Reference

BBCeng.info
Recollections of BBC engineering from 1922 to 1997

The British Broadcasting Corporation
web site is: www.bbc.co.uk

Reference

The references below are grouped into topics, places and organisations, with links to this web site and many others.

Topics
Communications	Chronology of Communication Events: A global perspective from an author based at Harvard.
Reminiscences	Features Index on MB21. Recommendation: Tales from a Cold Field, by Ray Cooper. Research, Designs, Equipment, Comms Projects, Transmitter Projects, Studio & O.B. Ops., Comms Ops., Transmitter Ops. and War on BBCeng.
Studios	Old broadcasting equipment and memories Pictures of old BBC radio equipment and memories from the people who used it. The Tech Ops History site Pictures and memories from "the golden age of television". An incomplete history of London's television studios Deals mostly with the main large studio complexes that have a history that goes back to the origins of ITV and the BBC. Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera This site is under construction, but already has many pictures of television cameras as well as information about them.
Technology	Mainly in Designs, Eng Inf and Technical Reviews on BBCeng. 'Wonders of World Engineering': Engineering articles from the 1930s, including Television and Droitwich.
Television	The British Heritage Television Group Alexandra Palace and more. Rainbow Broadcasting: A history of Colour TV. MHP - Home of the Test Card Gallery: Dedicated to everything television. The Test Card Circle: Test cards and associated music that was played during BBC and ITV Trade Test Transmissions. Animated clocks: Includes the BBC's first electronically generated clock, as originally designed by Richard Russell. VT Old Boys: From VERA to D3 - the entire history of videotape in the BBC. Slow motion video - 1966 style: An article by Peter Rainger, ex-Head of BBC Designs Department.
Transmitters	UK Terrestrial Radio & TV Transmitters: Information about past, present and future transmitters. Transmitting Valves: Early valves such as the MT2 as used in the 2LO transmitter, and other vintage wireless items. ET4336 RCA transmitter. Radio Bygones Magazine, No. 87 Feb/Mar 2004 (Part 1) and No 88 (Part 2).

Places (e.g. Transmitting stations)
...on BBCeng	See Specific Transmitter Sites.
...on mb21	See The Transmission Gallery.
Writtle	Two Emma Toch - Writtle: Item 36 is a play about events leading up to the formation of the BBC.
Alexandra Palace	Alexandra Palace Television Society
Athlone	Athlone transmitting station: Early Marconi and Brown-Boveri transmitters that still exist (RTE not BBC).
Brookmans Park	Brookmans Park: The London Twin-Wave Broadcasting Station, A Descriptive BBC Souvenir 1930. A History of BP transmitting station
Rampisham	'Resplendent Rampisham': Report of a visit to this HF transmitting station. Short Wave Magazine. January 2004.
Washford	Washford Radio Museum: - Describes its history and provides an insight into radio broadcasting in Britain from the 1920's. If you know of any important examples of BBC Transmission equipment that are in danger of being scrapped, please contact Neil Wilson, curator of the Washford Radio Museum.

Organisations (past and present)
Arqiva	Arqiva owns the transmitting stations that used to form the home service of BBC Transmission prior to privatisation in 1997.
Babcock Communications	Part of Babcock International Group. Operates transmitting stations that used to form the world service part of BBC Transmission prior to privatisation in 1997. Between 1997 and 2010 this function was carried out by Merlin Communications and then VT Communications.
BBC	See top half of Home page for links to pages on BBCeng that deal with BBC Departments. BBC Research publication archive including "BBC Engineering" and "BBC Monographs" BBC Comms Department: A site intended for the interest and benefit of ex-Communications Department staff. BBC Radiophonic Workshop: An engineering perspective. BBC Memories web site: Memories sent in to BBC Heritage by ex-BBC staff. (Web site now closed!) BBC Pensioners Association
Books	Kelly Books Limited New & second-hand books & magazines relating to radio and television.
Crown Castle	Crown Castle International: Owned Crown Castle UK between 1997 and 2004, then sold to National Grid Wireless.
Eddystone Radio	Eddystone User Group: Dedicated to radio receivers (Eddystone was also a BBC contractor for transmitters).
Marconi	Marconi Calling: Early years of wireless technology. Henry Joseph Round: Co-designer of 2LO and an unrecognised pioneer who achieved a great deal more.
Marconi Veterans	*New:* Marconi Veterans Association
NTL	NTL Pension Association: NTL provided radio and television transmission services for commercial broadcasters.
Science Museum	Science Museum: Information about 2LO, the BBC's first transmitter.
Societies	British Vintage Wireless Society: Preservation and restoration of Vintage radio and related equipment.
Time Machine	http://www.clocktrust.com/ : A museum project that includes a BBC studio clock system and one of the earliest oven controlled oscillators used by the BBC.