, with an inch or two to spare, the gain of the first two R.F. stages and controls
with the E.H.T. of 7 to 8 kV. derived from the line picture contrast. Partially unby-passed cathode
output auto -transformer. Since this is accomplished resistors develop negative feedback to counteract the
without an efficiency diode, which is the normal changes of input capacitance and impedance which
would otherwise introduce serious changes of tuning.
practice, it will be appreciated that the line transformer
is quite an efficient component. A further economy The contrast control is located on the separate time -
in this stage is effected by operating the line output base chassis via cabling for the convenience of having
valve as a self oscillator, thus saving at least one valve all variable controls together. Sound input is
and several components. The C.R.T. illustrated is extracted from the anode circuit of the second
the ion -trap type Mullard MW31/16 ; the more vision R.F. stage and fed thence into the two R.F.
current type being the MW31/74. This is a similar sound receiver; the sound output stage with
tube but with a grey filter face plate. The equipment associated gain control is located on the main time -
uses eight valves for video, timebases and power base chassis.

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 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 5
Detector components going to the modulation electrode of the
The diode detector (EA50) is connected in such a C.R.T. In fact, one TV set manufacturer has recently
manner that a positive -going signal is presented to the made the capacity variable and labelled it " Quality
following video valve, i.e., the output is taken from Control." What happens is that negative feedback
the cathode. If the " Pye " strip is used the connec- is developed across R5 at low frequencies, when the
tions must be reversed to meet this requirement. condenser then has negligible effect. But as, the
The R.F. choke (Ch. 1) forms a low-pass filter with frequency rises, the condenser becomes effective
as a by-pass and the gain of the valve increases due
to the reduction of negative feedback which provides
a degree of correction dependent on the value of C3.
Some experiment to determine the best value of this
Output
Ch .3 component is well worth while, for upon it depends
the quality of the picture.
A 0.001 pF condenser is a good value to start
P6a with and, by increasing the value in steps of, say,
min
Vision 500 pF in parallel, the effect can be observed on the
Limiter screen until a value is reached when L.F. response
C5 R4 E.450 suffers and outlining haloes appear at the right-hand
V2 edges of images. A value slightly less than this is the
c7 correct value. In the author's receiver it was 0.0035
pF, but this value was probably rather higher than
P7.a normal due to a long video lead to the tube. This
3/142 long cable, though not good practice because of the
'/2w extra capacity introduced affecting H.F. response, is,
C6a, nevertheless, in order if it is possible by compensation
05pF to resolve the full bandwidth adequately. This is
paper
fortunate in large screen receivers because, as the
To CRT To Sync
tube diameter increases, the distance between tube
Cathode Sep

Fig. 2.-An alternative vision interference limiter

circuit.

its associated components designed to reject the

carrier (T.R.F.) or I.F. and harmonics (superhet).
The two chokes used for this purpose in the " Pye "
strip add up to about 5 mH., but rather more, some
200-300 mH., will be required in a superhet depending
on the intermediate frequency. The load resistor
(RI) must be as low as possible to maintain high -
frequency response, but high enough to ensure
reasonable detector efficiency. A value of 5.6 Ku
has been found a reasonable compromise although
lower values may be tried and possibly preferred 1)
some.

Video
The special EF55 valve has been tried in this
position (VI), but it was found the " Old Faithful "
EF50 when used with a high anode load resistor
was capable of fully modulating any normal tube
requiring something like 30 volts swing -and with
greater economy having regard to the higher current
requirements of the former valve. Inductance com-
pensation is used in the anode load to offset the
inevitable H.F. loss incurred by the high anode load.
Provided that none of the coils in the preceding
vision strip is peaked exactly to the resonant frequency
of the chokes Ch. 2 and Ch. 3, very little " ringing "
should be discernible. It should, perhaps, be explained
that " ringing " is visibly apparent by the outlining
of all details on the screen by a secondary image.
A damping resistor (R3) is to prevent the over -
resonance which would cause this effect. Additional
H.F. compensation is provided by the by-pass ,.on -
denser (C3) across the cathode bias resistor (R5).
The value of this condenser has a profound effect
on picture quality, being quite critical and varying
,,from one set to another due to the different stray
capacities associated with the video output lead and The finished receiver in a console cabinet,
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 June, 1954 PRAC I ICAL TELEVISION

socket and chassis and hence the

length of the video lead unavoid-
ably increases also. At all events,
the resolution of the 3 Mc/s bars
in the test pattern is the final
acid test.
Cathode modulation of the
C.R.T. is effected 'through a resis-
tance (R4) and associated by-pass
condenser (CS). If a C.R.T. with
a tetrode gun the D.C.
is used,
voltage applied to the cathode is
nearly halved by R26 so that the
.voltage of the first anode may be
reasonably low to maintain the re-
quired difference of about 250 volts.
If a triode gun C.R.T. is used R26
is not necessary and need not be
fitted. The feed circuit R4/C5
possesses a long time -constant.
This is an arrangement which is
finding increasing favour among Vision sound strips and power pack. Front left : Sound receiver with main
Front right : Power pack. Rear : Pye
manufacturers now because mod- H.T. smoothing components. vision strip.
erate changes in D.C. level of the
picture, such as those sometimes experienced when causing the beam current to rise, the voltage across
going from one camera to another or picture - flutter " R4 increases proportionately. This increase of
due to aircraft, are greatly reduced by this simple voltage across R4 biases the tube back.
arrangement. When a change of D.C. level occurs (To be continued.)

CONDENSERS R33, 34=45.05W

(All condensers have a working voltage rating of R35-611 variable pot. centre tapped**
350 volts unless otherwise stated.) R36, 41, 45-I variable potentiometers
R37-33 !".!
Cl, C2-5 pF mica R39-5 k ae variable R48-100 k « 1W
C3-See text R47-1 M ci I W R50-200 1 W
C4-32 pF electrolytic
C5, 6, 7, 13, 22, 23, 28-0.1 pE. TRANSFORNIERS AND CHOKES
C8-16 pF electrolytic TI-Plessey line output transformer Type S1.7.
C9-200 pF mica Part No. CP.72036,2 or CP.72036 complete
C10-0.5rF with width inductance.
C11, 26-0.005 pF mica - LI /L2 and Fl F2-Deflector coils, low impedance
C12. 18, 31, 35-0.002 pE mica line and frame to match above.
C14-300' pF mica (Both the above manufacturers' surplus items
c15_0,001 pE 12.5 kV (see text) available as a set together with focus coil from
C16, 24- - 1000 pF electroly tics, 6v (can insulated)** Radio Clearance, Ltd., Tottenham Court Road.
C17, 30. 32-0.05 pF W.I.)
C19-0.01 rF T2-Multi-ratio frame output transformer (manu-
C20-100 4* electrolytic, surge limiting TV type facturers' surplus available from Laskvs Radio.
C21-648 pF electrolytic, surge limiting TV type Harrow Road, W.9)
C25-100 pF electrolytic, 50 v. T3-TV type auto -transformer. input 200 to 250
C27 -0.0I5 (0.01 plus 0.005 'F) volts A.C. overwound to 300 volts at 250 mA.
C29-500 pF mica Heater windings 6.3 volts 8 amps. 5 volts 3 amps.
C33, 34-0.01 pF, 500 v. (Obtainable from Premier Radio, Ltd., Edgware
C36-16 pi,- electrolytic Road, W.2(
T4-Small heater transformer to suit C.R.T.
(e.g., 6.3 volts at minimum of 0.3 amp. for
RESISTORS MW 31/16)
(Ail resistors A watt rating unless otherwise stated.) Ch.la, Ch. 1 b- See text
RI. 38-5.6 k 1214, 15, 25, 27, 43, 44- Ch.2, Ch.3-Universal video peaking chokes. Made
R2-8.2 k 2W 100 k!, by Denco
R3, 30. 49-22 k RI6-220 f! 2W Ch.4-3 to 5 henry 250 mA smoothing choke.
R4-220 k !.! R17-100 ri variable 3W 50 ohms D.C. resistance
R5-270 fr R18-I k variable 3W
R6, 40, 42 -470 k R19--5 ku IOW MISCELLANEOUS
R7- 100 k L. variable R20, 28-50 k ff variable El. F2-2 amp. fuse V6-- ---6SN7CT
R8-27 k R22-6.8 k u IOW F3-750 mA fuse V7 ---EI.33
R9-500 !! 2W R23, 2.2 k-2.2 k!! V I. 3-EF50 V8-5U4G
RIO, 32. 51-I N1!) R24-10 variable pot. V2-EA50 W--S.T.C. rectifier
RI I-- -10 k!) I AW centre tapped** V4 -EL38 K3 25 or similar
RI2-15 R26 --270 k V5-EY51 or SI:61
RI3. 21, 46-47 k R31-470 f! *See text. **May be omitted if desired.
 8 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954

Modifying the R3118 and the ZCS931

CONVERSION DETAILS FOR A POWERFUL SOUND AND VISION RECEIVER
By B. L. Morley
(concluded _from page 554, May issue)
MODIFICATIONS to the vision stages are very while to replace the screened wire with a short section
simple. They are as follows : of coaxial cable.
V5.-Take two brown wires from pin This completes the vision section. (Fig. 6.)
7 and connect together, clear of the valve. Remove
the 0.1 liF from pin 7 to earth and short circuit pin Cathode Modulation
7 to earth. The circuit arrangements just described are quite
V6 and 7.-No modifications required." suitable for the VCR97 or for a magnetic tube which
is connected to a timebase via a cathode follower
Contrast Control and uses grid modulation. Where cathode modulation
This should be fitted on the front panel as given is desired, then the video valve output must be
previously ; the brown wire previously wired to the altered in accordance with Fig. 5b, while if direct
centre of the "Gain " socket should be connected to connection to the grid of the picture tube is desired,
the centre tag of the control and the other tag should then Fig. 5a circuit can be used.
be connected to earth. Make certain to reconnect Note that the detector is connected for grid
the 50 1tF condenser. modulation ; if cathode modulation is to be used
the detector valve must have its anode and cathode
Detector V8 reversed, and the bias resistor of V9 must be increased
This valve was originally used for pulse input to 22012.
controlling the suppressor grid of V9.
To modify it disconnect the wire from L8 to the The Sound Section
grid of V9 and connect it to the cathode of V8. Dis- This section requires a little more work than the
connect the cathode of V8 from earth. The connection vision stages.
of L8 to the cathode of the diode is most easily VIO. This becomes the first sound I.F. As the
arranged by disconnecting the grid V9 wire from the frequency is 9.5 Mc/s the tuning of the coils must be
top right-hand tag by the coil, and running a wire is carried out simply by connecting an
from this point through a spare hole in the base 0-30 pF postage stamp trimmer across each I.F. coil.
of the screening can to the cathode of V8.
Wind the filter coil as per the data. The hole which is spare in L9 can is enlarged to
Remove the 47012 and 470 K.12 resistances from take kin. diameter coaxial. A similar hole in can
pin 7 of V9 and drill a hole in the chassis by the L5 is also enlarged. A short section of coaxial cable
side of pin 7. Fit a small grommet in the hole and is now run between the two cans.
run a short piece of flex from the pin to grid of the Put 2 turns of approximately 22 swg enamelled
valve. Fit a 4.7 K9 from pin 7 to earth and connect wire on top of the coil in 15 and earth one end.
the filter coil from pin 7 to the anode of the detector, Take the other end to the centre conductor of the
and at this point connect a 15 pF condenser to earth. coaxial cable and earth the outer of the cable. Do
exactly the same thing in can L9.
Video Valve The trimmer can be mounted on the upright metal
Earth the suppressor grid (pin 5) of the valve ; strip which holds the can itself and it should be so
remove the 1009 cathode resistor and fit 4712 in lieu.
vvVOISIV
(A value between 47.12 and 6812 is suitable.) 3.3kT) H T+
Connect an 8 ,uF condenser from the screened hv
grid of V9 to earth. The condenser can be mounted
on a clip on the side of the chassis. (A condenser 4701 Iw
of the Drilytic type is most suitable.)
Remove the small resistor panel from L9 can and Grid
CRT
mount it at the end of the resistor panel containing
the 4.7 K2 resistors underneath the chassis. The
little panel should be fitted at right angles to the Video To CRT
existing panel. valve cathode
Wire up the panel by taking the red wire previously
running through the bottom of L9 can to the junction
of the K12 resistor and the 0.002 tiF condenser,'
1

and the yellow wire to the screened grid of V9 and 47n)

the other side of the 1 KI1 resistor. Wire,from the
10 KE2 resistor to the anode of the video valve and H.T.- HT-
connect the other side of the 0.002 pF to earth. =4--
Wire the existing screened cable previously going (-1 Sync.
to the " Pulse Input " socket so that one end is (a) Grid modulation (h) Cathode modulation
Magnetic CRT Magnetic CRT
connected directly to the anode of the video valve Note: L can be 3Mc/s boost choke as used in''Viewmaster-
and the other end to the video output socket. ,

If a magnetic tube is being used, then it is worth Fig. 5.-Alternative methods of feeding the tube.
 4.7xo 4.7xn l.n
YwKn

470
,)

071(n
1470
.0021
-VE
TO OUTPUT
MIXER
500 1pF
570 pr.

7.1

-4

XX
r-
+VE
='00?x OUTPUT
500 co 5:
pF pp 100pF

*002 .01 2.2

PF pF Kt)
.1/.4 T
carILJa
vs
EyX 100
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LOOPF To l-,XZILVI
U 100K11-
GAIN .ftxPp,x
0/pF x
PULSE INPUT
0
?2M0

Fig. 4.-Circuit of the I.F. section of the R3118. As mentioned in last month's issue, the point marked " Pulse Input " should be replaced by a standard
Pye aerial socket and then becomes the video output point. The valves are referenced from the left, starting at VS. thus continuing the sequence from Fig. 1
of last month's article.
 10 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
arranged that the trimmer can be adjusted when the The cathode of the valve should now be decoupled
can is on. with a 0.01 it& condenser.
The 2.2 Kr/ resistor should be removed from
across the coil. Detector and Noise Limiter
Remove the 100 pF from the cathode of V14 ;
2nd Sound I.F. strap the cathode of V14 to that of VII, and connect
Take out the bottom 10 KO resistor on the panel a 35 pF condenser between the cathodes and earth.
in can L10 and fit the trimmer. Disconnect the white Disconnect the 2.2 MD from the top of LI I can and
wire ; remove the 10 K.f.? resistor from the cap of fit 500 pF in lieu. This 500 pF is one removed from
V12 and short circuit the tags on the cap. Change lower down the small tag strip. It is mounted as
the cap lead to the top tag of coil L10. in the previous can.
Now take two yellow wires from tag 4 and insert Remove the 10 pF from inside LI I can and recover
a 10 KO. resistor between the.yellow wire and tag 4. the 100 pF and 4.7 Kf2 from the strip by V11. Run

HT÷
470 471(1) 470 4.71(0 47 4.71(1) 470 4.71(1)

/001(1)
4.71(1) 4.7K11 47K0
002
/On) OK /On
Kn Ka
500 500 SOO
70 VISION
270 pF OF 271) pF OUTPUT
VS V6 V7 V8 SOCKET
SP6I V9
SP61 SP6I E450/ `SPIN
To
CATHODE
OF MIXER
4-
(V3)

X
4.71(1)
63V
500 I5pF X FiL.
PF /00

7.0/pF

H 7
471) 47711) 4711
4701(0 2.21(1)
4.71(0
5 TO. L,S,
8 OUTPUT
SOCKET

6V6.

