The Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone

This is a description of the Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone, the moving coil microphone used by the BBC from 1923 to about 1928. The article is written by H. J. Round, chief engineer at Marconi at the time.

—All information provided by Timothy Hughes.

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