[GreenKeys] trip to London Planned, what to do?

[Sam Hallas]

W2HX wrote:
> Heading to London for a week. I'll have the afternoon free on Sunday,
> December 2nd and all of Thursday through Saturday for sightseeing.  I
> would like to spend one day at Bletchley Park but thought I might
> have some other time to see some radio/telegraph-related sights in
> England and surrounding area (including surplus).
> Any suggestions? Feel free to email me directly at w2hx at w2hx.com I
> appreciate any points of interest you can send my way.

Difficult to know what to suggest, Eugene. Bletchley Park is, as I 
expect you've found out, open daily.
<http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/museum1/openingtimes.rhtm>

The National Museum of Computing on the same site is only open Thursday 
and Saturday afternoons
<http://www.tnmoc.org/>

The other site I can think of is Amberley Working Museum
<http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/>
which is sadly closed for the winter.

Alexandra Palace in North London is the birthplace of the world’s first 
regular high-definition public television broadcast. You can view it 
from outside, but the original BBC studio can only be visited by 
appointment. (I was there earlier this year and took some pictures.)
<http://www.alexandrapalace.com/news/celebrate-75-years-of-television/>

The Science Museum in South Kensington does not have much communications 
equipment on display. They will be opening a new communications gallery 
in 2014 I believe.

Other BBC sites in London are Citibank House at 336 The Strand, which 
used to be Marconi House, where the first broadcast transmitter was 
located, call sign 2LO. Its 90th anniversary was last week. The BBC 
later moved to Savoy Hill, at the back of the Savoy Hotel in what is now 
part of the IET London Offices.
<http://sciencemuseumdiscovery.com/blogs/insight/this-is-2lo-london-broadcasting-station-calling/>

Cheers,
Sam