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Sale of Vintage Radios and Equipment
list revised 19.12.10, prices crunched
radios, loudspeakers, items of test equipment and mini TVs, 1920 - 1970, in alphabetical order of manufacturers.
List of items available here

Photos and more details provided on request. Most radios include circuit diagram and servicing information.

Items will be sent with the carrier Parcel2go, well packed. Buyer pays carriage (usually £10-15).

Payment by Paypal or cheque. If not satisfied, return for a full refund. 100% positive feedback as seller on eBay.

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Please note, based at Portobello in Edinburgh, not London

Radios

Bush B.A.51
Release date: 1937
Original price:
Battery 4 valve table set; LW/MW/SW, winner of ugliest set contest. Output tranny o/c, no knobs, not working, untested..
£20
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Bush DAC10
Release date: 1949
MW/LW/SW
Classic bakelite.
Not tested.
£65
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Bush VHF80
Release date: 1960
Original price: £15 17s. 2d.
6v + 1 AC/DC MW/LW/VHF small table set. Restored, not by me, good external condition but suffers from motorboating, could be smoothing capacitors.
£35
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Cossor 363 Super-Ferrodyne
Release date: early 30s
Original price:
3 valve battery TRF
Unrestored. Wear around knobs but otherwise good condition. The smaller of 2 concentric tuning knobs is missing (trimmer control).
£85
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Defiant MSH914
1930s
"6 Valve All-Wave AC Receiver". TRF with 2 RF stages (?)
Unrestored, good condition
£95
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Derwent tranny
Release date: 1960's
Original price: ?
6 transistors, AF115, 2 x AF117, OC81D, 2 x OC81 + 1 diode; a Morris Minor among tranny radios.
Battered and with the back missing, works fine.
£15
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Ekco A110 "Connoisseur"
Release date: 1949
Original price: £15 10s. 8d.
4 + 1 valves; no continuous tuning; 4 presets. With free spare chassis if required (includes valves).
Unrestored, working but distorted.
£30
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Ekco A277
Release date: July 1956
Original price: £23 8s. 4d.
5 + 1 + tuning indicator EM80; FM only, dual speakers.
Classy radio, good condition, untested.
£50
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Ekco A455
Release date: early 1960's
Original price:
Mains transistor table top set. Same case as U332
Working, slightly distorted.
£20.
A455 and U332 together £35 - makes a good pair due to identical cases.
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Ekco U332
Release date: early 1960's
Original price:
Mains 3v + 1 AC/DC superhet table top set. Same case as A455
Untested. Some of the white backing on tuning scale is peeling; all lettering intact.
£20.
A455 and U332 together £35 - makes a good pair due to identical cases.
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Ever Ready Sky Leader
Release date: 1958
Original price: £15 8s. 5d.
First Ever Ready tranny.
OC44, 2xOC45, OC81D, 2xOC81
Working. Strap missing, otherwise good condition.
£50
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GEC 4040
Release date: 1939
Original price: 8½ guineas
4 + 1 valves, mechanical automatic tuning (o/c)
Medium size Bakelite table radio, working (using continuous tuning).
£45
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Hacker RP10
Release date: 1962
7 transistors
MW/LW
Good condition, great tone, working order.
£85
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Radios continued

