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wilfred · 31st Oct 2018, 10:33 pm

Help required to identify this 3 band radio from the 1960's
valve list is EZ80, EF80, EBF89, ECH81 & unknown output pentode
No makers mark or model number.

crackle · 1st Nov 2018, 8:27 am

What no cabinet to photo.

Mike

wireless_john · 1st Nov 2018, 8:35 am

My very first thought when I saw that was that it had the look of an Ekco set. Tuning on the left isn't like them though is it?

John

HamishBoxer · 1st Nov 2018, 9:13 am

Ferguson or Decca??

Edward Huggins · 1st Nov 2018, 10:48 am

This could well be one of those "no name", 3 band, 5 valve AM Superhets that were sold in chassis-only form by many of the radio component specialists at that time. The missing output valve is highly likely to be an EL84.

Paul_RK · 1st Nov 2018, 11:02 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by crackle

What no cabinet to photo.

Mike

My immediate guess was a no-name department-store or similar radiogram chassis, but we'll see. The prominent gram. option on the waveband switch points to a radiogram, and the absence of FM in the '60s (and it doesn't look much older than the '60s if at all) signifies a fairly low budget.

Paul

paulsherwin · 1st Nov 2018, 11:31 am

I also thought it looked like a cheap radiogram chassis.

jonnybear · 1st Nov 2018, 12:52 pm

It certainly looks like the ones that were sold by John James in the sixties Falcon brand comes to mind.
John

crackle · 1st Nov 2018, 1:50 pm

That green looking electrolytic capacitor on the op transformer looks a bit out of place.
Mike

31st Oct 2018, 10:33 pm	#1
wilfred Diode Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Bookham, Surrey, UK. Posts: 3	Unknown radio Help required to identify this 3 band radio from the 1960's valve list is EZ80, EF80, EBF89, ECH81 & unknown output pentode No makers mark or model number. Attached Thumbnails

1st Nov 2018, 8:27 am	#2
crackle Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Basildon, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,100	Re: Unknown radio What no cabinet to photo. Mike

1st Nov 2018, 8:35 am	#3
wireless_john Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 606	Re: Unknown radio My very first thought when I saw that was that it had the look of an Ekco set. Tuning on the left isn't like them though is it? John __________________ GQRP Club 4704 - BVWS Member

1st Nov 2018, 9:13 am	#4
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,935	Re: Unknown radio Ferguson or Decca?? __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S

1st Nov 2018, 10:48 am	#5
Edward Huggins Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Southwold, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 8,335	Re: Unknown radio This could well be one of those "no name", 3 band, 5 valve AM Superhets that were sold in chassis-only form by many of the radio component specialists at that time. The missing output valve is highly likely to be an EL84. __________________ Edward.

1st Nov 2018, 11:31 am	#7
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,959	Re: Unknown radio I also thought it looked like a cheap radiogram chassis.

1st Nov 2018, 12:52 pm	#8
jonnybear Octode Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cullompton, Devon, UK. Posts: 1,435	Re: Unknown radio It certainly looks like the ones that were sold by John James in the sixties Falcon brand comes to mind. John

1st Nov 2018, 1:50 pm	#9
crackle Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Basildon, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,100	Re: Unknown radio That green looking electrolytic capacitor on the op transformer looks a bit out of place. Mike