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Old 3rd Jan 2019, 8:11 pm   #21
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One Pye dual standard (11U), one Ferguson portable (T45), one HMV portable (forgotten the model...), one Perdio Portarama, one Philips TVette. All of these sets are fed from an Aurora. Signals from Crystal Palace. Croydon (Surrey) area.
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a) Just 1 working 405-line set at present.

b) Aurora

c) Cornwall
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Old 3rd Jan 2019, 8:35 pm   #23
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16 sets capable of displaying a stable picture, a few of them still need a bit of work, I mainly use either the Ekco TMB272 or a T161.

For signals I have the one solitary Aurora, fed from a Toshiba VHS/DVD combo, with a free view box in one scart and a Sumvision SD card player connected to the front AV in. The Toshiba is also the modulator for the 625 UHF TV’s.

The sets are used in my workshop in Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Prior to this they were all located in Daventry, Northamptonshire until December 2015.

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Three sets, a Stella 17" from 1959,
One of these by any chance? but the Stella version.

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Old 3rd Jan 2019, 9:38 pm   #25
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3 working but still in need of finishing off. Pilot 'Spacemaker (1959), Marconiphone VT161 (1959), GEC 2000DST (D/S 1964). About 10 more on the 'to do' pile!

Like 'MarkPirate' above, I don't have a modern TV or digital signal receiving capabilities, so these sets get used regularly from a VCR or DVD and an Aurora converter.

Location is North Essex.

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Hello,

Currently working, three 405 only sets, Philips 1718u, portable Ferguson 454t and a Sobell convertible (196?). Five dual standards (although a couple need attention/finishing) An RGD deep scene, two Pye 11u sets (Both consoles, a Ferranti and a Dynatron), two BRC 950 sets, A 25 inch Ultra, and a 23 inch Marconiphone that I'm just finishing for SWMBO (It sort of matches her radiogram)

The Dynatron is currently my living room 'daily driver'

Signal source is one Aurora, although hopefully soon a Hedgehog too,

Location Stockport

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Hi all,

6 restored and working here.


1949 Baird T164 9"

1950 Bush TV22 9"

1964 Ferguson "Personal" Dual Standard 11"

1965 Baird M648 Dual Standard 23"

1965/66 Philips/Stella dual standard 17" branded "Midlec"

1966 RGD Dual Standard 17" (STC VC52 handwired chassis)

Signal source - set top box via Aurora

Wimborne Minster Dorset

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Currently working 405 TVs:

2x Sony 9-90UB dual standard 405-625
One of the Sonys has been used a lot by me on 625 over the 20+ years I've had it. The other I found at a car boot sale about 3 years ago, like new, in its original box. It works perfectly on both standards.

1x Bush TV22 Mk.2 (1952) single channel 405 receiver, tuned to channel 1 Alexandra Palace. This came from an antiques market in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. I reckon it would have received Alexandra Palace from there. I never altered the tuning on it. After restoration, it started receiving channel 1 so I left it as it was originally.

In the to-do pile: Sony 9-306UB, Perdio Portarama

My 405 signal source is an Aurora set to channel 1, fed by a digital set-top box or DVD player. I have to admit that I very rarely use the 405 converter. I'm too afraid of using the TV22 too much in case the LOPT burns out, which would be the end for the set. Most of my vintage TVs are single standard 625 monochrome models. They can be used with just a digibox, no Aurora needed.

Location: High Wycombe (about 30 miles north-west of London)
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19 working 405 sets at the time of writing, and 2 restorations in progress.

All fed through Aurora converter. Choice of dvd, vcr, or tvonics set top box with hard drive. Great for recording period programmes!

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A) one a TV12am

B) Aurora

c) Kent
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Bush TV22, HMV904, PT's Argus, Video monitor modified to 405 line, David Grant's converter drives all.
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Bush TV22 Mkii, Ecko TMB272

Virginmedia via Aurora, or Pye Lynx mki 405 line camera using its internal modulator.

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Old 4th Jan 2019, 11:38 am   #33
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Being obsessed by statistics etc, I decided to look through the responses to see what standards converters people admit to. What I have spotted so far are:
Aurora: 22
Darius: 2
David Grant: 1
Dinosaur: 1
Domino: 2
Hedghog: 8
PC card: 1

... along with various pattern generators and a Pye Lynx camera.
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Old 4th Jan 2019, 12:11 pm   #34
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1 . Bush TV 43

2 Bush TV 53

3 Murphy V200A

4 Sony TV 9-90UB

Aurora converter

Lack of space prevents me having more sets , but am happy with the ones I have,
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One Murphy V310 which got lots of use over the Christmas holiday. I also have a Sony 9-9UB which seems to work fine after not being plugged in for over 20 years!

One Aurora standards converter and I hope to be making a Hedghog in the very near future.

Location Norwich.

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Bush TV22a
Aurora
Croydon

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Old 4th Jan 2019, 12:40 pm   #37
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Not used recently, but I'm down to a Pineapple converter and two Philips TVettes (both of which now need attending to).

I still have (I think) the 405 VHS off air recording made not long before closedown. I have some modified 'Tandy' game modulators as the RF source and even some Labgear VHF -> UHF and UHF -> VHF units to get a Band III signal. At one time, when I had both converters, I could watch BBC on Band I and ITV on Band III simultaneously - across the main room using real TV aerials to receive the signals!
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Pye BT18T
Bush TV53
Bush TV62
Aurora
Kent

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Hello.
I'm not around much these days but would it not be a good idea to replicate this thread on the other UK vintage sites that also have collectors of 405 line sets, who don't frequent this particular site?
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Yes indeed! If those who are members on the other vintage radio boards would like to start a similar thread, we could combine the tally at the end.

I was going to add an 'estimate' at the end for those collectors I personally know of who don't post here. Also, past customers of my own for restored sets that are not included here, who are several.

Then there's the Dulwich Museum of course. How many working 405-line sets reside there?

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