Ekco Aircraft Radios - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

HamishBoxer · 24th May 2019, 3:32 pm

Apart from the R1155,did Ekco make any aircraft radios post war?Around 1950.

M0FYA Andy · 24th May 2019, 4:17 pm

I'm sure they did, they were certainly very involved with aircraft Radar post-war.
Wikipedia tells us "During the 1950s, the company produced a number of military radar systems including the ARI 5820 ranging radar for the Hawker Hunter, the ASV Mk. 19 air to surface vessel radar for the Fairey Gannet and the Red Steer tail warning radar for the Avro Vulcan. EKCO also supplied weather radars for a variety of civil aircraft such as the Bristol Britannia, De Havilland Comet, Vickers Vanguard, Vickers VC10 and BAC 111. The company also made the E390/564 weather radar for the Concorde. In 1970, EKCO's radar activities were subsumed into MEL, the military electronics subsidiary of Philips".

Andy

HamishBoxer · 24th May 2019, 5:03 pm

Thanks Andy, I had been on Wikipedia,though I did not get as much info as that.

PS Has anyone got one these I wonder?

Synchrodyne · 26th May 2019, 7:15 am

See the attachments for an example .

Cheers,

HamishBoxer · 26th May 2019, 12:39 pm

Thank you for that.

24th May 2019, 3:32 pm	#1
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,931	Ekco Aircraft Radios Apart from the R1155,did Ekco make any aircraft radios post war?Around 1950. __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S

24th May 2019, 4:17 pm	#2
M0FYA Andy Nonode Join Date: May 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 2,511	Re: Ekco Aircraft Radios I'm sure they did, they were certainly very involved with aircraft Radar post-war. Wikipedia tells us "During the 1950s, the company produced a number of military radar systems including the ARI 5820 ranging radar for the Hawker Hunter, the ASV Mk. 19 air to surface vessel radar for the Fairey Gannet and the Red Steer tail warning radar for the Avro Vulcan. EKCO also supplied weather radars for a variety of civil aircraft such as the Bristol Britannia, De Havilland Comet, Vickers Vanguard, Vickers VC10 and BAC 111. The company also made the E390/564 weather radar for the Concorde. In 1970, EKCO's radar activities were subsumed into MEL, the military electronics subsidiary of Philips". Andy

24th May 2019, 5:03 pm	#3
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,931	Re: Ekco Aircraft Radios Thanks Andy, I had been on Wikipedia,though I did not get as much info as that. PS Has anyone got one these I wonder? __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S

26th May 2019, 7:15 am	#4
Synchrodyne Nonode Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Posts: 2,944	Re: Ekco Aircraft Radios See the attachments for an example . Cheers, Attached Thumbnails

26th May 2019, 12:39 pm	#5
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,931	Re: Ekco Aircraft Radios Thank you for that. __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S