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Birmingham Evening Despatch - Monday 13 October 1947 |
The Story ... Fred ran a small radio shop in Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham (called 'MTR'). Interested in the pubescent medium of Television, Fred devised a way to pick up the embryonic BBC transmissions from Alexandra Palace, London. These broadcasts were normally only available in the London area. |
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| Fred meticulously calculated the shape1
and positioning2 of an
aerial and amplifier system needed to pick up the minute signals from
London. He successfully received pictures and caused a stir outside his
shop in Aston, when crowds of onlookers blocked the street to watch the
TV pictures on a set in his workshop window. 1 The dimensions of the aerial needed to be a fractional part of the wavelength utilised by the BBC transmissions. 2 Television signals were (as they are now), largely 'line of sight' with a small relective component from the ionosphere. |
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Innovative electronics engineer In 1947, Fred Farley devised the means to receive Television
pictures in Birmingham which were broadcast from London. | |||||
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