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Old May 16th 16, 10:33 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
Graeme Wall wrote:
Used to listen to BBC schools programmes on a similar set up, don't
remember what the receiver was. Well I was only 5!


At my school, it was a Truvox radio jack (crystal set) plugged into the
tape recorder. (Schools broadcasts were never at the correct time for the
appropriate period so always a recording.)


We used to have a valve Leak amp, can't remember which one now, but we
also had a Troughline tuner. Was a bit peeved that the science master
couldn't explain what one of they was;!...

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Tony Sayer