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Heatercathodeshort · 1st Mar 2007, 9:54 am

The last all valve television, and surprisingly a 405 ONLY model made well into the dual standard era, was made by THORN [Ferguson] in 1966/67. It was a throw back using EF80 valves etc. The chassis is known as the 980 and worked very well indeed. It is a 12" portable using a Mazda CME1201 rimband crt. A rare 17" version was also produced. The ITT series were of course later but used transistors in the UHF tuner...Gotcha! Gotcha! J.

1st Mar 2007, 9:54 am	#5
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: last valve TV set? The last all valve television, and surprisingly a 405 ONLY model made well into the dual standard era, was made by THORN [Ferguson] in 1966/67. It was a throw back using EF80 valves etc. The chassis is known as the 980 and worked very well indeed. It is a 12" portable using a Mazda CME1201 rimband crt. A rare 17" version was also produced. The ITT series were of course later but used transistors in the UHF tuner...Gotcha! Gotcha! J.