UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Powered By Google Custom Search Vintage Radio and TV Service Data

Go Back   UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum > General Vintage Technology > General Vintage Technology Discussions

Notices

General Vintage Technology Discussions For general discussions about vintage radio and other vintage electronics etc.

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 27th Feb 2007, 8:44 pm   #1
johnlees
Hexode
 
johnlees's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
Posts: 283
Talking Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

No, it's Radio Caroline! Found a Sobell S325 transistor radio today in a skip. Put a battery in it and it works.
It has 4 wavebands - LW, MW, MWbandspread and SW. The bandspread goes from about 190mtrs to 215mtrs and has "Caroline" and "Luxembourg" on it.

Please tell me I'm wrong but I've never seen a radio with "Caroline " on the dial before. Must be just me, I suppose. Was it common to have this?

Regards, John.
__________________
Now that's the kind of Long Wave I like ! (Severn Bore near Gloucester)

Last edited by Station X; 27th Feb 2007 at 9:07 pm. Reason: Title corrected.
johnlees is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 9:08 pm   #2
paulsherwin
Moderator
 
paulsherwin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Oxford, UK
Posts: 27,787
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Good find John.

A few radios did have 'Caroline' marked at one time. It wasn't very helpful, because there were lots of other stations which came and went, and Caroline itself had 2 frequencies (Caroline South and North).

Paul
paulsherwin is online now  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 9:41 pm   #3
stuie319
Pentode
 
stuie319's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK.
Posts: 229
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Hi John

As Paul says, some manufacturers did put caroline on the dial and sometimes radio london as well, it was frowned on by the authorities and the practice didnt last long. If a tranny has one of the offshore stations listed on the dial it makes it easy to date, its almost certain to be 1965. Nice find

Regards Stu
stuie319 is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 11:01 pm   #4
Darren-UK
Retired Dormant Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.
Posts: 4,061
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Hi John,

Is the S325 similar to my S327 of which I've attached a pic ? The 327 is one of those weird 'Duplex' radios with twin tuning scales.

Radio London also appeared on a few radios and this is the case with my Sobell S327 although the pic isn't especially clear.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	MVC-001S.JPG
Views:	210
Size:	46.8 KB
ID:	8457  
Darren-UK is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 11:15 pm   #5
johnlees
Hexode
 
johnlees's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
Posts: 283
Smile Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Hello all. No, Darren, your radio is nothing like mine at all, not even vaguely . It's totally different. Unfortunately I haven't (yet) got a digital camera so can't post a picture but I did find a picture of mine at http://www.vintage-radio.com/manufac...ts/sobell.html so have a look at that.
__________________
Now that's the kind of Long Wave I like ! (Severn Bore near Gloucester)
johnlees is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 11:24 pm   #6
Darren-UK
Retired Dormant Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.
Posts: 4,061
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Ah yes John, I remember now, the 325 is the one that looks like a Perdio Grosvenor . Thanks anyway .
Darren-UK is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 11:37 pm   #7
stuie319
Pentode
 
stuie319's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK.
Posts: 229
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Hi again John,

Just had a look of the pic of your sobell, its virtually identical to a GEC set in my collection, which also has caroline on the dial, i seem to think i've seen a marconi version somewhere as well. Pretty little sets in my opinion.

Regards, Stu
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	gec1.jpg
Views:	194
Size:	159.4 KB
ID:	8461  
stuie319 is offline  
Old 27th Feb 2007, 11:41 pm   #8
johnlees
Hexode
 
johnlees's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
Posts: 283
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

That's amazing. It's virtually identical except for the branding.
__________________
Now that's the kind of Long Wave I like ! (Severn Bore near Gloucester)
johnlees is offline  
Old 28th Feb 2007, 10:45 am   #9
radioman
Heptode
 
radioman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, UK.
Posts: 630
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

I also have one of these radios which is identical to the Sobell in the picture but mine is branded Masteradio.

Andy
__________________
G-QRP #12697
radioman is offline  
Old 28th Feb 2007, 10:55 am   #10
Paul Stenning
Administrator
 
Paul Stenning's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Cardiff
Posts: 9,060
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

The same Trader sheet covers the Sobell, McMichael and three GEC versions but doesn't mention Masteradio. They were all brands of the same company by that point.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	New-3.gif
Views:	140
Size:	95.3 KB
ID:	8464  
__________________

Paul Stenning
Forum Admin/Owner and BVWS Webmaster
Paul Stenning is online now  
Old 28th Feb 2007, 12:39 pm   #11
johnlees
Hexode
 
johnlees's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
Posts: 283
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

Thanks, repliers, for all your interest in this radio. MAYBE even transistor radios are vaguely interesting - MAYBE !
__________________
Now that's the kind of Long Wave I like ! (Severn Bore near Gloucester)
johnlees is offline  
Old 28th Feb 2007, 6:46 pm   #12
JoshWard
Octode
 
JoshWard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Near Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
Posts: 1,962
Default Re: Sobell S325 found in skip with Caroline.

I remember seeing one of the GEC versions in an antiques centre for £4, I was very tempted but it had sold by the next time I visited. Something which I thought about buying a lot was the McMichael version of which one came up for auction on ebay last year. Josh.
JoshWard is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:20 pm.


All information and advice on this forum is subject to the WARNING AND DISCLAIMER located at https://www.vintage-radio.net/rules.html.
Failure to heed this warning may result in death or serious injury to yourself and/or others.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2002 - 2023, Paul Stenning.