6.3V
47Q0 14700 FleS.

Figs. 6 and 7.-The vision and sound sections.

 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 11

a wire from can LII to the anode of VII and fit the Connect a 100 K!) resistor on the component
4.7 KO between the cathode of VII and earth. strip by the magic eye and remove the other resistors.
Reference to Fig. 7 should make the matter clear. This resistor now becomes the grid stopper for the
Remove the 100 KD resistor and connect the 6V6. The other side of the grid stopper goes to the
anode of VI4 to the 2.2 MD resistor in LII can and slider of the volume control.
The green wire on the magic eye is used for the
cathode of the 6V6 and underneath the chassis it is
V/2 Vll v9 diverted to the positive side of the 100 fiF condenser.
0 Smoothir.11 Two 4700 resistors are connected across the tags
'condensers of this condenser.
The output transformer is fixed underneath the
L// LIO L9 long metal strip, towards the front end of the chassis,
L8 0 upside-down. It is wired as shown in Fig. 7 and one
V8 side of the output is earthed, while the other side
is taken to the Pyc output socket. (One side of the
0
V/3 V/3
0 0
V16
Pye socket must also be earthed, of course.)
This completes the modifications. Fig. 8 shows
L7 0V7 the layout at the top of the chassis.
The wiring should now he checked before checking
17-3n;forrner
the alignment.
L6 0
V6 Alignment
Connect phones or a loudspeaker with its output
transformer to the video output socket, via a con-
LS 0
VS
denser of about 0.1 pF.
Connect an aerial to the aerial socket and insert
the mains plug : switch on and allow the set to warm
up. Set the contrast to maximum.
V? V4 The vision signal should now be tuned M. If the
tests given previously have been made there should
0 V3 0 be no difficulty in getting the signal. The vision
signal sounds like a mixture of rough hum and
motor -boating.
Note the position- of the trimmers and now tune in
the sound signal and again note the position -of the
trimmers.
Fig. 8.-Chassis layout. The loudspeaker (without transformer) should
take the other side of the resistor to H.T. positive now be connected to the loudspeaker output socket
line. and the oscillator should be swung until the sound
Disconnect the red wire running between cans signal is heard. Adjust the trimmers to maximum
LII and LIO and divert it to the anode of VI2. volume, and note the position of the oscillator.
Now reset the oscillator for the vision signal and
First Audio retrim the sound I.F.s.
Remove the 2.2 K.Q cathode resistor from VI3 Gradually work the oscillator from sound position
and replace it with one of 680 ohms. Fit a 25 pF to the position obtained for vision and \Shen the
25 volt wkg between the cathode and earth and two readings approach each other go back to the
discOnnect the lead going to the 100 pF condenser. vision stages.
Insert a 470 K9 resistor in the anode circuit of the Once again adjust all tuners to maximum vision
valve and disconnect the I pF paper type condenser
in its place insert an 0.05 pF mounted on the side
of the chassis. HT -1- ?SOL.*
Wire the volume control as shown in F:g. 7. 50 mA

Sound Output
The magic eye should have been removed and the 10 H.
holder is now wired for a 6V6. The red wire is the
heater common and the black wire is the earth. 4C
The yellow wire goes via the switch operated by open-
ing the tuning panel and the switch should either be 0 T
removed- or the contacts short circuited. This wire k350,
now becomes the H.T. positive feed for the 6V6 and
should be connected to pin 4.

VOLTAGE READINGS AT TEST PANEL

VI 1
.5 V6 ... 1.5 VIO ... 1.5
I. . 1.2 VI2 ... 3.0
I I I.25 VI3 ... 4.0
V5 ... 1.8 VI5 ... 20.0
Fig. 9.-Circuit of a suitable mains unit.
 12 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
signal and then adjust the oscillator until the connecting the 2.2 KQ damping resistors from the
" volume " of the vision signal is reduced by half. vision 1.F. coils.
Note the position of the oscillator. Now go back
to the sound channel and adjust the oscillator for Increasing the quality
maximum sound and finally adjust the sound I.F.s The band -width of the vision I.F. stages should be
for maximum sOund. ample to provide a signal of good quality. If quality
The position should now be reached where the is poor, then the vision I.F. coils can be retuned. It
vision signal is correctly positioned and has plenty should not be normally necessary to do this, but if it
of " volume " and the sound has plenty of volume. is attempted, then the work should be done on Test
Final adjustments to vision and sound are best Card C so that the result of the operations can be r
done when Test Card C is being radiated. observed.

Power Pack Test Voltages

One useful feature of the unit is that a small test
In the case of the ZC unit a power pack will be panel is provided so that valve voltage readings can
necessary ; this need not be elaborate and a sug- be checked. A list of those obtained with the
gested scheme is given in Fig. 9. prototype is appended.
Instability Pre -Amps
If difficulty with regeneration is experienced then In the remote areas a pre -amplifier can be used
further decoupling can be added by connecting a and circuits for such pre -amps have been given from
500 pF condenser across each 50 pF decoupling con- time to time in the pages of this journal.
denser. Note that any pre -amp used must be equipped with
its own power supply. Thz existing power supply of
Increasing the Gain the unit is already worked to the limit by using the
An increase in gain can be obtained by dis- 6V6 valve.

BBC Station and Studio News

North Hessary Tor to comply with the BBC's specification of structural
FOLLOWING the Public Enquiry at Exeter in requirements, will have a height of 640ft. It will be
September, 1953, the Minister of Housing 'of lattice steel construction, tapering from 120ft.
and Local Government on January 25, 1954, gave square at the base to 9ft. 6in. square at the 440ft.
his formal planning permission for the erection of a level. Between 440ft. and 600ft. the tower will have
BBC television station on North Hessary Tor, subject parallel faces 9ft. 6in. across ; on this portion will
to agreement between the BBC and the Devon be mounted eight stacks of Ibur dipoles forming
County Council as to the exact position of the the Band I transmitting aerial. Above this there
building and mast. Agreement has been reached on will be a topmast 40ft. high and 2ft. 6in. square.
this point. It is, however, alleged that there are Provision is made at the 440ft. level for the installa-
commoners' rights affecting North Hessary Tor, of tion of dish -type receiving aerials for picking up
which the present owners of the land have no records. outside broadcast transmissions. There will be a
The legal processes involved in disproving the hoist between this level and the ground.
existence of these commoners' rights or alternatively The tower will be equipped with aircraft warning
of extinguishing any commoners' rights which may lights to comply with the requirements of the Ministry
exist on the very small amount of land which the of Transport and Civil Aviation.
BBC would need to enclose may take several months It is expected that the main structure of the tower
and may still further delay the television service will be completed by the autumn of 1955.
for Devon and Cornwall. In the meanwhile the
BBC is taking all possible steps towards the provision New Studio Equipment
of the transmitters so that any delay may be mini- Contracts have been placed with Marconi's
mised. Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Electric and Musical
Industries Ltd., and Pye Ltd., for new television
The Meldrum Station cameras, picture monitors and other equipment for
A contract for building work at the new medium - studio use.
power television transmitting station for North-East The Marconi contract covers the provision of
Scotland, at Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, has been 16 cameras using the 41Ain. Image Orthicon pick-up
placed with Alexander Hall & Son (Builders) Ltd., tube developed for studio use, the associated camera
of Aberdeen. channel apparatus, six vision mixing and pre -view
The contract covers the provision of the main switching equipments, distribution amplifiers and
station building, the drainage system, service roads, waveform generators.
and fencing. The Marconi Image Orthicon Cameras are of the
same type which will be used with the four BBC
Crystal Palace Station Television Outside Broadcast Vehicles now under
A contract has been placed with British Insulated construction at Marconi's Chelmsford Works.
Callender's Construction Co., Ltd., for the design, The Pye contract covers the provision of 62 picture
supply and erection of a self-supporting tower to monitors.
carry the aerials for the new London Television This equipment will be used to re -equip some of the
Transmitting Station at Crystal Palace. existing television studios and to extend studio
This new tower, which will be designed and built facilities in the London area.
 June: 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 13

Six
--,-40AWAjr.;

CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF AN EASILY BUILT INSTRUMENT SUITABLE

FOR ALIGNING TELEVISION RECEIVERS By S. C. Murison
(Concluded front page 546, Mai' issue.)

THE potentiometer now has a 360 degree travel. exclusively for this work, a simple unit on the lines of
During 170 degrees of this the resistance be- Fig. 5 makes a convenient solution without undue
tween the wiper and one of the track ends expense. The simple Y-axis amplifier can receive its
varies linearly. During the remaining 190 degrees the heater and H.T. supplies from the wobbulator via a
wiper to track end resistance is constant except for a plug and socket. The same plug and socket can carry
momentary open -circuit at the point where the wiper the X-axis sweep voltage.. It is not recommended
leaves the end of the foil. that the same cable be used for the mains supply
to the monitor unit. A multi -core cable for this
Construction purpose can be seen on some of the illustrations.
It should be noted that the Y-axis amplifier used
The form which the instrument takes need not he to display the output of the receiver need not have
the same as that shown in the photographs. Changes a good high -frequency response. Providing that
must not be made to the layout of the oscillator, enough gain at 20 to 30 cis is available to allow a
however, unless the constructor has facilities to ensurereasonable vertical deflection to be obtained, there
that the performance is not impaired by the changes. are no complicated requirements for this amplifier.
The layout of the parts in the oscillator can be seen
from the photographs. A single earthing point is used Setting -up
at the side of the valve -holder away from C3. The
earthing wire from the rotor of C3 should not be When the instrument is fully wired, a check to make
forgotten in wiring up. sure that it is oscillating should be made. At this
Fig. 4 gives details -of the brackets used on the stage its output frequency will probably be unknown
original. No tools beyond a hack -saw, a hammer, a and consequently the easiest way is to short-circuit
vice and a drill need he used in making the brackets. C3, while watching the glow in V2. With RV I fully
Aluminium sheet of It) s.w.g. was used for the clockwise, short-circuiting C3 results in the glow in
originals. The side flanges on each bracket are present V2 dimming.
to improve their rigidity and should not be omitted. The first step in the setting -up process is to make the
It is recommended that two flexible couplers in tan- left-hand end of the trace correspond to the low-.
dem be used to couple the shaft of C3 to that or R V2. frequency end of the wobble. Disconnect one side
This makes their alignment very little trouble. of the mains going to the motor and tape it or other-
The only connection to the wavemeter is made by a wise render it harmless. Slacken off the grub screws
3in. length of coaxial cable, which is soldered -to the
wavemeter before it is fastened in 'place, because it
is not accessible afterwards. The screw used to
secure the wavemetdr coil to the front panel should be
no longer than is necessary to hold the coil firmly. T
Too great a length of screw projecting into the coil 22
can damp it and by so doing will broaden the appear-
ance of the frequency marker. An ideal solution
is to stick the former to the panel with a really good
adhesive.
If the same oscilloscope is to be used all the time
with the wobbulator, it may not be necessary to build
a power pack into the wobbulator. It may be possible
to arrange a plug and socket arrangement for the
power supply to -the internal timebase, so that when
the wobbulator is used it uses the power which is
normally -fed to the timebase. If this course.is adopted,
it is safer to leave L3. C8 and C9 on the wobbulator.
O
This improves the decoupling and minimises any
tendency for feedback from the oscilloscope to the
wobbulator. The requirements of the wobb'ulator
0 0 1
are 6.3 volts at 0.75 amps and 300 volts at 12 mA.
If a great deal of alignment is to be undertaken and
the user does not wish to tie up an oscilloscope Fig. 4.-Details of the mounting brackets.
 14 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
in the couplers between C3 and RV2. Connect the increase the spacing between the turns of LI until
wobbulator to the oscilloscope and connect both to it can tune to 70 Mc/s. When this has been done,
mains. By hand, turn the shaft of RV2 until the spot paint the turns of LI with coil dope. Mark the pointer
is fully to the left of the screen. Now turn C3 to its position corresponding to 70 Mc/s.
maximum capacitance position, and then turn it Tune the signal generator to 65 Mc/s, adjusting
five degrees towards minimum capacitance in the the core of L2 and the setting of C2, if necessary,
same direction as the motor will turn it. Tighten to keep the beat pattern on the screen. Tune the
up the grub screws on the couplers without disturb- wavemeter to coincide with the new position of the
ing the relative positions of C3 and RV2 shafts. The beat pattern. Mark the pointer position for 65 Mc/s.
motor lead should now be connected. ft should be This process is continued down to and including
noted that the method given above will only work 40 Mc/s.
when there is a direct connection from the wiper of It is a matter of personal preference how many
RV2 to the XI plate. Even if it is not intended to use points on the calibration of the wavemeter should be
the wobbulator with such a connection, it should be permanently marked. Probably the best method is
employed for setting -up purposes. to calibrate every 5 Mc/s point in one colour and to
The next step is to calibrate the wavemeter. mark the extremities of each television channel in
Although easier methods may suggest themselves, another colour. It is worth taking pains in the calibra-
the method which follows is recommended because of tion of the wavemeter, for it will be used throughout
the accuracy which is possible with it. A detector of the life of the wobbulator as a reference to frequency,
some kind is necessary. The simple circuit given in not only in making measurements on receivers but
Fig. 6(a) is very suitable. A signal generator covering also in changing the wobbulator from one channel to
40 to 70 Mc/s is necessary. The only important thing another.
required of this generator is good frequency cali- When the wavemeter has been calibrated, it only
bration. If a constructor does not have one of his remains to adjust C2 and L2 for the desired channel.
own, he should be able to borrow one by virtue of the To do this a detector is still necessary, but the signal
happy relationship which always seems to exist generator is not. As a detector either the arrangement
between service mechanics and constructors. of Fig. 6(a) may be used, or the wobbulator output
Using the arrangement of Fig. 5, tune the signal cable may be fed into the aerial socket of a receiver
generator to 70 Mc/s. Set Cl to maximum ' tuned to the desired channel. If the latter method is
capacitance. Reduce the value of C2 and unscrew used, the Y-axis of the oscilloscope should be fed
the core of L2 until a pattern like that of Fig. 6(b) from the anode of the video amplifier valve. The
appears on the screen. This pattern is produced by actual procedure is the same whether C2 and L2 are
a beat between the .evobbulator and the signal being set-up for the first time or whether a change
generator. Now tune CI until tilt frequency marker of channel is being made.
coincides with crest'of the beat pattern. If the wave - Set C2 to minimum capacitance. With the
meter cannot be tuned high enough in frequency, gently wavemeter set to the highest frequency
Sweep voltage
required for the desired channel, adjust the
core of L2 until the frequency marker
HI+ 300 v
appears on the right-hand side of the trace.
Now tune the wavemeter to the lowest re-
quired frequency and adjust C2 to bring the
470 frequency marker to the left-hand side of
To KO the trace. Re -tune the wavemeter to the
receiver highest frequency and readjust the core of
on test
L2, if necessary, to bring the frequency
marker to the right-hand side of the trace.
Return to the lowest frequency of the
channel and check the setting of C2.
Repeat this process until the ends of the
VCR A
/39A 4t
A

