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Originally Posted by David Roper
That article is chock full of inaccuracies. The set appears to be a Marconi 702, which was not one of the original dual-standard sets of 1936. The article gives the impression that there was a ten year gap in British TV service due to the Crystal Palace fire, which is a bizarre and absurd retelling of history. "Logie Baird and Marconi had separate companies but used the same people to make the sets, but Marconi became the most popular maker." Um, what? The auctioneer also claimed the TV set was a result of British radar technology from WW2. Hop in your DeLorean and figure that one out....
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there was a small gap in British TV during WW II? they halted television broadcasts at the time for some reason or another - the crystal palace transmitter was more than likely the only one that reached his home in the 30's
"Britain: Television transmission was suspended on the day that war was declared against Germany. The Alexandra Palace transmitter was retuned and used to jam German aircraft navigation frequencies, and television manufacturing facilities were converted to make radio and radar equipment. Apparently, toward the end of the war, transmissions were resumed from Alexandra Palace in preparation for full scale production." earlytelevision.org
"ts analogue channels were BBC One and BBC Two (styled BBC 1 and BBC 2 until 1997). The BBC first began a television service, initially serving London only, in 1936. BBC Television was closed during World War II but reopened in 1946." wikipedia
Mr Davis bought the Marconi type–702 set on November 26 1936 / WWII Sep 1, 1939 – Sep 2, 1945 - its reasonable to assume that as rare as tv's were they would not have been concerned with rebuilding the tower when there was a war looming even then