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Old 19th Aug 2020, 4:54 pm   #1
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Default Ekco AC76 date/serial numbers

Some time ago there was some discussion about the number of the radios manufactured and maybe the following might add a little to that now closed discussion:

My brown or 'walnut' as Ekco would have called it AC76 has a serial number 32000 stamped on the chassis. For several years the radio has been switched on now and again but lately it ceased to work on both wavebands so the interior was revisited and the problem was found to be related to the switch contacts. Whilst trying to sort out this problem I discovered that the switch and coil numbering on the Manufacturers and the Trader service sheets are completely reversed. I also noted something that I had not when first working on the set, the date of manufacture 28 July 1935 stamped on a tape stuck to the coil assembly. Maybe others are dated in the same manner?
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