Hacker Herald RP35
Release date: 1967
10 transistors + diode, 18v supply
Has intermittent fault; either works brilliantly (with great tone) or not at all. "These sets are often found in a non-working state, due to failure of the AF117 transistor in the mixer stage" according to a web source.
£35
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Hacker Hunter RP38A
Release date: 1968
10 transistors + diode, 18v supply.
MW/LW/FM
Good condition, great tone, working order.
£65
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5 x home made sets
all from mid to late 1920s:
3 x chassis without valves;
1 beautifully preserved (apart from broken reaction capacitor) 3 valve TRF in warped wooden case - untreated wood, possibly;
and 1 3-valver bashed around by Parcelforce; case and 1 valve (Mullard PM1HF) broken.
Offers for any or all.
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Invicta 36
Release date: 1950s
Original price:
4v + 1 table model, 4 wavebands inc. Trawler Band. Well restored externally. Working.
£25
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Murphy A242
Release date: 1955
Original price:
9 valve inc. rectifier and tuning indicator. LW/MW/SW/VHF.
Top of the range wooden table radio. Very good condition. Untested.
£80
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Osram Music Magnet 3
Release date: 1928
3 valve battery TRF - RF, Det, LF
Being restored - enquiries welcome. P.O.A.
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2 x Osram Music Magnet 4
Release date: 1930
4 valve battery TRF - 2 x RF, Det, LF
1 kit of parts, complete, including case, knobs etc., from dismantled set; 1 in wooden case, no knobs but otherwise complete. P.O.A.
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Pam TX195
Circuit like Pam TB77, release date: Aug 1960, price: £22 5s 2d.
7 transistors, 1 AF116 and 6 x Newmarket, looks like wooden valve table set.
Untested. Fair external condition.
£30
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Philips 341A
Release date: 1952
Original price: £14 6s. 9d.
Complete, working, good sound
£30
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Philips 577A "Superinductance"
Release date: 1935
Original price: 13 gns.
4v + 1 AC TRF
Fair condition, complete, untested.
Case recently restored by Mr. J. Grandison of Edinburgh.
£160
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Philips 785AX
Release date: 1937
Original price: £15 15s 0d
5 + 1 valves; features Monoknob multi-function control (working order). Hinged control panel in top (swings up).
P.O.A.
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Pye 1352
Release date: 1963
Original price:
Small transistor radio, uses AF117 series transistors. Complete with original box, seen behind radio.
£30
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Radiophone Straight Two
Release date: 1931
2 valve battery TRF.
Complete, untested, speaker cloth crumpled at lower left.
£100
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Regentone D15

Radios continued

Roberts R200
Release date: 1961
Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable
Working. Good condition.
£75
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Roberts R300
Release date: 1961
Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable
Working. Good condition.
£75
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Roberts RIC 2
Release date: 1961
Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable.
Early use of integrated circuit.
Working. Good condition.
£75
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Roberts RP4
Release date: 1951
Original price: 21 gns.
4 valve battery portable.
Good condition, complete, untested.
£125
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Schaub-Lorenz 38111
Savoy Stereo 10
Release date: 1960/61
Original price: ? marks
6 valves inc. tuning indicator + metal rectifier, LW/MW/SW/FM, stereo although possibly just the audio section - were there any stereo broadcasts in 1961?
Untested. Crack in tuning scale. Loose metal strips on fascia.
£25
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Selector suitcase portable
Release date: late 20s/early 30s
Original price:
TRF?
£155
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Ultra 105
Release date: 1937
Original price: £8 8s. 0d.
4 valve battery superhet; 120v H.T., 2v L.T.
Untested, complete apart from missing back.
£25
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Ultra Transistor Six
Release date: 1958
Original price: 20 guineas inc. tax
Uses Mazda XA/B/C series transistors
Early example of a tranny.
Working order, good condition.
A second (dilapidated) version offered as free gift with this one; should be useful for spares.
  £65
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Ultra U511
Release date: 1948
4 valve plus metal rectifier
AC/DC set.
Working order, good condition, great beefy sound from well specified AF stages and speaker.
£50
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Wartime Civilian Receiver
Release date: June 1944
Original price: £12 3s. 4d.
3 + 1 valves plus Westector A.F. diode; standard design made by 42 different manufacturers; this one, code U8, made by Philips Lamps.
Untested, back missing.
£65
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Loudspeakers

Blue Spot Loudspeaker
early 30s
In rectangular wooden case
Untested. Good condition.
£55
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Test Gear

Amplion Convette M2V
Release date: 1951
Original price: £6 16s. 6d.
Mains power supply for battery sets - 90/120v HT, 1.3 - 2v LT.
Untested.
£40
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Weston Model E772 Type 3 Analyser
Release date: late 1940s?
1000 ohm per volt volt/ohm/milliammeter
In good condition, working, case battered on the outside, handle broken.
£45
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Kriegsmarine Voltmeter
Release date: 1939-45
Original price:
Taken from U-boat at Rosyth during the war. Has eagle and swastika emblem on the front.
£125
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Mini TVs

Aniko TV-328
Release date: ?
Original price: £15 new (in 2003 - maybe very old stock?)
5.5" B+W TV with AM/FM radio. TV switchable between VHF 405 lines and UHF 625 lines.
£15
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Casio TV-1400
Release date: c. 1990
Original price: c. £100
LCD Pocket Colour Television
£55