50
/(0

i33
Kr)
Brightening /50
pulse KO VU/20A
2.2 MO /00
5.-Circuit for a suitable
tube control arrangement. AA
A.C.
Mains
 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 15

Signal Generator Usually it is only necessary to adjust L2 twice

output and C3 three times, if one starts from scratch without
any.idea of where they should he set. After a little
experience it is possible to set them up practically
without reference to the wavemeter-although they
7b should always be checked by it, of course.
Oscilloscope If the wobbulator is to be moved about in cars and
,O K0
WAWA vans, it is worthwhile to slip a thin strip of rubber
too between the core of L2 and the threads in the bore of
Wobbulator the former. This prevents the core being moved by
Output vibration, yet leaves it free enough for changing the
Germanium /00 KO
diode channel.

Modifications
(a)
The instrument as described is well suited to rapid
alignment on a chosen channel. Any proposed
modification should be well considered. It is not
wise to make any change to the circuit of VI unless
the constructor is prepared to embark on a long
series of measurements to check the constancy of
output voltage over the band. It may be felt that the
unused half of VI is a waste : but any proposed
alternative should be carefully checked to ensure its
Frequency freedom from microphonic effects.
marker (b) The more ambitious constructor may care to devise
Fig. 6.-A suitable simple circuit for a detector. a method of panel control for C2 and the core of 12.
Providing that no pieces of metal which may be
horizontal trace correspond to the desired frequency resonant in the band 40 to 70 Mc's are involved, this
limits required. would be a slight advantage.

Laboratories, Wembley, to be checked. Photographs

Mobile TV Laboratory on of Dutch and Wembley waveforms were compared.
Measurements were made of the signal/noise
the Continent ratio in various towns, an important factor in design-
ing receivers for general use in a given area. In the
TN order to extend its information regarding
television reception abroad. The General Electric course of the expedition, the van was also taken into
Co. Ltd. has carried out a -series of field tests on the a part of Holland in which Dutch and German
Continent. A mobile laboratory, manned by a team transmissions overlapped ; this enabled the team to
drawn jointly from the G.E.C. Research Laboratories study the degree of protection obtained with the
at Wembley and the G.E.C. Radio Works Develop- tuning stages of the G.E.C. test receivers, which
ment Laboratory at Coventry, has spent several proved to be extremely high. Furthermore, additional
weeks on the Continent testing receiver chassis information was obtained on the reception conditions
developed for use on European transmitting systems. prevailing on the 200 MO band used in Germany.
Valuable information has been gained on TV. The expedition followed naturally on a series of
reception generally, which will be particularly useful field tests which have been made throughout Great
in the design of G.E.C. export receivers. Britain during recent years.
Since the European transmitting sta-
tions use negative modulation and 625
lines, while their sound is frequency -
modulated instead of amplitude modu-
lated, their system is basically different
from that used in this country : reception
conditions are accordingly quite differ-
ent, and the information required could
only be obtained by field tests on the
spot. For example, the use of negative
modulation renders Continental synchro-
nising systems much more susceptible to
interference, and to obtain the same
quality of reception as is achieved on
the British system a much more com-
plicated receiver is needed. Again, since
the sound on Continental TV is
frequency -modulated, inter -carrier sys-
tems can he used, and information on
these was also obtained.
In addition, the results obtained
enabled the performance of the closed
line transmitter at the Research The C.E.C. mobile laboratory out on tield tests near Eindhoven.
 16 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954

FAULT SYMPTOMS
THE CAUSES OF COMMON FAULTS, AND METHODS OF
CORRECTION By Gordon J. King, A.M.I.P.R.E.
Continued from page 549, May issue)

THIS in itself, however, represents a form of the remote chance that, although the frame timebase
interlace checking aid, particularly when is being " fired " at the precise moment each frame
such a condition is compared with a non - to create evenly spaced flyback lines, something
interlaced picture clearly revealing the total inertness unusual may be happening to impair raster interlace.
of the line structure and the comparatively wide As compared with a good interlace condition at
and empty spaces between. To provide a comparison Fig. 48(a), the diagram at (b) illustrates how the
it is easy to achieve a non -interlace by adjusting flyback lines generally resolve when the interlace is not
the framehold control just off lock so that the so good or when it is not occurring at all.
picture slips very slowly downwards.
Incidentally it should be noted that the illustra- Faults in a Receiver Which May Affect Interlace
tion given last month and marked Fig. 45 actually When it is realised that a successful interlace can
consists of three illustrations, the centre one being occur only when the start of a frame scan coincides
46 and the lower one 47. with the start of a line scan every other frame only,
Another method is by following the apparent line we can clearly understand why a slight disturbance
movement with the eyes, and, after a little practice, in the frame generator or synchronising circuits
as the eyes scan the screen vertically it is possible is liable severely to impair the interlace performance.
momentarily to resolve just a single frame of a picture lf, for instance, the scans start together at every scan
to obtain a comparative mental impression of non - they follow the same path and no interlace exists ;
interlace. Should it seem impossible to obtain a and it is interesting to note that to do this the frame
fleeting glimpse of a separate frame by this method, generator has to be " pulled " only half a line every
however, the indication may be that interlace is not other frame. As a ratio this works out to something
occurring, or it may mean that the requisite art of like 50 microseconds in 20 milliseconds, or one part
moving the eyes at the correct speed in a fixed plane in 400. It has been proved, however, that a minute
has not yet been acquired ; practice on a number of disturbance in the frame circuits of one part in 2,000
receivers is generally desirable before making a will impair the interlace to a noticeable degree,
definite statement in this respect ! To assist, how- probably resulting in something like a 40-60 interlace.
ever, the use of a pencil or finger can be employed to About the largest normal disturbance generated in
trace the line movement mechanically-the eyes, of a television receiver is during the line flyback when,
course, then following the movement of the pencil, as we have already seen, a high potential pulse is
while at the same time scanning the screen. Practice developed across the line output transformer and
is necessary to determine the optimum speed of associated inductors. In a large number of cases a
pencil movement. poor interlace is the result of this pulse gaining
Examining the frame flyback lines is another admittance, by some means or other, to the frame
method frequently adopted. Fig. 48(a) reveals how timebase sections to " fire " the generator either
the flyback lines are generally formed when the slightly before or after the " firing " time necessary for
brightness control is advanced beyond its desirable a perfect interlace.
setting (this, of course, is assuming that no flyback In this respect the cause can generally be traced to
suppression device is embodied in the receiver ; this an undesirable coupling existing between the line
will be considered later). The two vertical columns timebase and frame generator. This may be due to a
of short horizontal lines (the two horizontally defective' component in the sync separator, interlace
adjacent short lines tend to resolve into a complete filter (if such a device is incorporated), or in the
line if the brightness control is advanced too far) are frame generator circuit itself-sometimes poor insula-
those in which we are mainly interested for this test. tion in the frame blocking oscillator transformer
The actual number of lines is of no consequence, since provokes the symptom, although the frame timebase
the number is a function of the speed of the frame may be functioning quite normally otherwise.
flyback and will vary from receiver
to receiver.
We are interested in the spacing
between the short lines of one of
the columns ; it does not matter
which column is considered. When
the spacing is even-taking into
consideration, of course, the fact
that the space tends to diminish
towards the top of the screen,
anyway-it indicates 99 times out
of a 100 that interlace is taking
place. The 1 per cent, possibility (a) A possible interlace (13) A definite non -interlace
that interlace is not occurring
under these conditions embraces Fig. 48.-The formation of flyback lines, showing possible and non -interlace.
 June, 194 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 17

It is also most important to ensure that no screen- embodied in a single valve unit. The ECL80-
ing has been removed from the line timebase and triode pentode-and the B36-double triode-are
that no associated interconnecting wire has inadver- typical valves in this category often employed in
tently been moved near the vision detector, video frame timebase circuits. Killing the H.T. supply by
amplifier, synchronising circuits or frame generator. disconnecting a resistor in the anode lead is about
Sometimes it happens that the line pulses are not the easiest way of tackling the problem in these
sufficiently isolated from the frame generator by the cases.
sync separator, and due to this possible leakage path Before leaving the symptoms of poor interlacing,
arrive at the frame generator in a roundabout way. it may be instructive to consider two such problems
Modern receivers, unless a fault is modifying their presented to the writer in recent months. One of the
performance, are less prone to this kind of trouble, receivers was a Decca Projection Model 121. This
since, generally, an efficient interlace filter acts, apart set employs an amplifier stage solely for the sync
from its normal function, as a satisfactory " buffer " pulses, the actual separation being performed by a
between the line timebase and the frame generator. diode circuit. The sync pulses from the diode are,
It has been known for therefore, directly applied to the control grid of the
HT Line line pulses-due to the sync amplifier valve, and the amplified pulses in
5/K0 correct phase appear in the anode circuit. The circuit
flyback-to get mixed up
in the H.T. circuits, often at Fig. 49 shows the relevant details, in which it will
To
Frame as the result of poor also be seen that a variable resistor is included in the
From
chock
decoupling, and follow- cathode circuit to control the gain of the stage.
sync.
05pF
ing a most unorthodox The complaint was poor interlacing, coupled with
a critical line hold. Usually on this model an optimum
1.5pF
interlacing point can be found on the sync gain con-
To
trol. In this case, however, the control had very
400 Line little effect, and being a projection receiver the fault
9en. condition of non -interlace was clearly revealed on the
Fig. 49.-The sync ampli- large screen. General circuit analysis soon established
tier stage of the Decca that the 50 /iF cathode by-pass electrolytic capacitor
Projection Model 121.
had lost most of its value. Incidentally, it is always a
good point to make an immediate test on any electro-
lytic capacitor that may form a part of the circuit
under suspicion-they have a bad habit of drying up
and changing from a capacitor to a resistor.
route find their way to There are cases when an associated valve develops
the critical frame cir- some obscure fault that, although the general function
cuits. If poor interlacing of the circuit remains unaffected, tends to disturb
SOpF
is suspected to be due to the interlace performance. This makes it desirable,
Sync.
this cause a lot of time therefore, particularly if a receiver suddenly develops
Gain
is saved by working the the symptom of poor interlacing without any unusual
Chassis frame generator from a accompanying symptom, to try substituting the frame
separate power source as a test. If then interlacing generator and sync separator valves with others
is not restored the fault must obviously lie elsewhere. known to be well up to standard before anything
A pair of high resistance headphones can prove more serious is contemplated.
most useful as an indicator 14.T Line
for tracing line pulse leakage.
They should be used connected
in series with suitably rated
isolating capacitors, and one
terminal can be connected to Frame osc
the receiver chassis and the transformer
other employed as a wander -
lead, allowing quick connection See text Frame 470
Gen Kn
to parts of the frame circuit. EF9/
Line pulses in the frame genera-
tor will, of course, be heard
in the phones as a high-pitched 111;
whistle. Frame
To make this test success- 4mp
fully it is first desirable to stop
the frame generator: In certain 0660006
this can be done *t;;eorg,. mo
receivers
simply by removing the appro s C VvW
priate valve. - In other circuits, -/OK() 680K(1 2
however, care must be taken ,uF
owing to the possibility of the.
valve heaters being wired in .730
(1

