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Well, as we all witter and whicker about the freezing cold currently gripping parts of the IK, owz about some amateur radio from a more hardy time?  Here is a photo of Scott Arctic Base ZL5 amateur radio station from 1965:- Feast your eyes on the stuffed penguin and then move towards the Collins S Line ensemble - a 32S3 if I am not mistaken and what's this, a far flung Eddystone S689 bug key - one of only 250 made by Eddystone. They did have a professional main station comprising of mainly Racal gear - just look at that...

Well this morning we have a white winter wonderland at Mullard Mansions. Just look at this little lot, never mind, here's a heartwarming "Snow White" radio picture to cheer you up.  Isn't this 1939 Emerson Model Q236 just lovely.  

There's lots of chuff, widgering and choss spoken about loudspeakers.  Just because you read it on a forum it doesn't make it true you know.  Some people think that tubular speakers sound the best. Allegedly, structural rigidity is better, the notch steps in frequency response found in box speakers are.. absent  and again allegedly, because having less than five planar surfaces results in less reflective surfaces .... unless you offset this by having a Rega Planar 3, a signed photograph of Terry Bateman  or a signed copy of a Vibration Measuring Machine which I do...  oh, wait a minute, I...

Well, I'll bet you will all be sitting down top a Yuletide lunch with lots of frivolity, mince pies and sherry; me, I'll be eating a hastily microwaved Farmfoods fish pie all because Mrs Mullard Magic is displeased with her Christmas present. I had thought long and hard about this, a new ironing board cover (no), a pack of Christmas packaged starch to treat my foundation garments (no), another classic car (definately not), perhaps a radio (even worse!!).  And THEN it came to me... a greenhouse so I got her a very special one and as I am from Yorkshire...

Having overdosed on mince pies and sweet sherry, I am felling mellifluous and full of good will and would just like to again wish our customers a very merry Christmas from Mullard Magic