{"id":20141,"date":"2025-11-01T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=20141"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:26:00","slug":"super-emitrons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/super-emitrons\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Emitrons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-20141-Dave_Buckley\"><\/a>Dave Buckley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  The attached pix appeared in the Daily Mail last Monday showing an early TV camera at a Charlton Athletic football match in 1947. Anyone recognise the version?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1451\" height=\"815\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-1.jpeg 1451w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-1-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-1-768x431.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1451px) 100vw, 1451px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-20141-Simon_Vaughan\"><\/a>Simon Vaughan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  The picture from the Daily Mail is of a Super Emitron, which was 10-15 times more sensitive than the standard Emitron tubes. It was first introduced to the Outside Broadcast unit and put into programme service on 11th November 1937, during the first OB of Armistice Day, and depicted King George VI laying a wreath at the Cenotaph.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Each Super Emitron, like the standard Emitron was hand blown, but unlike the standard version, appears to have cases of differing shapes.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alan Taylor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  More pics of Super Emitron cameras on OBs, pre and post war, showing the camera a little more clearly.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"816\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-2.jpeg 1126w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-2-300x217.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-2-1024x742.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-2-768x557.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1468\" height=\"978\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-3.jpeg 1468w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-20141-3-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1468px) 100vw, 1468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br><br>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<br><br>\n<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<br><br>\n<!-- END Footer -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"post-20141-Helen_McLean\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Buckley The attached pix appeared in the Daily Mail last Monday showing an early TV camera at a Charlton Athletic football match in 1947. Anyone recognise the version? Simon Vaughan The picture from the Daily Mail is of a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/super-emitrons\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/author\/paul-thackray\/","display_name":"Paul Thackray"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2025","modified":"Updated on November 1, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2025 3:26 pm","modified":"Updated on November 1, 2025 3:26 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20145,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141\/revisions\/20145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}