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Old 29th Dec 2016, 9:25 pm   #41
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Well I have cover A22, Feb MB60, March 634A, April 90UB, July FB10, August Philips 462A, October RV14, November MBP183 and December AC91.
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Note the EKCO is shown as a MBP149 but I am pretty certain its a MBP183...
Mine is an MBP183, a.k.a. the "Stroller III" with Dx91-series valves and is visually identical to the radio pictured, but there may have been other versions with different model numbers.
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Old 29th Dec 2016, 9:30 pm   #42
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As far as I know the 149 looks like this one.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ekco_st...149mbp_14.html

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Old 31st Dec 2016, 4:16 pm   #43
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I usually find that the cheap TESCO 'value' DVD players will play anything, even a 78 rpm record if you could cram it in!
My expensive Sony player has a hissy fit if you attempt to feed it anything dodgy, dirty or scratched.
Great DVD, Also loved the electricity board film. John
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Old 8th Jan 2017, 3:18 pm   #44
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I really enjoyed the Electricity Board film last week, but try not to get through the whole disc in one 'Binge'.

Settled down to enjoy 'Handle with Care' today, but my Sony RDR-HXD870 won't play it, nor the other 2 remaining titles. Just the first few seconds and then it kicks me out into the disc menu.

Dug out a 12V Goodmans portable unit that plays all titles without problems; including the BVWS 'Tuning Dial' animation, which my Sony unit doesn't display.

I've got plenty of BVWS DVDs, but this is the first that I've had problems with. However, the content is well worth the effort of rigging up an alternative player.

Thanks again to the team for locating and transferring these interesting films. The latest magazine is a great read and matches the high standards set by previous editions.

At the start of the thread, thomass asked when the films date from. In 'Handle with Care', there's a pan over the banks of the Thames in London and it looks like the Vickers Tower (now Millbank Tower) is under construction. That would date it between 1959 and 1963.

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Hi,
the new BVWS magazine has arrived. I haven't yet opened it ( it will have to wait ) as otherwise I would get distracted...
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Old 30th Mar 2017, 12:18 pm   #46
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Mine has arrived this morning too, and like you I haven't opened it yet for the same reason.
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Old 30th Mar 2017, 12:34 pm   #47
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Just arrived intact as I type.Great to see that Pye test gear on the front as I have the same model sat here.
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Old 30th Mar 2017, 12:39 pm   #48
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mine arrived - opened it straight away, as I'm retired and able to be completely distracted!
Good contents - excellent articles!
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Thought the was going to be a write up on that Pye Service Rack, alas not.

Possibly a little voice is telling me to get mine sorted and do it.
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It even reached the wilds of W. Cumbria this morning as well - so that's tonight's bedtime reading sorted!
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Old 30th Mar 2017, 5:11 pm   #51
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Mines here too, a bit of cooking and then, reading time. SWMBO is in Paris tonight so I can cook something that only needs one hand to eat.
 
Old 30th Mar 2017, 7:30 pm   #52
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Mines here too, a bit of cooking and then, reading time. SWMBO is in Paris tonight so I can cook something that only needs one hand to eat.
ARGH!. A certain verse from a nonsense poem is now stuck in my brain :

Little birds are writing
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Read I say, not roasted
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Mike's last write up as Chairman.

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Mine has now arrived, not opened it yet but very much looking forward to it, maybe tonight.

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Wow, that must have taken the long way round!
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Old 4th Apr 2017, 4:11 pm   #57
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Yes, it was in Monday mornings post Dave.

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Fascinating article about the transatlantic cable. The rest was very good too (as usual).
 
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