Amongst the many exhibits there was a section on telecommunications. Since this is a museum I wasn't surprised to see exhibits such as the one below which shows a ships radio room from the early 1900's.
A little more of a surprise was the fact that there was a small section on Amateur and Citizens' band radio with exhibits that looked familiar, in fact the equipment on display is the same as that used by many radio amateurs today!
I am sure most of you will recognise the two amateur "rigs". The small transceiver on the bottom right is an "SMC Oscar One" mobile CB for the UK FM citizens band.
I guess these rigs are museum pieces being in excess of 30 years old now but I wonder how many museum goers will realise there are still plenty of similar radios in daily use!
Hi GW0KIG,
ReplyDeleteI’m writing to ask for permission to use your ships radio room photo. I have a YouTube channel that mostly deals with old technology. I do projects on radios, adding machines, typewriters and such from the early 1900’s. Lately I’ve done a series on radio headphones from the early 1920’s. In a project I’m working on now I have a set of Baldwin and Brandies headphones I’m hoping to do a comparison on. For the first time I’m hoping to do a Green Screen video and was looking for a compelling set / background. Your picture from the Science Museum in London is a very ideal photo for the project.
So if I could get your OK for the use of the photo it would be greatly appreciated. My YouTube channel is not monetized, so I won’t be making any money from the work. The photo itself will greatly help an otherwise rather dead pan video. The photo would make for a much more interesting background for comparing the headphones and give a more compelling scenario would make it more interesting for my very modest audience.
I’ll naturally credit the picture source being you and your blog site.
Thanks for your consideration,
- Ed
My channel if your interested in what its about is at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBGrxdGsbbyz9oZk8mKJbA/videos