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Early Electronic Television The Alexandra Palace TV Station
The tower under construction
When the BBC began telecasting in 1936, Alexandra Palace, on a hill in London, was chosen as the site for the transmitter and studios. This was the only TV station in England until a second station was started in Birmingham in 1950. Here are program schedules from the early days of Alexandria Palace, a BBC audience survery letter, and a British Pathe film segment. When England declared war on Germany in 1939, the transmitter was converted to send out signals to confuse German navigation signals for their bombers. Here is a video from the Alexandra Palace Television Society explaining the history and technology (5 parts), and an article in 405 Alive describing the use of the system. However, the BBC did continue some television work during the war at Daventry, Northamptonshire.
EMI studio control panel
EMI Visual transmitter
EMI Visual modulator
EMI Transmitter control room
Aural Transmitter (used by both the EMI and Baird Systems)
The station's predicted coverage area. TV reception was reported at greater distances than the 40 or so miles shown above. Invisible text to format smartphones. xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||||
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