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57, Fortess Road, London, NW5 [1950]
New Chapel Road, High Street, Feltham, Middlesex [Late 1951]
Browells Lane, Feltham, Middlesex (Service Dept.)

Picture of cabinet of Valradio's first sets [5K]
Cabinet of Valradio's first model.

Valradio specialised in high-end projection sets, releasing their first sets when the Mullard projection system began to establish itself in 1950. A very unusual feature of their early sets is the range of supply voltages ; not only did they produce AC and AC/DC versions but also versions for 110V D.C. and 50V D.C., presumably the latter being for use onboard ships ?

When transmissions started on Band III Valradio also produced a multi-channel tuner for conversion of Band I sets.

They continued producing projection sets certainly until the late 60's. The Duotel 34 and Unitel 33 are described in the October 1965 issue of Wireless World. The Unitel 33 is also mentioned "Radio Year Book 1969/70".

1950's

Model V3 with screen [5K] Picture of model V3C [4K]
V3 V3C
YEAR MODEL STYLE CRT VALVES RF NOTES PRICE
1950 TVA C 19" x 14¼"
Projection		 19 1ch S/Het
London, Brighton or Holme Moss		 AC only.
£182-10-8 £148-0-0
£34-10-8
1950 TVDA   Standard AC/DC .
£192-8-0 £156-0-0
£36-8-0
1950 TVD110   110V DC.
1950 TVD50   50V DC.
1951 V2   (19" x 14") 21 S/Het AC
£198-0-0 (£148-0-0)
£x-x-x
  AC/DC
£206-0-0 £x-x-x
£x-x-x
Sept51 V3 Metal cube
18"x18"x18" 		4ft x 3ft
Projection 		  S/Het  
£191-9-0¹ £x-x-x
£x-x-x
<=Nov52 V3C       S/Het  
£140-5-0 £x-x-x
£x-x-x
? TV31,TV32,TV33         Varients of V3 ?  
52/53 V5   Projection 22   AC Mains. Still on sale in late 1957.
£142-5-0 £x-x-x
£x-x-x
  V5F       S/Het    
52/53 V5C   Projection   S/Het AC
£154-0-0 £x-x-x
£x-x-x
  V5CF       S/Het    
>=1954 V6   Projection 22 S/Het AC Mains  
  V6F       S/Het    
  V10       S/Het (Model V10T was still on sale in late 1957)  
>=1954 V15M   Projection 22   AC Mains  

1960's

Unitel 33
YEAR MODEL STYLE CRT VALVES RF NOTES PRICE
<=1965 Unitel33 C 33" x 14¾"
Projection		   VHF & UHF .The receivers used stabilised supplies claimed to remain
within +/-0.5% for mains variations of 25%.		 £280 (Tax?)
<=1965 Duotel34 C 34"x25½"
Projection 		  £340 (Tax?)

 

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TVA
Advert from December 1950
Link to larger view [138K]		 V3C
Advert from November 1952
Link to larger view [83K]
Notes : 1. Provisional price at time of release. Probably introdued at £130-10-0 (prices do not include screen or stand).
Practical Television magazine for December 1951 quotes price of £131-0-0 + tax.
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