{"id":241,"date":"2016-08-02T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/?p=241"},"modified":"2016-08-02T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:51:41","slug":"marconi-tf995a5-signal-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Marconi TF995A\/5 Signal Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have an uncle who for for many years up until his retirement worked as an engineer for the UK Civil Aviation Authority. At some point during his career he was able to purchase an old Marconi signal generator that has become surplus to requirements.<\/p>\n

Years passed and the signal generator quietly gathered dust up in the attic until a recent clearout saw it delivered to the workbench of G7IVF to see if possibly, just possibly, \u00a0it might find a home here. Silly question really…<\/p>\n

However, because the unit\u00a0hasn’t been powered up for a considerable amount of time, it is safest to assume that some investigation and repair work will be necessary. More to come on this…<\/p>\n

Meanwhile here are some pictures of the generator as well as an\u00a0interesting piece of history in the form of a label that was attached to the unit showing it was withdrawn from service and placed in to storage in 1976 before being sold on.<\/p>\n

\"Marconi<\/a>
The Marconi TF995A\/5 sits hopefully on the bench of G7IVF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marconi<\/a>
Bright sunlight after so many years in the attic. The Marconi is suddenly full of hope…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marconi<\/a>
Yes! It’s going to become part of the radio station G7IVF. A happy signal generator!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marconi<\/a>
Part of the ongoing history of this unit – the original label from the CAA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marconi<\/a>
The last time this unit was used properly – 1976. Forty years on, the story is about to continue…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have an uncle who for for many years up until his retirement worked as an engineer for the UK Civil Aviation Authority. At some point during his career he was able to purchase an old Marconi signal generator that has become surplus to requirements. Years passed and the signal generator quietly gathered dust up … Continue reading Marconi TF995A\/5 Signal Generator<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkandscary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}