I bought this little
oak-cased radio described as a "Victorian Radio" but
I think it looks nearer 1930?I bought this little
oak-cased radio described as a "Victorian Radio" but
I think it looks nearer 1930?
Although no-one else bid for it I saw it had four plug-in coils included and as these usually fetch more than I paid for the radio it seemed to be a bargain.
The set uses a mutual inductance technique for setting the amount of reaction. This involves two coils, one of which is on a moveable socket altered by the knob at the front left. The right hand knob operates a rudimentary on/off switch for the filament supply. Removing this supply is supposed to also switch off any HT current.
This is a
wooden-cased portable dating from late 1928 to early 1929. This
is evident from the details on the station tuning-aid card fitted
to the inside of the lid. The wavelength of Daventry is given
as 1562 metres. It only occupied that wavelength for a short time,
moving to it on November 11th 1928. Previously, it was 1604.8
metres and by July 1929 it had moved to 1554.4 metres.
An
odd looking radio with an odd sounding name, this 5-valves set
was made in 1930 and was run from batteries. It looks more like
a loudspeaker than a radio but is obviously the latter as it has
two dials, one for tuning and the other for volume, mounted diagonally
at the top of the front panel
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