405 Alive Issue 8 (October 1990)
| Page | Title | Summary/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | The 4-0-5 Special. Steve James |
The course of pop music on television from the mid-fifties and the sixties. |
| 20 | Teletalk. Malcolm Burrell |
Includes a discussion series heater chains. |
| 26 | Radio And Television Interference Work In The 1950s. David Rudram |
Personal recollections of working for the Post Office in the second half of the fifties. |
| 30 | Reviving A Marconi 707. David Boynes |
Reviving a pre-war television receiver. |
| 34 | Test Card “C” And All That !!! Ray Whitcombe |
Recollections of trade transmissions by a designer working for Rank Bush Murphy. |
| 37 | Converting The Standards. Phil Parker |
Development of BBC standard converters, including use on the first cross-channel broadcasts in 1950 and 1952. |