series, or that two sections- Chassis

I.
one section only working as Fig. 50.-The frame nchronising section and frame blocking oscillator of
frame generator - may be the Ferguson 9411'.
 18 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
The circuit in Ferguson Model 941T tends to the tube may be O.K.- a valve heater, series resistor
suffer in such a way, and in an instance investigated or even a fuse may have " blown " to open the tube
by the writer care was demanded in selecting a new heater circuit.
replacement valve that gave a good interlace. Fig. 50 Where the tube heater is energised from a winding
illustrates the sync separator and the blocking oscil- on the mains transformer the possibility of a dry
lator section of this receiver. It was discovered that joint or poor soldering tag connection should always
by including' a Type W6 Westector rectifier across the be borne in mind, particularly where a soldering tag
frame sync feed resistor, as shown in dottectlines on the carrying heater current is secured in connection with
diagram, a much improved interlace performance the receiver chassis by means of a rivet or nut and
was achieved, and replacing associated valves was then bolt.A bad electrical contact has been known to
not such a critical process ; apart from this, frame exist between the tube base heater pin and the heater
lock was made much more solid and was less affected lead -out wire. A two minute job with a soldering
by sudden bursts of interference. iron focused on the appropriate pin on the tube base
saved the day, and a considerable expense. Remember,
No Raster (E.H.T. O.K.) then, even though an open circuit may be shown across
We have already considered ways and means of the heater pins on the tube base, do not discard the
checking E.H.T. and the line timebase circuits with tube before checking the soldered connections.
respect to a blank screen being caused by lack of
picture -tube final anode potential. Having established Check the Setting of the Ion -trap Magnet
that the missing raster is not due to this cause, Assuming, then, that the tube still possesses usefu
however, it is still a comparatively simple matter to life, the missing raster may be caused by the ion -
locate the precise cause and, generally speaking, trap magnet, on the neck of the tube, incorrectly
such a symptom represents one of the less complex positioned. This cause should be suspected if, for
faults to diagnose-so far as a direct viewing receiver instance, the raster disappeared during the time a
is concerned. receiver was being examined for another reason.
In the first place it is fairly obvious that, after Some ion -trap magnets are not securely locked to
having established the presence of E.H.T., we will the neck of the tube, and tend to shift easily if touched
observe the picture -tube in the vicinity of its neck to or inadvertently knocked while, perhaps, some other
ensure that the heater is emitting light and, we hope, adjustment is being performed within the set. This
electrons. Although we can see the heater glowing possibility is well worth bearing in mind if the
we can only assume, for the time being, that it is receiver embodies a tube with an ion -trap. An ion -
producing the desired quantity of electrons. It is trap magnet very rarely moves out of adjustment on
interesting to note, however, that from data gained its own accord, however, so the sudden disappearance
from observations made by the writer the chance that of a raster should not always be associated with this
the glowing heater is not emitting electrons in the cause.
correct way for screen illumination is very small At this point it may be instructive to consider the
indeed. correct way of adjusting the ion -trap magnet. We
So far as the picture -tube itself is concerned, some- will assume that the magnet is already on the neck of
thing may have happened to the fluorescent quality the tube with the arrow pointing towards the screen.
of the screen to cause our lack of raster. In practice The magnet should be carefully rotated until the
a fault of this nature very rarely-if ever-occurs. arrow is immediately over the line marked on the
Though it should be remembered that as a tube tube neck. On Mullard tubes this line is nearly always
wears the phosphors comprising the screen undergo in line with the position corresponding to pin number
a chemical change which tends to reduce their light three on the base.
emitting efficiency this effect may be hastened if As an initial adjustment the magnet should he
direct sunlight is allowed to fall on the tube face for moved along the neck of the tube until it is slightly
any length of time. This must be taken into account in advance of the tube base, and the following
when examining a set for a blank screen, but essen- adjustments must be performed while the receiver
tially, provided the raster died suddenly, whether is switched on, preferably during the transmission
during a period when the set was actually operating of the Test Card. With the brightness control set for
or whether the symptom was brought to notice when screen illumination of only just workable intensity
the receiver was switched on, it is safe to be definite the magnet should be moved gradually towards the
that the fluorescent screen is not responsible. screen until the focused raster is at maximum bright-
ness. During this operation care must be taken to
Check the Tube Heater Circuit keep the arrow marked on the magnet over the line
Sometimes, mainly for mechanical reasons, the on the neck of the tube. Without altering the position
tube " goes down to air." When this occurs, however, of the magnet readjust the brightness and contrast
the tube heater rapidly burns out-it being very controls to give a picture of correct contrast ratio.
rarely observed alight under these conditions. Finally, readjust the magnet along the tube axis
Furthermore, a white deposit is often seen clinging for optimum picture brightness, and by means of the
to the inside of the neck of the tube. picture centring adjustments on the focusing unit
With this reasoning in mind, therefore, we can ensure that the picture resolves in correct position
clearly see that there is little need to express concern on the screen. If it is found that the picture cannot
over the health of the picture -tube, even though no be centred correctly by this means it is in order to
trace of illumination is displayed on the screen and rotate the magnet slightly to assist in this respect.
yet E.H.T. is around in normal quantity ; this is, It is extremely important to ensure, however, that no
of course, provided the tube heater is glowing. loss in illumination results by this adjustment ; if
In certain cases there is still a degree of hope, even it is noticed that the illumination is impaired the
with the tube heater cold ! Where the valves and magnet MUST NOT be rotated.
tube heaters are connected in series, for instance ; (To be continued.)

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June, 1954
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"Euro-vision -An 8 -way Hook-up
SOME INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE INTER -CONTINENTAL RELAYS
DURING the Coronation celebrations last year 6th to July 4th. It will be seen that in addition to
the BBC made arrangements to provide those countries which participated in last year's relays
pictures of the ceremony to viewers on the there are now Switzerland, Italy and Denmark. The
Continent. As an extension of the idea, and profiting network will cover about 4,000 miles and will
by the experience gained during last year's relays, incorporate 44 transmitters and 80 relay stations
a more elaborate hook-up has been arranged and the as indicated on the map. Hamburg is now linked to
map below shows the vast linkage which has been
provided in order that eight countries may inter- Copenhagen via four relay stations situated on the
change programmes during the period from June intervening islands.

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The major problem in arranging this interchange a reality and to enable Nation to speak unto
of stations is the different systems which are used in Nation '-in the words of the BBC motto. Our
the various countries, an arrangement which it was unique conference of eight nations has brought this a
at one time thought would prevent a satisfactory little nearer."
link -up. However, as with many major problems a
simple way out was eventually found-consisting, TV in Italy
in effect, of merely placing a receiver in front of a
transmitting camera and, photographing the received in There are centres for the production of programmes
Turin, Milan and Rome and transmitters in Torino-
picture. Every one of the countries participating in
this hook-up Will be using some British equipment, Eremo, Milan-Torre del Parco, Monte Penice,
and it is stated that the total value of such equipment Portofino, Monte Serra, Monte Peglia, Rome-
will approach £2,000,000. This will include trans- Monte Mario, Florence and Monte Venda. The
mitters, cameras, studio apparatus, outside broadcast important dates for Italian TV are September of
units and vehicles, various radio links, one of which at 1949 when the first transmitter went up in Turin and
will include a relay station 10,000ft. up on the Jungfrau, the same time a studio and transmitter went up in
forming the link between Italy and Switzerland. In Milan. In March of 1950 a plan was presented to the
Minister of Communications (Post Master General
addition to the many items of equipment a large in England) for the organic distribution of the various
number of British radio engineers will also be
employed to instruct foreign technicians in the use transmitters and for a national network. In February
of the British equipment and in some cases will be of 1951 the national council of research asked that
Italy should adopt the European standard of 625
retained to carry out the actual relay work.
M. Jean d'Arcy, the Director of Television lines. In May of 1951 the TV and Radio services were
Programmes, R.T.F., said : " This is an experiment combined. In June of 4951 in Turin the first experi-
mental TV shows were given, and in October of 1951
with all kinds of technical and other difficulties to the
overcome, but it is the most ambitious undertaking sites.first direct transmissions were made on outside
In April of 1952 the first real studio was set up
yet in the history of television involving problems in Milan in the Radio Palace, with a complete trans-
not met in the U.S.A. It points the way to a permanent mitter, and a micro -wave link between Turin and
exchange, of television programmes in which Great Milan came into being. In August the direct connec-
Britain, through the BBC, and France, through tion of metric -waves between Milan and Turin took
the R.T.F., have been joint pioneers. place. In September of 1953 the connection between
" In spite of the problems of the commentaries in Milan and Rome was finished and Milan became the
different languages, television may be more likely centre of Italian TV. On October 3rd, 1953, the large
than sound radio to make international broadcasting TV studio in Rome was finished.

Ghost Images highest part of the roof will enable an aerial view to
be obtained. Note the direction and distance of any
likely cause of reflections and rotate the aerial so
ELIMINATING REFLECTED SIGNALS that it " points " well away from it. Do not worry
By S. Edmunds, A.tv1.T S. about the direction of the transmitter at this stage.
In addition to orientating the aerial about its
THE causes and effects of " Ghosts," as the vertical axis, tilting upwards sometimes helps, and
multiple images due to reflected signals ate so in difficult cases even leaning it over to one side or
aptly termed, are well known, but the practical the other may do the trick. In one particular case
steps necessary to provide a remedy are not such near the Truleigh Hill booster, a cure was eventually
common knowledge, and the purpose of this article found by mounting a standard H " horizontally.
is to explain the most effective methods of dealing Movement to another chimney stack should not
with this trouble. be resorted to until other methods have been tried,
Many elaborate anti -ghost arrays have been as it often means lengthening the feeder as well as
evolved, and quite fantastic claims made for some re -making the lashings, possibly requiring extra
of them, but in the writer's experience the most lashing wire or different lashings. Small increases
consistently effective is a three- or four -element in height are not usually of much avail, but may be
fringe type consisting of the usual dipole, reflector helpful in " noisy " areas for reducing interference
and one or two directors. One advantage of this when, as is sometimes the case, the direction of
type over the double H " or " X " arrays is that it least reflection is that of strongest interference.
offers less resistance to the wind and is considerably A mismatched feeder can cause a ghost, but it
lighter. An attenuator is often necessary owing to must be very long before the ghost is displaced far
the higher gain. enough from the true image to be visible as such.
It is essential to have an assistant watching the More often it is evident only as a slight blurring of
receiver screen to notify the effect* of movements of the picture.
the aerial, and if the two are far apart it is well worth The foregoing remarks apply principally to those
while to hook up an " intercom." This is easily areas where outdoor aerials are normally used. In
improvised from a pair of earphones and a spare districts where an indoor aerial provides sufficient
loudspeaker used as a microphone, amplified if signal strength it should be tried in various positions
necessary through the domestic radio receiver. about the house before a more elaborate outdoor
Agreement upon a system of signals before going up array is resorted to. One of the indoor types with
to the aerial saves time and unnecessary repetitions flexible elements is particularly useful for this purpose,
of operations. or a simple substitute for testing is easily made from
It helps a lot if the cause of the reflections can be
flex. The latter is not recommended for permanent
determined first, and to this end a climb to the use owing to its narrow bandwidth.

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 24 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 25

Line Circuit disconnected, adjust the brilliance control on the If it is found that insufficient volume is obtained, two controls interact to a certain extent. Interaction
Line oscillations are obtained in a very efficient back of the receiver until the line -scan appears. then LI can be 1.:trimmed towards the sound channel, is also liable to take place with the width control,
Reduce it until the lines are just about visible.
single -valve transitron circuit. A single transformer provided it does not spoil the quality of the picture. which is a plunger fitted on the left rear side of the
is used which is overwound to provide E.H.T. Now set contrast to zero and sensitivity to zero The sensitivity control can then be adjusted to make line transformer.
(rectified by V9), and which incorporates its own and plug in the aerial. Now advance the contrast up for the loss in picture contrast. The sensitivity and brightness controls have been
inductive width control. to about one-third and then advance the sensitivity At the rear of the chassis are various controls, as mentioned previously.
The valve used (an EL38) is caused to oscillate by /control until the picture is strong enough. Now shown in Fig. 2. The line linearity is used for correct- The vertical (frame) linearity controls the linearity
positive feedback from the transformer winding adjust contrast and brilliance until the correct value ing horizontal distortion ; the line -hold locks the of the vertical scan and should be adjusted in con-
feeding the deflector coils. The feedback is applied of tones is obtained. Advance the volume control. picture horizontally and it will be found that these junction with the height control to prevent the top
to the grid via C28. becoming elongated.
The periodicity of the oscillations is The vision interference limiter is in,
controlled by the time constant of the VISION A ,^FIVEP the form of a rotary switch. Unless
grid circuit via R35, R36, C30 and P24 P23 P22 interference is experienced the switch
R40. P4 16 AIFI 47O0 should be left in the minimum position.
w. w Where interference is experienced, the
Power Supply switch can be rotated to the second
The H.T. is obtained directly from position and, where it is very severe,
then it can be switched to the third
the mains using the D.C. principle, the position. The latter position should not
rectifier being connected to the top end AERIAL
be used if it can be avoided, as it is
of the auto -transformer. Secondaries INPUT
inclined to cut the peak whites and
of the auto -transformer feed the C.R.T. thereby introduces a certain amount
heater and the heaters of the remaining C/
of greyness into the highlights.
valves in the circuit. Vertical holding is accomplished by
Controls C2 r the frame (or vertical) hold control.
This control also affects the interlace,
Two variable controls are set info and its correct positioning is critical.
the front panel. They are the contrast The control should be set while the
control and the volume on/off control. lines of the picture are closely observed.
There is a sensitivity control fitted at The optimum position is where the
the back of the receiver and which is SENSITIVITY CONTRAST
horizontal lines are equidistant, and it
pre-set. It is R3 and it controls both will be found that this is on the
the sound and the picture. When threshold of picture slip. The lines
setting up the televisor the following should not appear in pairs but should
procedure is suggested. With the aerial 32

COMPONENT VALUES COMPONENT VALUES

! RESISTANCES R35-220 0 LINE CONDENSERS C35-50 pF
: R1-39 0 R36-1 K u COILS C1-100 pF C36 -.O1 pF
R2-120 0 R37-6.8 K 0 C2-.005 pF C37-.01 pF
R3-10 K 0 R38-47 K 0 VOLUME C3-.001 pF C38-500 pF
R4-1.5 K 0 R39-50 K 0 C37 pso C4-.001 pF C39-500 pF
R5-6.8 K 9 R40-5 K 0 C5-100 pF C40-16 pF
T

R6-22 K!2 R41-100 K D P36

C6-30 pF C41-25 pF
R7-100 K 0 R42-2.2 K 0 LINE
33 C7-.005 pF C42-.002 pF
R8-1.5 K o R43-68 K 0
HOLD C8-.005 pF C43-.05 pF
; R9-2.2 K!2 R44-1500 C33 C30 HOP?. C9-100 pF C44-500 pF
R10-39!2 R45-1.5 K9 P40
LINEARITY C10--.005 pF C45-.002 pF
R11-1209 R46-68 K 1/ C11-2 pF C46-.05 pF
;
R12-10 K!2 R47-68 K!2 .1 C12-.005 pF C47-.02 pF
T

