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Aerodyne 'Swan' circa 1933/4. 3 valve plus rectifier AC TRF, medium and long wave coverage, reaction. Dial marked in metres but no station names. Rola ME loudspeaker. |  |
| 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. |  |
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| Bush DAC10. AC/DC superhet, medium and long wave coverage. Tuning by preset or manual. Unusual case is almost mirror-images back and front - all bakelite, with contrasting Urea formaldehyde escutcheon. |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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 escutcheon. Concentric trimmer built into main tuning control. |  |
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| Bush DAC90A. This very successful receiver was manufactured for several years in the 1950s. The chassis is a five valve ac/dc superhet with long and medium coverage. Bakelite cabinet. |  |
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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. |  |
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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. |  |
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| Ekco M23. This is a three valve TRF with long and medium waveband coverage. Externally identical to the RS3: the main difference being 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 metal dial rotates. Wave-change is by a lever situated below the concentric tuning knob, operating a simple switch. |  |
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| GEC model 401.
4 valve AC/DC superhet in sharply styled Bakelite cabinet with unusual 'thermometer' scale system. Medium and ling wave coverage, AC/DC mains. Circa 1960. |
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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 (I based the rebuild on other 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. Post war product. All rights reserved. © VRW 2006/2010
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