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Directorate of Telecommunications
POLICE SERVICE; Thames Valley
By: Steven R Cole
Introduction
This section currently contains four short videos produced by the Thames Valley Police Television Unit in association with the Directorate of Telecommunications in 1987.
The videos were a users guide to the introduction of VHF/UHF mobile equipments entering service with UK Police Forces following frequency changes arising from the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC). It is not known for certain whether the videos were ever distributed outside of Thames Valley Police (TVP) to other forces. However, the Directorate is credited with providing a technical advisor, Brian Ellis, during the production of these videos
The four videos in question related to:
- The Standard VHF Radio (Marconi RC690)
- The VHF Relay Radio (Marconi RC690 with UHF facility)
- The Motorcycle Radio (Burndept BE536)
- The VHF/UHF Repeater Radio (Burndept BE540)
Runtime varies between 6-15 minutes duration.
Download Instructions
Clicking on the relevant icon in the download section should start running the required video. Please note the four videos are in MP4 format and will require your PC/Tablet/Phone to have a suitable codec installed to view.
Some devices may have a problem running this files directly from a browser, in which case right mouse then using ‘save link as’ (Chrome/Firefox) or ‘save target as’ (Internet Explorer) save the MP4 to your chosen hard drive or memory card then view with a suitable MP4 media player.
Credits
My grateful thanks go to Thames Valley Police for granting permission to use these videos on DTELS.Org. Also, to Ray Ramsay for locating and sending in an original U-Matic tape recording and to Colin McCormick (video99.co.uk) for the U-Matic to AVI conversion.
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