R13-1.5 K 0 R48-1 M o SOUND RECEIVER .52 C4 C13-.05 pF C48-100 pF

R14-5.6 K!2 R49-1.5 M9 C14-.005 pF C49-100 ,IF
! R15-5.6 K 0 R50-47 K 0 PEcriREP LS FIELCT.....
0000.040
C15-650 pF C50-1,000 pF
: R16-1501/ R51-2 M9 C16-.005 pF C51-1,000 pF
R17-1.5 K0 R52-2.2 K 0
C50 R6 HORIZONTAL
.-1-0 C17-5 pF C52-64 pF
R18-5.03 K 0 R53-470 K !2 P58
- FUSE
C18-5 pF C53-.01 pF
R19-47 K!2 R54-10 KO FRAME C19-750 pF
R20-6.8 K Q R55-180 0 COILS CS, TUBE 6.3V
C20-.05 pF VALVES
R21-330 0 R56-47 K 0 VERTICAL HEATERS 1-'- d 8 ON -OFF AC C21-.1 pF V1 -6F1
R22-470 K D R57-1 M!2 SHIFT 25
§ MAINS
SWITCH MAINS C22-.1 pF V2 -6F1
R23-1 M 0 R58-1.5 M 9
P69
TRANSFMR.
,
C23-16 pF V3 -6F1
R24-3.3 M 0 R59-100 K 0 o C24-.05 pF V4 -6F1
R25-330 K .0 R60-100 K 12 g FUSE C25-.005 pF V5 -6D2
R26-10 K1/ R61-100 K 0 VERTICAL ./FCI"-.C)0 C26-.05 pF V6 -6F1
R27-1 M 0 R62-1 M 0 AMPLIFIER C27-200 pF V7 -6F1
R28-47 K 9 R63-1 M S2 C28-.25 pF V8-EL38
R29-15 K 9 R64-470 K 9 VERTICAL NOTE ONE SIDE OF ALL HEATERS IS CONNECTED TO CHASSIS C29-300 pF V9-EY51
R30-100 K 9 R65-2.2 M n OSCILLATOR EXCEPT V9 WHICH IS CONNECTED AS SHOWN C30-.002 pF V10 -6F1
R31-100 K 0 R66-5 K!2 C31-.1 pF V 11-6D2
R32-15 K 0 R67-470 K 9
LEES.
HOLD R66
C32 -.00I pF V12 -6P25
R33-50 K 0 R68-10 0 T47 VERTICAL C33-.005 pF V13-6SN7
R34-15 K 0 1269-10 f'?
LINEARITY C34-,005 pi? V14-61.18
Circuit of the Plessey Mark II Chassis.
 26 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954 June. 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 23
bz definitely at equal distances from each other. to time. It should be remembered that manufac-
The voltage adjustment should be set at the turers are continuously endeavouring to improve SERVICING TV RECEIVERS
voltage of the local supply and requires no further their products and weaknesses which reveal them-
treatment. It is dangerous to set this control at a
voltage tap lower than that of the local supply as
the valve and C.R.T. heaters may be overrun.
Alignment
selves in the field are corrected in newly -produced
models. This principle applies to most manu-
factures.
One of the modifications which is most noticeable
is that in some of the models the H.T. feed to vision
Plessey ark II G-iassis
The I.F. stages should not he touched by the and sound receivers has been separated from the SOME USEFUL DATA FOR THE SERVICEMAN
amateur ; it is extremely easy to mis-align and main supply, a decoupling resistor and condenser
Volume and On -Off Contrast (values 470 ohms and 16 tiF MUCH interest Was aroused when we published, at an I.F. of14 Mc/s through L7, 8 and 9 to the vision
respectively) being inserted in in the November, 1953, issue, details of the I.F. valve V4, while the sound signal at an I.F. of
the supply. Plessey chassis Mark I which has been used 10.5 Mc/s is taken from L6 to the sound I.F. valve
L.S.
In some of the later models in several television receivers such as the Regentone, VIO.
Socket R36 has been increased to 2 the Marconiphone, the Argosy, the Defiant and others, In the cathode of V4 is a small coil LIO which is
K.f2 and R35 omitted. and in response to requests we are now giving some a sound rejector.
LS Another important feature details of the later version, the Mark II. The output of the vision I.F. stages is taken to
I'ansformer a a
L3
L3 is that in some models the The theoretical circuit is shown in Fig. and it
1 the vision detector V5 via the coupling circuit LII,
capacitor across the oscillator will be observed that while the basic form of the 12 and 13.
coil has been split into two Mark I version has been retained, several important For demodulation a 6D2 is used, the first half
parallel condensers (C6) one modifications have been made. Further, it will be being employed directly as a detector and the second
a LS
of which has' a negative found that there are slight modifications of this half as a vision noise limiter.
temperature coefficient. This basic circuit in various receivers, and it is not possible The demodulated signal is fed via the correcting
counteracts any tendency for to give a complete outline of all the modifications. network to the grid of the video valve V6. The
uro
the oscillator frequency to However, it will be found that the basic circuit given output of this valve is taken via a direct coupling to
drift as the set warms up. in the illustration will enable servicing to be carried the cathode of the C.R.T.
LII
VI3, which is normally a out quite easily. Clipping of peak white pulses due to ignition
L/7 a L/2 6SN7, is replaced with a mini- Perhaps the most striking modification is the interference is accomplished by the second half of
LIS ature version, the 12AU7, in
L /3 introduction of a shift network for the line and frame V5, the amount of clipping being made variable by the
some models. scan which enables the picture to be centralised on switch SI, S2.
the screen without tilting the focus magnet ; this
[ine The Picture Tube enables centreing to be carried out quickly and eailly The Sound Section
Trians.1 A Mazda CRMI2IA is and avoids risk of fracturing the neck of the C.R.T. The sound signal is fed from L6 to the sound I.F.
normally fitted. The heater is The centreing is obtained from R68 for the hori- valve VIO ; the output of the valve is fed to the
Width fed from a separate winding zontal (line) and from R69 for the vertical sound detector VII via the coupling coils L17, LI8.
Deflector Line Vertical on the mains transformer and (frame) scan.
Coils The sound detector, is another 6D2 valve and
Shift Shift any cathode -heater short cir- R68 and 69 are connected in series with the negative
etc.
so line from the power pack and there will be a voltage performs functions similar to the vision detector as
cuit which may develop will it not only demodulates but also acts as an ignition
Rectifier Deflector show itself as a deterioration drop across the resistors. In the case of the vertical interference limiter.
Coil Plug
Attenuator 0 rr in picture quality. The supply shift the centre tap is taken to one side of the deflector
coil and the other side of the coil is taken to the slider. The output from the detector is fed into the audio
Y of CRMI2IA's is becoming output valve VI2.
1-4
erratic and the tube can be It will be seen that a small current will flow through Note that in some models the anode of the output
Voltage Height Vertical Vistgn replaced with a later version. the coils which is just sufficient to shift the picture, valve is fed from a different H.T. supply than the
Adjustment Line the current being made to flow in either direction
(Frame) Interference Linearity the CR M123B. This tube
Hold Limiter as the slider crosses the centre tap and thus alters the
previous part of the circuit. This is accomplished by
normally takes a higher E.H.T. the dropping resistor of 470 ohms decoupled by the
Chassis layout of the Mark 11 Vertical (Frame) Line but functions quite well as a polarity of the D.C. flowing through the coil. 16 irF condenser shown in the vision H.T. supply
Plessey. Linearity Hold
direct replacement. A similar principle applies in the case of the line.
Brightness - -Sensitivity Those who would like to horizontal scan, the functions being performed by
take advantage of the possible R68.
Sync Separation
extremely difficult to re -align correctly without the increase in brilliance with the later tube can
aid of a wobbulator. increase the E.H.T. by the addition of a Cockcroft Circuit Deicription The composite signal from the vision stage is
The R.F. stages can be aligned by setting LI at Walton multiplier. The aerial input is isolated, from the chassis by fed to the sync separator valve V7 via the coupling
I Mc/s and L3 at 2 Mc/s below the carrier frequency. CI and C2 so as to avoid any danger of the aerial condenser C22. The cathode of the valve is taken
The oscillator coil can then be adjusted for maximum becoming alive. directly to earth and the valve performs its own D.C.
sound and any further re -adjustment carried out An attenuator position is provided so that in areas restoration. Frame sync pulses are taken from the
when Test Card." C " is being radiated.
A Standard Work of high signal strength the televisor is not overloaded. screening grid and line sync pulses from the anode.
The sound I.F. peak frequencies are all 10.5 Mc/s The fitting of the attenuator pad is optional and is By this method the two sets of pulses are better
for L6, 17 and 18, while LIO (the rejector coils) TELEVISION PRINCIPLES usually wired in by the dealer. Pi attenuators giving separated and interaction between them reduced.
10, 20, 30 and 100 db, attenuation are available.
should be set at minimum response on the vision
The signals from the aerial are fed into the first Frame Circuit
circuit at 10.5 Mc/s.
In the vision section L9 and L13 are set for maxi-
AND PRACTICE R.F. coil LI, and thence to the R.F. amplifier VI. VI3 is the frame oscillator working in a multi-
mum response at II Mc/s while L7 and LI I are set By F. J. CAMM The output of this valve is fed into the coupling coil vibrator circuit, the output being fed into VI4, a
ft. L2, and L3, its companion, feeds the amplified triode valve. This part of the circuit departs from
for maximum response at 13.5 Mcis. L5 is nominally signal into the mixer valve V2.
adjusted for 12.5 Mc/s but can be varied to give an more orthodox methods, as manufacturers generally
overall flat response between 11.5 and 13.5 Mc/s.
Price 25/ - By post 2316. A straightforward pentode mixer is employed, the favour the blocking oscillator. However, the circuit
local oscillations being generated in the screened shown gives excellent results and the interlace is
grid circuit through L4, the oscillator coil. Sound quite good.
Modifications From GEORGE NEWNES, LTD., Tower 4101.I ..and vision signals are fed to the first I.F. amplifying There is plenty of output, which is more than
It is not possible to give a comprehensive list of Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2. valve VI sufficient to scan the tube fully in the vertical
all the modifications which may crop up from time From the anode of V3 the vision signal is taken direction.
 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 27

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ENGINEERS

17-FREQUENCY CHANGERS

ALTHOUGH the double -triode type of. television Such analysis shows that the conversion conductance
mixer stage was discussed previously in this of a triode with signal and oscillator voltages applied
series and finds use in many home constructed to the grid is equalled only by the hexode connection
televisors, there are several other forms of mixer of Fig. I (a), although the triode is usually the quieter
suitable for television superheterodyne receivers which in operation. If a pentode is used as a mixer with
merit attention. both inputs applied to the control grid, the conversion
The mixer stage of any superheterodyne is made up conductance is about four -fifths of that obtainable
of two basic parts : the mixer proper, or modulator from the triode, but the noise is greater, fluctuations
which produces the intermediate -frequency output, in the current distribution between the screen and
The only serious dis-
and the local oscillator. In television techniques anode being part of this.
advantage of the triode over the pentode is that
particularly, the oscillator must be quite stable in feedback occurs in the former and must be taken
frequency, and must be unaffected by reasonable
changes in temperature likely to be experienced in into account. The I.F. tuned circuit in the anode
the actual receiver cabinet. A separate oscillator is capacitive at the signal frequency, the input
tends to be best from this point of view, and combined resistance is low at this frequency, and the feedback
valves, such as the triode-hexode, are not so common will tend to step up noise. The input damping will
now as they were before the war. The double -triode be small, however, if the anode -grid capacity is
is, of course, a combined valve in one sense, but the negligible in comparison with the I.F. tuning capacity,
oscillator is strictly separate and the single glass but this is not always the case. If the receiver uses
envelope simply encloses the distinct systems. This no R.F. stage, the pentode form is probably to be
article will therefore be mainly concerned with the preferred.
mixer stage proper, the oscillator being ignored for The mixer circuit of Fig. 1 (b) has a conversion
the time being.
conductance about half that of either the above,
but it is difficult to compare this form of circuit with
those because there is no direct dependence of the
General Principles signal -grid characteristics on tht cathode and
Frequency changing is basically the low percentage oscillator -grid configui-ation. Noise is inclined to
modulation of the local oscillator frequency by the be greater, but if a suppressor is added (hexode
aerial or signal frequency ; the signal frequency
may or may not be amplified before reaching the
mixer stage, although in television, a single R.F.
amplifier is almost invariably employed. One of
the resulting sidebands of the modulating process
is used as the intermediate frequency, the two side -
bands produced, of course, being the signal frequency
plus and minus the oscillator frequency. Mixing is Signs/
carried out in one of three ways : in the type of valve (c)
known as the hexode or pentagrid, the signal is placed
on one grid and the oscillator output on another ;
the signal grid may be nearest the cathode, as shown
in Fig. 1(a) or it may be a later electrode as shown at
(b). In the third form, signal and oscillator frequency
are applied to the same electrode such as is shown in
Fig. 1 (c), and mixing results from the characteristic
curvature of the valve. For a fuller explanation of
this process, you should refer to Part 3 of the present
series. The conversion operation of all three mixer
types can be readily analysed from the signal grid to
plate transconductance g,, plotted against the
oscillator grid voltage curve, and this is true even
when combined valves such as triode-hexodes are
used. Fig. 1.-Mixer circuits suitable for television receivers.
 28 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
construction) to eliminate secondary emission, the constant grid C.R. circuit, a 100 pF condenser and a
remaining noise is primarily that of current distribu- 3.9 MD resistance. The point of this form of bias is
tion and is not much worse than that of the pentode to make the mixer stage as little dependent as possible
form. Loading of the input circuit is negligible upon the amplitude of the oscillator voltage. This
with this mixer. applies particularly in receivers having a switched
The remaining difficulty with the triode and oscillator stage (five -channel models, for example),
pentode forms of miner is that of interaction of the as variations in oscillator output at the various
signal and oscillator circuits. This interaction can frequencies is then unavoidable. Further, it is
lead to radiation from the stage, thereby becoming desirable never to let the oscillator voltage swings
a nuisance to nearby apparatus, and alignment
carry the mixer valve into grid current.
troubles, pulling as this is more generally called. Automatic bias of the type illustrated in Fig. 2
is derived from rectification of the oscillator voltage,
1-1.7:4- ?SO V
the grid being driven negative by an amount depending
upon the oscillator amplitude. This steady bias will
be removed if the oscillator stops working, however,
and so the screen must be fed from a high resistance.
This resistance assists even further in the indepen-
EFSO
or z - dence of gain with oscillator amplitude, although its
64C7 / presence will increase the noise very slightly.
Siong/ 10Oo r __
The actual oscillator is of little importance provided
that it is stable with temperature changes, etc.. and
____
in the figure the common Hartley is shown. The
output is tapped down this coil and fed through a
small condenser, thus reducing the possibility of
O/pF interaction between the circuits. The tapping point
can well be about a quarter -way up from the grid end
of the coil.

