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Originally Posted by KeithsTV
TV22 Mk2 serial number 124/09248 and RF chassis A22 31415.
This was bought off a work colleague in 2009. It had been bought by his ex in-laws for the coronation and had apparently been taken out of service around 1970 and stored in dry conditions since then. Took me about 2 weeks to recap it and sort out various other issues but it displayed a picture on first power up.
It even came with the original mains lead and plug plus a piece of wire as the the aerial. Tuned to Holme Moss, the transmitter isn't that far from Bradford.
It ran perfectly during the re-run of the coronation in 2013 and to be honest the picture looked better than picture on a 37" LCD TV!
I haven't powered it up for some time so fingers crossed when I do.
Keith
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I've just powered up the TV22 in preparation for watching the forthcoming coronation so I can watch it on a TV that was actually used to watch the 1953 coronation.
I'm pleased to say that apart from a little dust and the odd spiders web inside the TV it powered up and displayed a picture after 10 years of inaction. It's now set up ready for the May 6th coronation with a back up of the 42" TV!
So the entry in the poll spread sheet can be amended to working.
Keith