R1155 Receiver Serial Numbers - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

pnh0001 · 10th Apr 2008, 4:07 am

I have seen the figure 'more than 80,000' for the numbers of R1155 receivers produced.

My R1155B has a serial number of 99532. It was made by Marconi, date unknown, rather than say E K Cole (who appeared to put a date in their inspection stamps). Does this mean in fact nearly 100,000 were produced in total?

Were serial numbers allocated sequentially, or was there perhaps a factory code in there as well?

Does anyone know? It would be interesting to find out.

Cheers,

Peter

RobinBirch · 10th Apr 2008, 3:10 pm

I think the numbers of miltary equipment were "to a degree" randomly allocated so that the number an enemy might see woudl give no indication as to production quantities.

Robin

10th Apr 2008, 4:07 am	#1
pnh0001 Triode Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 32	R1155 Receiver Serial Numbers I have seen the figure 'more than 80,000' for the numbers of R1155 receivers produced. My R1155B has a serial number of 99532. It was made by Marconi, date unknown, rather than say E K Cole (who appeared to put a date in their inspection stamps). Does this mean in fact nearly 100,000 were produced in total? Were serial numbers allocated sequentially, or was there perhaps a factory code in there as well? Does anyone know? It would be interesting to find out. Cheers, Peter

10th Apr 2008, 3:10 pm	#2
RobinBirch Hexode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cotswolds, UK. Posts: 465	Re: R1155 Receiver Serial Numbers I think the numbers of miltary equipment were "to a degree" randomly allocated so that the number an enemy might see woudl give no indication as to production quantities. Robin