HONOUR FOR POINEER

ON April 29th the high award of the Faraday
47K() Medal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
was presented to Mr. Isaac Shoenberg.
This award has been made to Mr. Shoenberg for
his outstanding contributions to the development
6JS of television in this country.
The great success of the television Coronation
programme last year was to a considerable extent
the result of his pioneering work and It was with this
in mind that the Council of the Institution decided
that it would he appropriate while thoughts of the
Coronation were still fresh to award him the Faraday
Medal of the Institution.
Mr. Shoenberg led the team of scientists at E.M.I.,
Fig. 2.-A practical mixer circuit using a pentode Hayes, who developed the television system and
as a mixer with separate triode oscillator. ancillary equipment adopted by the BBC in 1936.
Interaction is, of course, greatest when the voltages The Emitron
are applied to the same electrode in the valve ; to His development of the electronic picture tube
overcome this difficulty, very loose oscillator coupling known as the Emitron contributed perhaps more
has to be employed, but this is no disadvantage in than any other single item to the success of the new
its way, since the oscillator voltage required is sy4tem.
generally quite small. Later, in 1937, Mr. Shoenberg was able to offer
Although, then, none of the forms of mixer dis- the Post Office and the BBC transmission equipment
cussed meet all the requirements of television practice, including special cables and repeaters which enabled
the triode or pentode with the signal and oscillator the Coronation Procession of King George VI to be
frequencies applied to one electrode will produce the televised.
greatest gain and lowest noise figure, and are to be Since then E.M.I. have supplied the British Broad-
particularly preferred where there is no previous casting Corporation with considerable additional
R.F. amplification. television equipment including many Emitron cameras
of advanced types, film scanners and other studio
A Practical Design equipment, outdoor television apparatus, high power
vision transmitters and microwave television links
A practical circuit suitable for the home constructor
is shown in Fig. 2, this using a pentode as mixer which are facilitating the reception of television
with a separate triode oscillator. Surplus valve broadcasts from various parts of Europe.
types are employed, as these are most readily available The occasion of this award to Mr. Shoenberg is a
at low cost. A few notes will be given on the design reminder,. too, of the foresight and imaginative
considerations of this circuit. investment of considerable capital in these early days
We note first of all the method of obtaining bias by the E.M.I. Company under the late Mr. Alfred
for the pentode, which is by means of a high time - Clark.
 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 29
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 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 31
June, 1954

OST of us have rather got a West End theatre, when Charles

out of the habit of going to Hawtrey played the leading part.
the theatre and seeing real actors 1 suppose the light comedies of
(" in person ! ") appearing in plays. Seymour Hicks, enormously popu-
We have all become so used to lar in their heyday, would suffer
gazing at their shadows on TV the same fate on TV.
and cinema screens that the flesh - By Iconos
and -blood originals seem to be MUSIC ON TV
somewhat smaller than life : sharp - IMOST viewers concede that
focused coloured characters mov- many shades of meaning which music, as such, belongs to
ing about in permanent long - can be conveyed by the eyes alone. sound radio, and only on rare
shots and mumbling incoherently. Under Rudolph Cartier's polished occasions do they become enthusi-
That, at any rate, is the opinion direction, Mr. Murray's perfor- astic about straight presentations
of the younger generation, brought mance was ideally suited to the on TV of bands and orchestras.
up in this electronic age of perpetual intimacy of television. Time The sight of rows of musicians
magnification in entertainment. marches on ! Thirty years ago playing en masse does not usually
Poor voice production on the older playgoers sighed over the excite, even when the blurry long -
stage could not be tolerated in restrained acting of Mathieson shots are relieved by odd close-ups
the days before public address Lang, recalling the robust declam- of individual instrumentalists or
amplification, when singers sang atory manner of Irving and Tree. the conductor. There are excep-
instead of crooning and actors tions, of course, and Vic Oliver's
had to pitch their voices so that LENGTHY PLAYS shows and " Music For You,"
even the back rows of the gallery Such Men Are Dangerous for instance, are admirably handled
could hear every whisper. was a very long play-two by the producers. My pet aversions
are the jazz -band gentlemen who
hours, including a short interval. introduce alleged " funny " gags
" SUCH MEN ARE If it had faults, the principal one in between or during their musical
DANGEROUS" was its great length-though I numbers. Generally speaking, the
CHANGING styles of theatrical was myself gripped by it almost less they say, the better. If their
interpretation are well all the time. Another costume bands are really good, they should
illustrated when one is able to play, Beau Brummell, by Anatole cut down the patter. The Glenn
see old stage plays re -presented de Grunwald, was half an hour Miller Story, a film in which 22
on television. The TV version of shorter, but, lacking the story full musical numbers are admirably
Ashley Duke's Such Men are value of the Pahlen play, seemed put over, was excellent both in its
Dangerous recalled for me a to drag a little in parts. Here cinema form and in its sound
youthful visit to the theatre in again, Peter Cushing's interpreta- radio excerpts. Here, the chief
the early twenties when I was tion of the arrogant dandy of factor for success was in the
enthralled by the magnificent Regency days was restrained and varied methods of musical presenta-
portrayal of Count Pahlen by intellectual in style, far removed tion used in one film with intro-
the late Mathieson Lang. This from the romanticism of John ductory dialogue readily adaptable
fin,: actor obtained many of 'his Barrymore's portrayal many years for cueing in musical numbers on
most dramatic effects by gestures ago. I cannot remember the sound radio. I realise the difficulty
and dialogue delivery which might detail of the Barrymore film but it of varying the clothes, settings and
now be considered by many to be seemed to me that Mr. de Grunwald even the constitution of a band
too broad. How wonderful were introduced entirely new characters, during a live TV transmission.
those theatrical gestures, so typical especially that of the unfashionable
This difficulty might be overcome
of a time when actor -managers country girl, Georgina Seymour, by generous use of film for alternate
were the most important men in beautifully played by Daphne sequences with live transmissions.
the London theatres. Then I saw a Slater. Campbell Logan's produc-
silent film of the same story, in tion was smooth and the technical OLD CROCKS ?
which Lewis Stone played Pahlen values were first class. These
in a rather restrained but most costume pieces come over very S QOUND radio has given a clear
exposition of the subtle differ-
effective manner and, later on, a well indeed and by comparison
French talking film in which the the more modern TV plays seem ences of the adjectives " Veteran,"
dialogue was translated with sub- to creak with age. Ambrose " Vintage " and " Edwardian " as to the
titles. I therefore awaited the Applejohn's Adventure, for instance, applied by enthusiasts
TV version with considerable had little shape, form or wit and extraordinary and rather special
interest-and I was not dis- seemed more suitable as a vehicle automobiles seen on the Brighton
appointed. Stephen Murray's for the clowning of a slapstickruns and other club gatherings. It
interpretation of Pahlen was in comedian than the well-known has occurred to me that these
keeping with the new medium- and loved " Housemaster " style adjectives could be appropriately
restrained, quiet but strong. of Jack Hulbert. It was difficult applied to many of the TV plays
Theatrical gestures were avoided to believe that this play ran we have seen lately, though in some
and close-ups demonstrated the successfully for many months in cases one cowl substitute the
 32 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
disrespectful description of " old where to great advantage, and the
crock." T. W. Robertson's play of course, but are expensive if the
whole production had a smooth- resultant film record is not used
Caste seemed to come into this ness and polish which put it in for a public repeat performance.
last category, with its contrived the top class. Jeannie was a Meanwhile, great progress is being
plot, its asides and its exaggerated vintage play, worthy of a repeat made with magnetic recording of
characterisation. And yet there in a year or two. pictures.
lingered a great deal of charm in
this old play. Unfortunately,
museum pieces cannot stay the FAMILY FARE MAGNETIC RECORDING OF
pace and a running time of one hourIUCH more in the modern TV
25 minutes was a little too long, Mrs Dale " or " Archers " TT still seems hard to believe it
1111

despite the good performances of family saga style was It Never pictures can that good television
-II- possible
Sarah Lawson and Jill Bennett as Rains, by Lynne Reid Banks. be recorded on
the Eccles sisters and Mervyn Once again were we given a magnetic tape.
And yet it has
Johns as their father. It was a play regional play set in Yorkshire, withbeen done, and done very well,
according to friend who has
designed for a theatrical age of Olga Lindo and Carl Bernard seen what has been a
achieved at the
exaggerated gestures, declamatory playing the parts of parents of Princeton Laboratories
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audience-the stage " aside." Too sonal problems, ambitions and magnetic tape, the demandson
recording sound
good for burlesquing and too troubles provided an entertainment picture of
naive for underplaying in the that lasted for one hour 55 minutes. For recording are enormous.
modern style, Caste was played Again the play was a little too a instance, the recording of
just a little too straight to make long, in my opinion-especially 4 megacycle -per -second signal
the grade. Nevertheless, the bright as the action was restricted to the on tape travelling at 30ft. per
and vigorous hoydenish perform- kitchen of the Boltons' house. second results in a wavelength on
ance of Jill Bennett will linger in Producer Douglas Allen kept the tape of less than 1/10,000 of an
the memory for a long time. camera on the move with expert inch. On the other hand a
handling, emphasising points with- 100 -cycle note recorded on the
out too much dependence on picture magnetic recorder has a
" JEANNIE " cutting from camera to camera. wavelength of 4in., whereas on an
A IMEE STUART'S play Jeannie Incidentally, I am puzzled by the ordinary 15in. per second sound
is not old enough to be a fact that this play was handled by magnetic recorder the same fre-
museum piece and yet it seemed to a producer only, whereas others quency would have a wavelength
belong to a far-off theatrical era. seem to call for a director as well of less than I/10in. This imposes
In the title role, Barbara Mullen as a producer. In film production immense problems in the design of
played the part of a woman from the director is the man on the recording and reproducing heads,
a Scottish village who decides to studio stage who instructs the particularly when a recording is
spend the whole of a small legacy actors while the producer sits in intended to be reproduced on an
on one grand holiday in Vienna to an office (or a private theatre) entirely different reproducing
give her memories to store up for exercising his judgment on the machine. Azimuth settings require
her old age. Her adventures in artistic and commercial angles of very fine adjustment to avoid
that gay city with an impecunious the script, the selection of artistes, losses in reproducing performance
count and a Yorkshire business design of settings and editing of the on account of excessive ground
man provide an enchanting series film. In the theatre the producer noise levels ; on low -frequency
of episodes leading up to an directs the artistes in their perform- sounds recorded at this very high
entirely satisfactory and happy ances and supervises all the tech- speed it has been found desirable
ending. Naturally, Eric Portman nical presentation. Just what is to use a high -frequency carrier,
played the part of Stanley Smith, the difference between a TV modulated in amplitude by the
the blunt but kindly Yorkshireman. producer and it TV director ? Then, audio -frequency signals. For colour
It would hate been difficult to of course, there is that other television recording the present
think of anyone else playing the mysterious executive whose func- R.C.A. standards are a in. tape
part after his success as the tion is signified by the fact that travelling at 30ft. per second
Yorkshire politician in His Ex- he " presents " this or that TV carrying five tracks in the following
cellency. It might melt have been play or feature. I must say that it order : blue information ; red
difficult to follow the dialogue with conjures up for me a vision of a information ; sound : green in-
Scottish and Yorkshire dialects dominating gentleman behind a formation ; synchronising signals.
mingled with the broken English large desk mumbling wise and For black -and -white lin. tape is
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June 1954

ye! oackumi.
Tom
a "...son r.
mg= aft,
fringe,

TelleN iSi011 Licences

booked to date ; settings are by
Richard Greenough and the show
THE following statement shows will come each month from the
the approximate number of " In the News " Television Theatre.
television licences issued' during THE panel for " In the News "
the year ended March, 1945. on May 28, will consist of No Plans Yet for Schools
The grand total of sound and tele- Sir Robert Boothby, M.P., W. J. REPLYING on the subject of a
vision licences was 13,436,793. Brown. Anthony Greenwood, M.P., television service for schools,
Region Number and Michael Foot, M.P. Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn, Parlia-
London Postal ... 936,019 The chairman for the programme mentary Secretary to the Ministry
Home Counties ... 351,920 will te Frank Byers. of Education, said in the House of
Midland ... ... 632,117 Commons recently that the BBC
North Eastern ... 427,072 Aberdeen Contract were unable to say when such a
North Western ... 450,745 A CONTRACT for the building service would begin.
South Western ... 138,163 2=3- work on the new medium - He added that it would be too
Wales and Border . 158,230 power television transmitting costly for educational programmes
to start on an experimental basis as
Total England and Wales 3,094,266 station, at Meldrum, Aberdeen-
Scotland ... ... 144,273 shire, has been
Northern Ireland ... 10,353 placed by the BBC
with Alexander Hall
Grand Total ... ... 3,248,892 and Son (Builders)
of Aberdeen.
World's Tallest Structure The contract in-
cludes the erection
ENGINEERS have commenced of the main
work on what will be the building and the
highest man-made structure in the provision of a drain-
world-a 1,572ft. television aerial. ing system, service
The station site is situated in roads and fencing.
Oklahoma City, U.S.A., and_the
aerial will exceed the mast on the His First Series
Empire State Building, New York, ON May 12 Bob
by 100ft. Completion is expected -Monk house,
by the autumn of this year. the well-known
BBC script -writer,
Relay TV for Eastbourne began his first series
IN the course of the installation of monthly tele-
of a television relay network at vision programmes,
Eastbourne, recently, Link Relay in which he is
Vision, Ltd., required a direct supported by his
cable link between two of their partner, Denis
principal stations. Goodwin.
Every precau-
tion had to be taken to ensure Produced by
the least possible distortion of Kenneth Carter, the
signal and part of the link between new series will be a
the two stations now consists of a mixture of sketches
special underground precision and music in an
multicore cable designed by British intimate style,
Insulated Callender's Cables, Ltd.,following no set
and manufactured in one length form or pattern.
of 1,500 yards at their Helsby The Tanner Sisters The new Orient liner, " Orsova," is the first ship to
Works. It runs across a part of and Eric Robinson have the new Marconi Marine 15in. " Radiolocator "
the ,Eastbourne Corporation terri- and the Orchestra radar. One of the " Orsova's" navigating officers is
tory where overhead wiring would are among the seen watching the screen of the new radar in the
'Ave been unsuitable. musical residents liner's chartroom.
 36 TELEVISION TIMES June, 1954
lengthy preparations and heavy
demands on studio space and .
may avoid the expense of convert-
ing a normal receiver for commer-
more than little Walsall
equipment would be involved. cial programmes.After Hours
THERE are- not many workers
New sales reports also indicate
Direct from the States an increase in the buying of radio
who, having finished their
NEARLY 450 scientific and sets ; figures for February of this evening meal, prepare to return
1 engineering experts met at the year were the highest for that to the scene of their day's work
Milan International Samples Fair month-a bad one for the trade- for the evening.
recently to discuss developments since 1951. This is the case in Ilkeston,
in the field of electronics and Derbyshire, however, where a
television and most were optimistic Hotel Licences hosiery firm have provided their
that television broadcasts could NEW regulations under the Wire- employees with TV viewing
be received soon in Europe direct less Telegraphy Act, 1949, facilities as part of their welfare
from America. This would be by which come into force on June I, scheme.
means of the trans -Atlantic tele- will enable the G.P.O. to issue Aerials on Guernsey
phone cable, upon which work has special licences foe the reception THE States of Guernsey recently
already been started. of television in hotels. granted permission to
the
The basic cost of this licence BBC to erect three temporary
British Transmitters for Denmark will be £3 plus an additional £3 television masts and a hut at
QIX television transmitters (three for every single room to which Pleinmont Point.
Q
vision and three sound). with television is relayed. There is as This is still subject to confirma-
associated aerial systems, trans- yet no licence which legalises the tion by the island's natural beauties
mission lines and combining units, charging of an admission fee for committee and satisfactory tests
are to be manufactured by the viewing of TV programmes. will have to be made.
Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co.,
Ltd., for installation in Denmark. " Biggest Gamble "
This important export order
has been received from Sophus
AIR. CECIL
1 McGIVERN,
Berendsen, Ltd., the Marconi BBC Television
agents in Denmark, for supply to Controller. recently
the Danish P. and T. It was secured described the plans
for Britain despite severe com- for the international
petition from foreign _countries, exchange of tele-
rival tenders being submitted from vision programmes
America, Germany and Holland. in July as " the
biggest gamble that
Television Society Awards television has ever
THE Council of the Television undertaken."
Society has announced that
the Electronic Engineering " Pre- Top TV Town
mium has been awarded to D. D.
Jones for his paper on " Transistors ACCORDING
and Other Crystal Valves," and to figures just
that the " Mervyn " Premium released by the BBC,
has been awarded to Q. J. Hunt Walsall would be the
and E. W. Elliot, for their paper chief contender for
" An Introduction to the Sine the position of "Top
Squared Pulse." TV Town " if such
All three authors are employed a title existed.
in the Research Laboratories of Walsall, .a small
The General Electric Co., Ltd. Midlands town just
north of Birming-
ham, can boast the
Fewer Sets Sold total of 27,000
REPORTS from the trade show television licences
that the sale of television whereas Wolver-
receivers is on the decline, com- hamptOn, with a
mercial television being blamed much larger popu- popular artiste with viewers these days is Joan Regan,
for the gradual decrease. Potential lation, possesses resident singer in " Quite Contrary," whose pleasant
viewers feel that by waiting they only a thousand voice and easy style led to a request appearance in
" Well, You've Asked For It."

