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Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

From NY <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups uk.tech.broadcast
Subject Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios.
Date 2026-08-13 21:26 +0100
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On 13/08/2026 19:52, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> I remember - must be a few decades ago now - the last prog. from some
> studios (Lime Grove maybe?), where the presenter had them point the
> camera at the plug it was plugged into, and showed him pulling it out.
> (Later revealed to have been faked, of course.)

How well would a tube camera have reacted to having its HT and grid feed 
removed when its power supply was removed (in addition to the signal 
pins)? I suppose capacitors in the AC-DC stage would mean that the HT 
would fade gradually rather than stopping very suddenly. I imagine the 
one thing you want to be *certain* of is that the anode voltage fades 
away before the deflection circuitry fails, otherwise you get a burnt 
spot on the tube face...

A camera showing an of its cable being unplugged reminds me of my wife 
using an Alexa to turn off the Kasa smartplug that powers that Alexa...

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The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-08-02 09:31 +0100
  Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-02 11:21 +0100
    Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-02 12:35 +0100
  Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-08-13 09:55 +0100
    Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-13 19:52 +0100
      Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-08-13 21:26 +0100
        Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-14 00:42 +0100
        Re: The last-ever session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-08-14 09:23 +0100

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