Mullard MAGIC

31/10/2022

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I did smile when I saw this advertisement from 1936 when a Police Public Call Box was seen as something other than a Time Lord's mode of transport. The Police Box is a public telephone kiosk or the use of members of the police or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the Un...

09/05/2022

Another great blog entry

I was thrilled today to be contacted by Arthur, all the way from Australia who shared his memories from 67 years ago about his dad's Dalston radio shop, Tiny for Radio and the tribulations of the shop Mullard High Speed Valve Tester (MHSVT) which I can now share with you: - We used Mullard valve tes...

08/05/2022

Transistors in space!

I just love this RCA advertisement, dating from 1965 proclaiming that a new kind of transistor will help man land on the moon. Did transistors play a part in the space race and when did the first transistor go into space I hear you muse, well, I think I can tell you a little bit about this. As a con...

29/04/2022

Another interesting blog entry

I was thrilled today to be contacted by Arthur, all the way from Australia who shared his memories from 67 years ago about his dad's Dalston radio shop, Tiny for Radio and the tribulations of the shop Mullard High Speed Valve Tester (MHSVT) which I can now share with you: - We used Mullard valve tes...

28/04/2022

Another great blog entry

Harold Leak (HJL) had a thing about aluminium and why not indeed as he was a true alchemist in his ability to turn aluminium into gold. Harold's genius led us to the Leak Sandwich Speaker where the cone of the woofer was manufactured by sandwiching two cones of aluminium with an elastopolymer fillin...

20/03/2022

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Don't you just love this picture from 1952 that shows an electric eye sensor connected to a burglar alarm. There are so many things that are quaint about this picture, not least the clunky alarm system sensor. I don't know which is my favourite bit - the yellow wallpaper - perhaps the house owner wo...

09/03/2022

The 1950s

Don't you just love this picture from 1952 that shows an electric eye sensor connected to a burglar alarm. There are so many things that are quaint about this picture, not least the clunky alarm system sensor. I don't know which is my favourite bit - the yellow wallpaper - perhaps the house owner wo...

29/09/2021

EDDYSTONE, DRIVE CORD JOCKEY WHEEL, GEARED

29/09/2021

CV1377, Military Spec, GZ34, Mullard, f32 B4F1, Blackburn June 1964 manufacture

21/09/2021

STC FOOTSCRAY BLACK GLASS FAT BROWN BASE CV1988 MILITARY 6SN7GT 1950's MANUFACTURE

21/09/2021

STC FOOTSCRAY BLACK GLASS FAT BROWN BASE CV1988 MILITARY 6SN7GT 1950's MANUFACTURE

20/09/2021

CV378, COSSOR, ELECTRONIC TUBES, HIGH WYCOMBE FACTORY, 53KU, , BROWN BASE, JANUARY 1952 PRODUCTION On offer we have an incredibly scarce device for sale. It's a Cossor produced 53KU, showing the characteristic balluster envelope, the parallelogram electrode cage and the swan neck getter plate. A tru...