The Editor will be pleased to consider articles of a practical

nature suitable for publication Practical Television. - Owing to the rapid progre.ss in the design of radio apparatus
Sorb articles should be written on one side of the paper only and to Mir ellOrts to keep our readers in touch with the latest
and should contain the name and address of the sender. Whilst developments, we give no warranty that apparatus described
the Editor doe, POI hold himself responsible for tnattuseripts. in our colunats is not the subiect of letters patent.
every eflort will be made to return them if a stamped and Copyright in all drawings, photographs and articles published
addressed envelope is enclose& All correspondence intended in" Practical Television'. is specificalli reserved throughout
for the Editor should be addressed to : 7he Editor," Practical the tountries signatory to the Berne Convention and the U.S.A.
Television.- George .Sewnes, Lid., Tower House, Southampton Reproductions or imitations of any o/ these are therefore
Street, Strand. W.C.2. expressly ,forbidden.
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June, 1954

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 June, 1954 PRACTICAL TELEVISION 39

his figures may be due to the use of different reference

levels.-M. R. HARKNETT (author of " H ' versus
the Multi -element Array ") (E. Southsea).

The Editor does not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed FOCUSING - 85K TUBE
by his correspondents. All letters must be accompanied by the SIR,-I have read with sympathetic interest W.
name and address of the sender (not necessarily for publication).
Herring's query in your feature " Your Prob-
" H " VERSUS THE MULTI -ELEMENT lems solved " in the March PRACTICAL TELEVISION
ARRAY concerning the focusing of the Cossor 85K tube.
SIR -Reference Mr. A. Hale's notes in the March I might well have written an identical letter, but have
issue on the subject " H' Versus the Multi - now just managed to obtain a good focus with this
element Array," he infers that aerials can be com- type of tube myself, and the following information
pared to within 1 db by observation of pictures. The might, therefore, be of assistance.
only way to compare two aerials by this method is by It would seem to me that Mr. Herring has mu --
observing the difference in signal-to-noise ratio. chased the 85K V.M. Kit as displayed by an adver-
Ability to detect 1 db change in modulation depth tiser. If so, then the mask supplied in this kit offers
does not imply ability to detect db difference in the maximum 4 : 3 ratio picture dimensions that
1

signal-to-noise ratio ; in fact, there is no connection this size tube can give ; in consequence, the corners
between the two parameters. of the picture are made up in part of the corner
Mr. Hale, by including the cost of a 12ft. mast and radius of the tube bulb. This corner radius is
obviously much sharper than the radius of the tube
chimney lashings, managed to obtain a very low ratio face and the effect of this difference, to me, is that in
between the prices of the two types of aerials, but I assuming the centre and major part of the tube
must admit that even with the exclusion of these items face to be flat in one plane " A," then the corners
my ratio of 5/I is still slightly high, at least so far as of the picture verge into a plane " B," which gradu-
Belling and Lee's prices are concerned. ally assume an angle of nearly 90 degrees from plane
By the way, whilst I was searching through my "A." In these circumstances it can hardly be expected
Belling and Lee catalogue in order to check the prices that the electron beam will remain in focus when
I came across the following statement in praise of having to turn corners. However, since very
the " H " aerial: little picture detail is usually contained in the corners,
" Research proves that the improvement in the small amount of defocusing that occurs in these
signal obtained by the addition of one element is areas does not detract from the general quality
not worth the cost, even though many people feel obtainable, for otherwise 1 have found the 85K will
they must be better:" positively focus over a very high proportion of the
Perhaps the most serious mis-statement of screen.
facts is made by Mr. West when he refers to The suppliers of this surplus tube recommend
galactic noise. the WB 109/1 or the Elac 17/4 Focus Magnet, but
In Nature, 158 (1946), curves are given showing the these recommendations only hold good when using
magnitude of, galactic noise and at normal television 6-7 kV E.H.T. In applying the full permitted
frequencies up to about 70 me/s, this type of noise 9 kV resulting in an increased beam velocity the
is seen to be much greater than valve noise. low flux density of the above two magnets might not
In a well -designed receiver at 45 me/s, the valve allow a satisfactory focus to be obtained.
equivalent noise temperature is only a few hundrV 1 am using an Elac R20 Focus Ring, but as I am
degrees Kelvin, but the aerial noise temperature is operating the 85K on the original View Master 6 kV
several thousand degrees Kelvin. This means that E.H.T., this magnet tends to be rather too strong,
the noise power in the aerial is many times greater as the gap has to be nearly fully closed before any
than the valve noise, and it is this noise which causes focus is obtained.
the " snow " one sees on the screen. The fact that My main trouble was not so much in the overall
the aerial noise is predominant accounts for the dis- focusing, but in the correct centring of the picture
appointing results obtained when low noise pre - within the mask. Repeated efforts failed to get the
amps are tried. raster to extend fully to the right-hand side. It was
At Band III frequencies galactic noise is much less found that the ion trap would give a false centring
than valve noise as seen from the curves and a low of the picture, but only with a dangerous reduction
noise pre -amp will give a definite improvement. Also in the overall brilliance of the raster.
at these frequencies the broad band matching diffi- After much trial and error it was found that the
culties of multi -arrays will disappear, because the band very critical positioning of the focus magnet along the
width of the aerial will require to be much less com- neck of the tube solved the trouble. The picture
pared with the centre frequency. The required band- now centres easily, and whereas previously picture
width at normal television frequencies is about one shift could be obtained only in a general leftward
tenth of the centre frequency, but at Band 111 direction shift can be made now in all directions.
frequencies the ratio is reduced to one fortieth. For Focusing is good all over, except for the corners,
these two reasons, multi -arrays (or Yagis as they are as mentioned above. Incidentally, the ion trap
called), will be superior at the much higher frequencies. remains in its Optimum Brilliance position and has
The same reasoning applies to the use of Yagis not been moved in any way to obtain focusing or
at radar frequencies, which are much higher than centring.
normal television frequencies. The manufacturers of the tube recommend that
In answer to Mr. Wilson, 1 would like to say that the focus magnet should be fitted approximately
my figures were obtained from a report on a survey 3in. from the end of the glass of the tube neck. I have
of the service area of Sutton Coldfield, which appeared found this to be rather confusing, as in my case the
in Proc. I.E.E. Pt. III, 1951. The disagreement with gap in the magnet is 4in. from the end of the glass.
 40 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
The measurement I find most concrete is this : little old made the difference of a picture
the distance between the extreme rear edge of the picture at all. or no
scanning coils to the leading edge of the vernier I do not feel it possible that I am original in this
adjustment plate or front plate of the focus magnet idea as to me it seems obvious what happens.
is 21in. I would also point out that this measure-
Here is the tip in a few words but first you will need
ment checks with that on the 15in. TV Kit marketed a permanent magnet from an old loudspeaker.
by the same firm (verified by measurement on one
model at one of their branches). Nevertheless, There are two positions for it, under the tube at the
it has front or in a reversed position at the back. I used to
been my experience that up to a 1in. either way of keep mine on the table in front as my heap of equip-
this 21in. can make or mar the correct focusing and ment noel- got to the stage of being fitted to a
positioning. cabinet. It seems pretty obvious to me what happens,
Another final point Mr. Herring might consider the beam is pulled or pushed to the tube face, accord-
is in checking the position of the focus
magnet in ing to the position of the magnet.
relation to the axis of the tube neck. Given the 1
should be very interested to know how other
focus unit is uniform in flux density, tilting too readers fare as I only tried it with one tube and feel
far up or down or sideways could possibly cause certain that my experience was not unique.
defocusing in parts of the picture. On the other
hand, if the magnet is faulty to some degree, then Of course, the position of the magnet is fairly
critical and needs to be found by experiment.-
tilting might well assist in obtaining focus. Finally, P. R. MOUNTER (Langport).
he might try swinging the focus magnet through
120 degrees either way around the neck to see TUBE REPLACEMENTS
whether this helps.
As a matter of interest, it is my opinion that there reference to the May, 1954, issue,
does not appear any necessity in raising the E.H.T. page 580, " Your Problems Solved," we would
to 9 kV with this tube. 1 obtain quite good pictures offer the following information regarding the answer
using only 6 kV and can even, on occasion, use a given to the query from .G. 0. Ware, Enfield.
tinted filter in front of the screen and still get suffi- The MW22-I6 is a tetrode tube incorporating an
cient brightness whilst retaining focus.-L. H. ion trap and before recommending this tube as a
MILLER (London, N.17). replacement for earlier non -ion trap tubes, it is neces-
sary to ensure that it is possible to do this, for the
following reasons :
COST OF COMPONENTS I. Insufficient room for the adjustment of 'the
SIR,-Whilst I heartily agree with H. Telford, with ion trap magnet (a space of approximatels, 30
regard to the exorbitant price of large -sin ",mm. of the glass neck next to the base is usually
cathode ray tubes, I find it difficult to imagine how required).
they can be serviced except by their respective 2. Ferrous rear tubes supports which will cause
manufacturers. However, a prominent manufacturer a deterioration in the field strength of the ion
does, in effect, repair your tube for you, if of their trap magnet.
manufacture, by supplying you with a new tube at In the case of the Invicta T101, we do not recom-
half price, and repairing your tube equal to new. mend the MW22-16 as a replacement as there is
But in my view a more serious shortcoming of TV insufficient room on the neck of the tube to adjust
is the low quality of reproduction presented by the the ion trap magnet. We normally recommend our
majority of receivers. We who are interested in TV type MW22-I8, which is a non -ion trap tube. When
do occasionally note, with appreciation, a solitary substituting it is necessary to change the base to a
model which can resolve a picture up to 3 Mc/s, BI2A type and earth the external conductive coating.
with good linearity, contrast, interlace, etc., but for -I. A. REtD ( Mullard, Ltd.).
one set which can do this there must be thousands
that will not.
This suggests to me immense possibilities, for some
manufacturer who will dare to claim in advertising A NEW HANDBOOK
his wares that." every set which leaves his works will
resolve Test Card C with no visible imperfection."
Providing no second-rate sets were ever allowed to "PRACTICAL TELEVISION CIRCUITS"
leave his works that manufacturer would be firmly 283 pages. 156 illustrations 15 -
set on the road followed by the famous motor -car The " Argus "
CONTENTS
manufacturers. A position which, at the present A t9 Television Receiver
time, cannot fairly be filled by any of the better- A 3 -inch Midget Televisor
known TV manufacturers. A Compact Televisor
An A.C.-D.C. Television Receiver
,
But unlike H. Telford, regarding what he calls uniti- A Comb'ned Television and Broadcast Receiver
sation, I feel my manufacturer as outlined above could The " Argus " Pre -amplifier
with advantage, exchange, complete electrical elements Low Noise Factor Pre -amplifier
Two -valve Pre -amplifier
as distinct from cabinets, of their TV sets at a fixed A " Spot-wobbler "
fee to keep them always up to standard, and so A Black Spotter
maintain his reputation.-G. METCALFE (Skipton). A Variable E.H.T.Generator
A Portable E.H.T. Generator
An Alignment Aid
BRIGHTENING VCR97 The Grid -dip Meter and Bar Generator
A Pattern Generator
SIR,-Although my experiments are now over. The Telesquare
using VCR97. I have been tempted many times The Practical Television " Lynx "
to write of a tip I used for brightening the tube The Practical Television " Super -visor "
Aerial Data
considerably, in fact in my case when the tube got a
 PRACTICAL. TELEVISION 41
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developed trouble which I have localised to the T4

