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Front View [14K] Tone Control Tuning On/Off and Volume

  • Circa 1939?
  • LW, MW and SW wavebands
  • 5 valves (20D2, 9D2, 11D5, 7D5 and R2)
  • A.C. Mains
  • Original cost unknown
NOTES Dont know much about this set. Its certainly a huge set, but the chassis fills the entire space. Compare that to the early post-war radios such as the Regentone AW44 where the chassis often looks lost in the case !
SERVICE DATA A copy of the original Kolster-Brandes service sheet (dated 1940) was on CD#2.
CURRENT STATE Has already been subject to some restoration and is basically working. The chassis itself is immaculate. However all but one control knob is missing (and I can't be certain even if that is original). Still, no longer my problem as regretably I've sold it.
WHERE FOUND Bought privately for £10. The guy dug out out from the back of one of his sheds and, despite my pleadings, plugged the thing in the mains. He then switched it on while I dived for cover. And it worked just fine.

Sold to a luck punter at the BVWS's December 2002 Wotton Bassett bash.

Rear View [18K] 7D5 Audio Output 11D5 Detector / 1st Amp (Screened) 9D2 I.F. Amplifier (Screened)


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