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crackle · 16th Mar 2019, 10:02 am

I was looking through my KB user instructions and found I don't have one for the KB 830. (it would be nice to have a copy for my records) But I do have instructions for the KB 835 which is an AC/DC version of the 830. The instructions also cover the KB 835-O which is basically the same model as the 835 but made for Overseas and has MW and 2 x SW bands.
So it would seem that if the KB 830 was intended for export then it probably would have had a suffix on the model number to denote the difference. It would also not have LW. There are a few exceptions like Norway, but mainly all the countries where LW was available, like mainly Europe, all have plenty of their own brands of radios, and export into these countries would have been difficult.
Where the manufacturers found a big market for export radios was in the Far East, Africa and other tropical countries. I believe that is the reason the suffix T was used by a few UK manufacturers to denote it was an export model.

Mike

16th Mar 2019, 10:02 am	#12
crackle Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Basildon, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,100	Re: 1939 KB 830 Receiver totally untouched. I was looking through my KB user instructions and found I don't have one for the KB 830. (it would be nice to have a copy for my records) But I do have instructions for the KB 835 which is an AC/DC version of the 830. The instructions also cover the KB 835-O which is basically the same model as the 835 but made for Overseas and has MW and 2 x SW bands. So it would seem that if the KB 830 was intended for export then it probably would have had a suffix on the model number to denote the difference. It would also not have LW. There are a few exceptions like Norway, but mainly all the countries where LW was available, like mainly Europe, all have plenty of their own brands of radios, and export into these countries would have been difficult. Where the manufacturers found a big market for export radios was in the Far East, Africa and other tropical countries. I believe that is the reason the suffix T was used by a few UK manufacturers to denote it was an export model. Mike Attached Thumbnails