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Bush VHF61. Mid-1950s medium, long and VHF/FM receiver with magic eye tuning indicator, piano-key and manual selection and concentric controls. All Bakelite, with gold sprayed highlighting on surrounds. |
Aerodyne 301 just post WWII, this set is badged 'Aerodyne' but is probably an Alba product. Aerodyne went into receivership before WWII. AC/DC, 3 band superhet with tone control. Seemingly built with little regard for electrical safety as the live chassis was easily accessible to the fingers on this model, prompting modification. |
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Bush DAC10. AC/DC superhet, medium and long wave coverage. Tuning by preset buttons or manual. The case is unusual, being almost mirror-images back and front - all bakelite, with contrasting Urea formaldehyde scale and control escutcheon. |
1930s Cossor TRF, model 373. Battery operated with medium and long waves and reaction. Featuring iron-cored tuning coils. Wooden (ply) cabinet with cast metal copper-effect escutcheon. Concentric trimmer built into main tuning control. |
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This is a Urea Formaldehyde-cabinet version of the DAC90A. Urea is not as strong as Phenol and has a tendency to 'stress-crack' over the years, sometimes spontaneously as a result of moulding stresses, sometimes due to the internal heat generated by valves and mains dropper resistor. Because these Urea cased versions are rarer, they tend to attract a rather higher market price. |
Bush DAC90A. This fairly basic but very successful receiver was manufactured for several years in the 1950s as a successor to the externally similar-in-appearance DAC90. The chassis is a five valve ac/dc superhet with long and medium coverage. Bakelite cabinet with expanded gold-anodised aluminium grille. |
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Ekco A144. Similar chassis to the slightly earlier A104, but with differently veneered cabinet. A five valve superhet AC receiver with long, medium and short, the set performs beautifully when correctly serviced. |
Ekco M23. This is a three valve TRF with long and medium waveband coverage. Externally identical to the RS2: other than modified circuitry, the main difference is the use in the latter of a cone type dynamic loudspeaker, whereas the M23 is fitted with a moving coil type. The cathedral shaped cabinet is an early single piece Bakelite moulding by Ekco's own presses and features a small window behind which the pressed metal dial rotates. Wave-change is by a lever situated below the concentric tuning knob, operating a simple rotary slide switch.
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K-B BR20. This is a large set, featuring a five valve AC only chassis using octal valves. There is ‘all-wave’ coverage, with the short wave divided into two bands covering 19 metres and 31 metres, allowing K-B to boast that both short wave bands were bandspread. |
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This very early 1930s Kolster-Brandes receiver is a three valve battery TRF with medium and long wave coverage and, typical of the time, features band-pass tuning. I have been unable to identify the model number but with such simple circuitry, restoration was possible without recourse to precise data by basing the rebuild on similar K-B models.
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Pilot Major Maestro. This is a large Bakelite-cased five-valve superhet, AC/DC mains and 3 waveband coverage. Retractable carrying handle on top. This model is a post war product, easily distinguishable from the immediately pre-war version, which used a horizontal -traverse scale and lacked the short-wave band. |
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