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Old 21st Jan 2004, 4:16 am   #1
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Default Last valve radio ever made?

Hi was just curious if anyone knows what the last british valve radio was?
 
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Default Re: Last valve radio ever made?

The youngest valve set I have is a generic replacement chassis designed to be dropped into radiograms, and from dates on the components it was made circa 1970. Valve record players and communications receivers were probably made for a couple of years after that. Sets from countries like Poland and Rumania were still available up to about 1972-3.

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Old 21st Jan 2004, 9:55 pm   #3
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Default Re: Last valve radio ever made?

As far as British radio sets are concerned.

The Bush VHF81 ac/dc AM/FM valve table radio was still present in the Bush sales leaflets of 1967. That must be a contender.

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Old 21st Jan 2004, 11:12 pm   #4
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Default Re: Last valve radio ever made?

My perrents Had A westminster radiogram A 4 valver
Bought in about 1972 .
It didnt last long about 3 years (it was A mono set!).
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Old 22nd Jan 2004, 3:02 am   #5
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What about Rigonda radiograms. They were still being sold new possibly up until the early 80's
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