UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Standard Beam Approach

jamesinnewcastl · 12th Sep 2021, 10:37 pm

Hi Alan

According to the Practical Wireless article in 1956, the set could be bought for 15s with valves or 4s without. The author actually paid 10s. He was J. Stebbings - the name rings a bell but I am not sure why.

I've been cleaning my receiver this afternoon and on reading your post I was full of admiration of the work you must have put in to figure out the circuit, but looking at the pictures of your unit (attached) I can see that it is very much simpler than the one I have. This is because the fixed tuning requires several banks of variable caps and a lot of switching! Not surprising they changed the design!

Shame that you can't find your set - it is an exceedingly rare beast!

Cheers
James

12th Sep 2021, 10:37 pm	#26
jamesinnewcastl Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 722	Re: Standard Beam Approach - Rebuild update Hi Alan According to the Practical Wireless article in 1956, the set could be bought for 15s with valves or 4s without. The author actually paid 10s. He was J. Stebbings - the name rings a bell but I am not sure why. I've been cleaning my receiver this afternoon and on reading your post I was full of admiration of the work you must have put in to figure out the circuit, but looking at the pictures of your unit (attached) I can see that it is very much simpler than the one I have. This is because the fixed tuning requires several banks of variable caps and a lot of switching! Not surprising they changed the design! Shame that you can't find your set - it is an exceedingly rare beast! Cheers James Attached Thumbnails