THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG

Captive carry, there's a phrase typically ued to describe the testing of aerodynamics and separation for externally mounted air launched weapons.   However, I smirked at this patent proposed device for use with dogs - it certainly gets the thumbs up ( well if he had thumbs!!!) from our cat Zolitron.  I smirked even more at this contraption suited for the carriage of children, eminently applicable to an acquaintence's  two "shittle lits" - she was a teacher and her "freedom expresssive" (-out of control) progeny drove a door handle into our previously pristine Smeg fridge sans apology.  Curiously they never visited...

Saucy seaside postcards were once a mainstay of British life during summer, but are rarely seen in the 21st century.  In an age of instant communication, it is easy to forget that sending a postcard to friends and relatives was a ritual for holidaymakers.  Postcards made their first appearance in Britain in 1870. They were plain with an imprinted halfpenny stamp on the front, half the price of sending a letter. With the address going on the front and the message on the back they were a great success, with over 75 million sent in Britain in 1871, rising to...

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...