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Old 12th Jul 2015, 8:50 pm   #1
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Hello all.

My first post and as ever it's a question

Do you recognise this?

Any help greatly appreciated as I would love to put back what was in this box.

Cheers, Stuart.
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Old 12th Jul 2015, 9:31 pm   #2
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Hi Stuart and welcome.

Could you clarify what it says on the label, please. What's the model number? 207??

"Hayes" suggests it's an HMV or Marconi product.

And what does it say on the brass plaque, if anything?

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Old 12th Jul 2015, 9:42 pm   #3
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A clear shot of the valve list paragraph would be good.

Two output valves suggests pushpull and a reasonable level of audio. This would tie in with the "community" tag.
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Old 12th Jul 2015, 9:52 pm   #4
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Talk of an accumulator and desiccator is interesting, and suggests it was designed to be used in a remote and damp location.
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Old 13th Jul 2015, 11:23 am   #5
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From what I can make out in the picture the valves are:

W30 K MET (RF)

H30 MET (Det.)

N30 K (AF)(two of)

All 13 volt heaters.

Lawrence. EDIT: Maybe this post should be in the radio section?
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Old 13th Jul 2015, 12:55 pm   #6
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It appears to date from the mid-1930's, and I suspect was made by Marconi.

Or possibly HMV, but I still think Marconi
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An interesting snippet here, built for tropical conditions apparently:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...ed=0CDUQ6AEwAA

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Old 13th Jul 2015, 2:32 pm   #8
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A bit more shuffting in Google books reveals the it was made by The Gramophone Co Ltd in co-operation with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=...volume&q=radio

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Fascinating and very rare (though not necessarily of any monetary value). Shame the chassis has not survived. Might be worth someone uploading a pic to Radiomuseum as I couldn't find it there.

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Old 13th Jul 2015, 3:19 pm   #10
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Something to put it in a historical context, it was a long download on my computer, might be faster on anyone else's, when the file opens head for page number 43 of the report, the receiver is mentioned, it's worth scrolling to earlier page numbers to get the full picture regarding Marconi and India.

https://ia800309.us.archive.org/34/i...r030378mbp.pdf

Not found a picture yet.

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