Y sound transformer (9.5 Mc/s ?). Unfortunately, the
fault destroyed the turns on this component and I
would like to rewind it. The component is now
obsolete with the makers. Could you please provide
me with the turns, spacing, etc., required to perform
this operation ?-C. J. Hurley (Tylorstown).
SOLVED This data is not available and is not issued by
the manufacturers. You should be able to deduce
Whilst we are °Mors pleased to assist readers with the approximate number of turns required and the
their technical difficulties, we regret that we are unable
to simply diagrams or proride instructions for modifying mode of winding by examining the adjacent trans-
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former in the sound channel. It may be necessary
WE CANNOT UNDERTAKE TO ANSWER QUERIES to modify the number of turns slightly to obtain the
OVER THE TELEPHONE.. The coupon from p. 47 optimum tuning point.
must be attached to all Queries, and if a post .1
reply is required a stamped and addressed envelo,e
must be en.:losed. IMPERFECT FOCUSING
LACK OF WIDTH I have recently fitted an " Elac " Duomag focaliser,
Could you help me with a fault on my " View type No. FDI4/9 medium flux to my " View Master,"
Master " ? My width control only opens out full to a which uses a Mullard tube MW 31-16 (12in.), and find
it totally unsuitable.
9in. tube and not a bit over ; after that just one side It was specified that a " tetrode " tube was being
opens out and that is on the linearity side, and the used, and my dealer, although I think in some doubt,
other side remains stationary. I have always had the recommended medium flux.
picture wider on that side and I cannot overcome it. I find that the brightness of the spot is affected, and
Would you kindly help me ?-F. J. Morley (S. E.14). no matter how I move the focaliser, either towards
Insufficient line width may be due to the voltages or away from the deflection coils, I cannot get even
in the VIO stage being on the low side and we suggest a rough focus.
that this should be measured and, if necessary, I should therefore appreciate it very much if you
corrected ; also ensure that the correct boost volts could let me have your remarks and recommendations
are obtained across C42, if necessary replacing MR2 at your earliest convenience.-Alan Lewis (Selby).
and VIO. From your description it is quite evident that your
focusing arrangement is unsuitable. It is probable
REPLACING BRIMISTOR that the focus flux is excessive for a tetrode tube,
Could you inform me as to the correct value for a and, in addition, it is possible that it is too large
1 watt' resistor, in series with the heaters and heater physically, causing a variation in the magnetic
voltage dropper resistor, in the Ferguson Model field of the ion trap magnet. Hence there will be a
998T, 12in. ? variation in brightness when adjusting focusing.
The resistance in question must have suffered from As this type of focus magnet is an unspecified type,
a dry joint, as the increase in resistance caused severe we have no operating experience with it on this
thermal agitation, resulting in the colour code being particular receiver.
burned off.-R. G. Stevens (Nr. Loughborough).
A 1 -watt resistor is not used in the heater circuit FAULTY TUBE
of the Ferguson type 998T. We feel that you may be I have an Ultra TV model W470, 9in. tube. I have
referring to the Brimistor type CZ I A ; this is connected had three service engineers overhaul it within one
between the heater of the H.T. rectifier (PY82) and month but still cannot get a satisfactory performance
the mains dropper. In certain sets a thermistance is for more than 11 hours' continuous viewing. The I.F.
used instead of a Brimistor. When a Brimistor is chassis has been sent to the makers for check-up and
employed, however, a 35012 5 -watt wire -wound was returned fitted with a new oscillator coil and two
resistor is connected in parallel. It should be men- new valves. They diagnosed " frequency creep."
tioned that it is quite normal for these components These replacements have not made any difference
to work at a very high temperature. to the performance.
These are the symptoms : After warming up for 10
CHANGING A TUBE minutes, the picture comes up quite good with contrast,
The Emiscope tube of my H.M.V. 1949 No. 1804 focus and definition quite good. After about 90 minutes'
10in. tube, type 3/4 has just blown. As I have always viewing the picture slowly darkens with a falling of
wanted a larger picture, can you give me any details contrast and high -lights until the whole picture becomes
as to the possibility of putting in a 12in. tube without milky. Any further adjustment of the contrast control
too much modification ?-D. G. Lewis (Romford). makes the picture fade to almost a plain milky screen.
Your model set is not readily adaptable to cater I shall be glad if you will diagnose the trouble and
for a current type 12in. picture -tube. There is an tell me what the fault or faults may be.-T. W. Bond
older style l4in. tube, however-Emiscope type 3/5 (S.E.10).
-that could be used in the receiver without any On the face of it, this symptom would seem to
electrical modification of any kind. This tube is be the result of a defective picture -tube. Many
now generally available for replacement purposes unusual effects are caused by a picture -tube that
only. deteriorates in efficiency and alters in characteristics
after it has been working for a while. Unfortunately,
I.F. COIL DATA a fault of this nature can be proved only by substitut-
I have a Sobel! Model T91 which has recently ing the suspected component.
 44 PRACTICAL TELEVISION June, 1954
RESISTOR VALUE CHANGE The effect you describe is often caused by an
On my television receiver Pye FCI the line hold intermittent defect in a section of the U801 valve.
control has got gradually more critical. This is positioned behind a metal shield at the right-
Looking at the back of the receiver the control hand side of the chassis When viewing from the rear
knob has to be turned fully anti -clockwise to prevent of the cabinet.
the picture tearing. I have tried different EFS()
valves, but there is no improvement.-W. Paterson MAINS TRANSFORMER FAULT
(Hambleton). I shall be much obliged if you will assist me in
This symptom on the Pye series is nearly always locating some trouble I am experiencing with my
caused by an alteration in value of a resistor directly " View Master " television on which I use a 12in.
associated with the line hold circuit. If you examine G.E.C. aluminised tube type 6705A and E.H.T. boost.
this section, two resistors will be observed connected On most occasions on switching on the neon warning
to the line hold potentiometer ; the one connected lamp glows and the valve heaters and C.R.T. remain
to the slider of the control should measure 150,0009 dead, although the mains plug is properly connected.
and the one connected to the high potential side of On the occasions when the neon lamp remains dead, the
the control should measure 39,0009. These resistors valve heaters function, but after the normal heating -up
should be checked for value and replaced if necessary. time the tube face becomes very bright with the flyback
POOR INTERLACE lines showing and the picture hardly noticeable behind
the brightness. On reducing the gain, the usual point
I would welcome your advice regarding my " View is reached where line slip occurs, but on increasing the
Master," constructed for double -deck working, using gain no noticeable change takes place and the brightness
a 12in. Mullard 31-17 tube. control has no effect on the screen. The sound is
I have recently noticed that a fault has developed
as normal.-W. Cameron (Glasgow, S.4).
with the interlacing-it appears to be pairing on lines.
I have checked wiring, changed valves, but cannot There appear to be two quite separate faults in
locate the fault. I will also mention that to obtain a your receiver. In the first place, if your neon lights
reasonable line hold I can only do so by doubling the but the heaters do not, -it must merely indicate a dis-
value of the resistor in series with the variable line hold. connection to your mains transformer, possibly due
I trust that you will be able to assist me with the to a faulty mains switch. When your receiver is
mentioned faults.-G. A. Wright (Orpington). operating and the brightness is excessive, it may be
To improve interlacing it is probably only due to a fault in your C.R.T., a fault in the brightness
necessary slightly to reduce the value of R57. control circuit, though this should be shown up by a
The increase in the value of R44 can have no voltage measurement and, possibly, by a failure in the
connection with difficulty in interlacing, and in any operating conditions of V5, such as a short-circuit
across R70, which may prevent sufficient bias being
case will cause no harm. developed.
LOW E.H.T.
I have a Cossor television set, model No. 926.
SOUND ON VISION
For 18 months it has given perfect results, but now 1 have a Philco model T1412. It is two years old.
on switching on the picture height is extended consider- When test card is on the centre ring appears to be
ably and the focus is very had. The focus can be moving round, and when raster is on the black vertical
brought back by turning the control fully over (focus band seems to be flowing down. It is a good picture,
control R77). but when anyone is singing loudly waves start to move
After about 10 to 15 minutes the picture height has up the screen.
shrunk to normal and the focus control has to he I would be very grateful if you could determine the
readjusted, then picture is perfect until next switch -on. fault for me.-J. Derbyshire (Newton -le -Willows).
Can you give me a lead to the fault ?-A. H. March This is the symptom of sound interference on
(New Malden). vision. Several factors could cause the effect, but in
The main cause of this trouble is low E.H.T. the main you should carefully check the following :
voltage, which gradually increases nearly to normal general alignment of the tuned circuits ; excessive
after the set has been in operation for a while, This aerial signal-this would be evidenced by little or no
in a large number of cases is due to a defect in the setting of contrast to resolve a picture : a micro -
E.H.T. rectifier valve, which results in low emission phonic valve associated with the frame timebase (in
after the valve commences to conduct, but gradually this case the effect would be displayed in more severe
returns to something like normal after the cathode form as the volume control is turned up).
has been emitting for a while. The valve concerned
in your set is an SU6I, and' is positioned underneath REPLACING A RESISTOR
the removable metal top of the line output trans- On switching my Pye BV30 TV there was a crack ;
former can. the sound was on, but no picture. I took the set out and
under the PZ30 and PL38 valves I found a wirewound
FAULTY RECTIFIER VALVE resistor burnt out ; it is the only wire resistor in the
Could you help me rectify a fault which has developed set. Could you help me by telling me the value of it ?
in my " Ultra " TV model VA7216 ? On switching ---Benison (Worksop).
on screen fully lights up, then after about one minute it The wirewound resistor to which you refer is
suddenly cuts right out, leaving the screen blank and probably the line -output valve screen feed. This has
leaving a spot in the centre of tube, which also dies out. a value of 1.500 ohms, but before replacing check the
If I switch on after a short period again it conies on insulation of the 0.1 microfarad capacitor which is
with loud hum and remains O.K. for rest of programme. connected between one side of the resistor and chassis.
This trouble happens regularly.-A. Woodroffe The capacitor generally short-circuits to cause the
(Birmingham, 18). resistor to burn out.
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June, 1954
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391 FC302 Focus Coil. 31,- F0305 Frame ;
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GL18 Width Control. 7.8:GL16 Linearity Control. 76 post paid
BT314 Frame Blocking Trans. 15 -
OP117 Sound 0 P Trans.. 15 -.SC312 Smoothing Choke
:
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SEND FOR CONSTRUCTION ENVELOPE. PRICE 8 -. to
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June, 1954

News from the Trace in corrosion -resisting alloy. The

TWO NEW TELEVIDOR RECEIVERS HAVE construction matching stubs complete with junction box are
CONVERTOR UNIT SOCKETS
TWO new television receivers have been added to attached at one end and when swung into position
the Vidor range. Both have a socket for a are clamped at the other by the insertion of one bolt
multi -channel convertor unit giving second and and tightening of a wing nut. The diecast junction
third programmes. Model CN 4220 has a 14in. flat, box is specially sealed to prevent entry of moisture
daylight viewing tube and retails at 65 guineas and designed for ease of making connections.
,including purchase tax. The I7in. TeleVidor- Available for all channels, suitable for wall mounting,
CN 4221-is priced at 74 guineas including tax. mast mounting or chimney lashing.
The convertor unit socket embodied in the new Price of the DX/L kit comprising the Deltex "
TeleVidors provides for an input at the intermediate aerial, 6ft. by 1* in. duralumin stand-off arm and
frequency, thus eliminating the interference from complete set of chimney lashings with aluminium
Band I stations. diecast chimney bracket is 77s. 6d. retail.
The socket also enables the heater and H.T. power With a view to assisting the engineer, and for
to be fed to the Convertor from the receiver chassis, providing the most efficient contact, Wolsey have
thus dispensing with the need for a separate power introduced the new solderless co -axial plug. This
supply. By adopting this system Vidor hope to can be quickly and easily assembled, and obviates
provide in due course a suitable convertor at minimum the necessity for soldering. The dimensions of the
cost. cable of which it will accept are from .2in. to .312in.,
All TeleVidor receivers are superheterodynes and and by the action of the collet ensures a firm grip
have no special circuitry which would complicate on the cable. The plug is manufactured of brass,
their adaptation for use with any standard convertor. nickel finish and is nylon insulated, price Is. 2d.
Manufacture of the TeleVidor 12in. receiver- retail.
model CN 4216-will continue, and the price remain Wolsey Television, Ltd., 43-45, Knights Hill, West
unchanged at 56 guineas with tax.-Vidor-Burndept, Norwood, S.E.27.
18, Abbey House, Victoria Street, S.W.I.
TRICOLOR PICTURE TUBE
WOLSEY ADDITIONS RECENTLY made commercially Mailable by the
AFURTHER addition to the range of Wolsey RCA tube department, the I 5GP22 is a directly
" Quick -Fix " aerials, the " Deltex," intro- viewed picture tube of the glass -envelope type for
duced for the first time at the 1954 R.E.C.M.F. use in colour television receivers. It is capable of
Exhibition, is an X-shaped aerial with the added producing either a full -colour or a black -and -white
advantage of picture 11 tin. by 8gin. with rounded sides (double -D).
delta matching The 15GP22 utilises three *electrostatic -focus guns
which, by en- spaced 120 deg. apart with axes parallel to the
- suring correct tube axis ; magnetic deflection ; electrostatic con-
matching of vergence ; and an assembly consisting of a shadow
aerial to feeder, mask and a plane, tricolour, filterglass phosphor -dot
r results in marked (screen) plate located between the shadow mask
gain and per- and a clear -glass faceplate.
formance over The tricolor -phosphor-dot plate, which serves as
similar aerials the directly viewed screen, carries an orderly array
that arc not of small, closely spaced phosphor -dots arranged in
matched. triangular groups (trios). Each trio consists of a
The " Deltex " green -emitting dot, a red -emitting dot, and a blue -
is supplied com- emitting dot. The phosphor -dot plate has approxi-
pletely pre - NuRAy mately 195,000 dot trios or 585,000 dots and is
assembled for metalised after application of the phosphor -dots to
speedy erection, give increased light output and contrast, as well as.
the tin. dia. 18 taso: to prevent ion -spot blemish.
s.w.g. elements
being swivelled The metal shadow mask, interposed between the
into position and electron -gun structure and the phosphor -dot plate,
firmly clamped contains round holes equal in number to and centred
by one bolt only, with respect to the dot trios.
the clamp being A technical bulletin for the 15GP22 may be
of very robust obtained from RCA Photophone, Ltd., 36, Woodstock
This is the " Nuray " Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, W.12.
heater booster unit
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Direct TV Replacements, must accompany all Queries.
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June, 1954

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iv PRAC-11CAL TELEVISION June, 1954

Line and frame scanning All information required

by the home -constructor has been put together in this leaflet. If you are
building a new set or converting with an ENGLISH ELECTRIC metal C.R.
tube, please let us know and we will gladly send you a copy.

for the television

home constructs®r
with his
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pro4ssional
standards

'ENGLISH ELECTRIC' T901A

BRITISH MADE LONG LIFE 16 -INCH METAL C.R. TUBE
The tube around which, .the `Tale -King.' * T9of A is a suitable replacement tor
M.agnaview ' and `Super -Visor' circuits and r6in. wide angle metal C.R. -tubes used in
`View -Master' conversion circuits were designed. A.C. and D.C. sets, without modification.
The ENGLISH ELECTRfC' CJ 10 C,4ny- 'Lid.. Ttle.vi4ion Dernirtment, QUeLlns."House, Knpway. London, W.C.2.
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