Luxembourg tuner

[les]

Nothing to do with Minors —— maybe in early sixties I built what was known as a Luxembourg Tuner, It must have been a project from something like Practical Wireless or similar, I dismantled it many years ago but have come across the transformer that was used, that’s what inspired this post. Any radio enthusiasts remember such a thing. For the benefit of young members Radio Luxembourg broadcast on 208 medium wave !——-playing pop music.

[ManyMinors]

I know nothing about building tuners Les but I DO remember happily listening in to Radio Luxembourg in the evenings in the 1960s on the old Philips valve radio I had in my bedroom.
Sometimes I'd fall asleep listening to it and my Mother would get very cross that I was wasting electricity and could burn the house down leaving the radio on! Happy days eh ?

[les]

————- and do you remember how the channel faded now and then ?

[michael4]

'Horace Batchelor K E Y N S H A M' advertisements.

I remember that ads but cannot remember what they were for!

[les]

The Infra - draw method, something to do with gambling on the football pools.
KEYNSHAM ——— spelt K E Y N S H A M !

[michael4]

No Minor could be said to be complete without some blank forms for the pools in the glovebox.

What else? An empty pack of 5 Woodbines? The silver paper could be handy for jamming into the cut out late at night.

Green Shield stamps? All stuck together because the rain got in.

Someone save me from nostalgia.

[Bill_qaz]

Too late once you fallen in the nostalgia hole there is no getting out
Chips in newspaper 4d
Broken biscuits 1d
Black jacks and fruit salad
4 for a 1d
Barrets sherbet fountain

[myoldjalopy]

And Marathon bars - not Snickers!

[59Elva]

I know nothing about building tuners Les but I DO remember happily listening in to Radio Luxembourg in the evenings in the 1960s on the old Philips valve radio I had in my bedroom.
Sometimes I'd fall asleep listening to it and my Mother would get very cross that I was wasting electricity and could burn the house down leaving the radio on! Happy days eh ?

I’ve always had trouble falling asleep. As a kid I had a small 7 tube table radio . Mom didn’t want me leaving it on so I hid it under my pillow at low volume. When I woke up the plastic case had melted like a Salvador Dali painting. I guess burning down the house was a possibility.