28-08-2023, 10:40 AM
The cable tv here was run by Red Dragon Relays which had started before WWII as a cable wireless system run by a pharmacist.
The tv side of it was distributed across Band I and Band III and gave alternative options to the local Welsh variety of BBC Wales and TWW (ITV in the pre Harlech days) plus Westward TV which served the south west in Devon/Cornwall.
Due to the nature of the terrain, the valleys were poorly served with tv and the cable system ran for decades until it was taken over by Radio Rentals in the 1970s.
TV sets were either equipped with suitable tuners (the dual standard ones were an easy conversion) or for single standard sets with UHF tuners the option was the Televerter which translated the Band I & Band III signals to UHF.
Down in the shed there's the woodworm riddled remains of a Pye dual standard set which has a system switch that selects 405, 625 on VHF, or 625 on UHF.
The tv side of it was distributed across Band I and Band III and gave alternative options to the local Welsh variety of BBC Wales and TWW (ITV in the pre Harlech days) plus Westward TV which served the south west in Devon/Cornwall.
Due to the nature of the terrain, the valleys were poorly served with tv and the cable system ran for decades until it was taken over by Radio Rentals in the 1970s.
TV sets were either equipped with suitable tuners (the dual standard ones were an easy conversion) or for single standard sets with UHF tuners the option was the Televerter which translated the Band I & Band III signals to UHF.
Down in the shed there's the woodworm riddled remains of a Pye dual standard set which has a system switch that selects 405, 625 on VHF, or 625 on UHF.
