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07-08-2012, 01:33 AM
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Not all Museums are equal
I must say I whole heartedly agree with Brian about his observations reguarding private collections being donated to Museums. Its very hit and miss, more often a miss, and usually off into a black hole.
As Brian says not only do curators and Museum directors come from a very different world compared to Broadcast Engineers, none have the talent or inclination to create a working display of genuine preserved equipment, as most already lack the space to display the volumes of existing items already in deep storage. Most Museums are doing well if they break the 25% point. i.e They usually only can display a quarter of their total inventory at any one time. Thats why many rotate items over a 5 to 10 year period or so. The Sydney Power House is a classic (NSW Governmnet run) example of this policy and practice. But it does not work for all items. I know they have a complete Marconi MK VII - yes a SEVEN. One of two that VTC Sydney donated at end of life in the 1980s, and one of only about eight or nine in the entire country. Alas I have never seen it unpacked and on display in over 25+ years. The closest you can get is a few pictures on line - and even then its all sitting on a pallet in storagre. The recent (2006) temporary exhiibit celebrating 50 years of TV in Australia only had the tired old Ferseh from TCN-9 and the Marconi MkIII from ATN-7 on static non working display - both heads only. The closest we have in this country is the Barry Lambert led ABC-TV PYE OB Van Restotation at the Australina Natioal Musem in Canberra. I am proud to say I helped Barry with a donation of a couple of PYE MkIII camera cables in 1999. But eben this disply is only fired up on 'special' ocassions. Like most specialist problems in life don't expect any government solution - becuase if you want something done properly you will have to do it yourself. I hope to be a 'white knight' in the next few years - i.e offering a dry, clean equipment display and repair facilites, for both my current collection and for other like minded collectors. But it does take money to setup such establishments, and pay for that little thing needed top keep it going and make it all happen ... electrcity 
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07-22-2012, 09:33 PM
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1 more Head ?
Looks like 1 more Head according to this Photo http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...7768249&type=3
Last edited by XDCAM; 07-24-2012 at 12:44 AM.
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09-03-2012, 05:29 AM
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Yes and no! The BICC Mk4b cable and the T1889 cable (the thin stuff with the aluminium connectors known as Mk8 cable) are both wired the same, so the older Mk4 cable can be used with a Marconi Mk VIII camera.
It not so clear cut the other way round. I would not be happy because of the voltage and current ratings of the cable. The Marconi Mk IV sends mains (240v AC) up the cable. and ht at 250 -330 volts. Some of the T1889 cable cores are rated at 50volts dc others are at 400v RMS, it would need a lot of checking and looking at the pin outs for both cameras to see what is were! I would not do it unless I were utterly desperate. Brian
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09-12-2012, 10:24 AM
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I have one Mark IV camera head and CCU's power supplies cables, etc. for three. They were a part of my DuMont Telecruiser which came from WFAA, Channel 8 in Dallas. I would love to find at least one more camera head so I could reunite this stuff with the bus. You can see more at www.telecruiser.com and www.chalkhillmedia.org/Museum
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09-25-2012, 05:13 PM
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Is their a page like this RCA one http://www.oldradio.com/archives/har...TV/vmuseum.htm of Marconi / EMI / Phil etc Camera owners ?
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09-29-2012, 03:33 PM
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I have camera head SN:200. I also have power supply units, CCU's and sets of cables for three MK-IV cameras. They were a part of the DuMont Telecruiser project I'm restoring. www.telecruiser.com I would be most interested in acquiring a second camera head, so I could install two of them in the Telecruiser.
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10-07-2012, 11:26 PM
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Tv-camera
I hope this went to one of the members !http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-MARCONI...-/330792222659
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10-08-2012, 08:36 AM
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10-08-2012, 03:11 PM
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Pin 1: Line (Horiz) Drive Pin 7: Field (vert) drive Pin 5: Mixed blanking Pins 3 & 8: Ground Other pins unused. Mixed sync has its own PL259 conenctor.
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