BBC MX/29 Outside Broadcast Mixer for OBA/9 Amplifier

BBC MX/29 Outside Broadcast Mixer for OBA/9 Amplifier

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BBC MX/29 Outside Broadcast Mixer for OBA/9 Amplifier
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BBC MX/29 passive mixer for the OBA/9 amplifer, 1952, used by the BBC. Four-channel unit with variable impendance balanced series faders.

For each channel there are two input jacks; one for a ribbon microphone (connects straight to fader) and the other for a moving coil microphone (connects to fader using a 30/300 ohm transformer). The OBA/9 units were still being used well into the late 1980s.

Details

Category:
Television
Collection:
BBC Heritage Collection
Object Number:
2012-5118/17
Materials:
aluminium alloy, plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
Measurements:
overall: 135 mm x 495 mm x 150 mm, 6.5 kg
type:
outside broadcast mixer