405 Alive Issue 6 (April 1990)
| Page | Title | Summary/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | A Potted History Of ITA Trade Test Transmissions. A.G.Keeling |
Recollections of viewing the test transmissions during the first 10 years of ITA. |
| 13 | Bringing a Pre-War TV Receiver Back to Life – Part 2 Steve Ostler |
Further work on a Marconiphone 702 and creating the necessary video signal. |
| 18 | Camera Registry Brian Summers |
Includes a table of E.M.I cameras produced between 1948 and 1979. |
| 21 | Taylor-Hobsons Choice. Dicky Howett |
A prototype BBC TV camera of 1963, including sketches of a Marconi Mk.1 camera. |
| 23 | 25 Years Of The Post Office Tower. Andy Emmerson |
A focus on the tower's use with television. |
| 26 | Cable TV During The Valve Era. Martin Loach |
Cable television in Abingdon supplied by Mastervision. |
| 28 | Swash And Buckle. Alan Keeling |
A review of many of the action series broadcast by the ITA during the fifties and sixties. |
| 31 | Running An ITA Station. | An extract from the 1964 edition of the ITA handbook, focussing on the transmitters. |
| 33 | The ITV Network. | An extract from the 1968 edition of the ITA Handbook, including table of ITV companies by region at the point when the changed at the end of July. |
| 34 | Back To The Fifties. Doug Bond |
Test cards and their music during the mid fifties. |
| 38 | Return To The Radio Show. Dicky Howett |
Memories of the 1961 Radio Show with particular reference to colour television. |