Wooden Dansette Radio. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

greg_simons · 1st Dec 2017, 12:22 am

Just been given a small cache of old radios among which is a dansette transistor 60 radio, well, I was in the trade almost from the start of the semiconductor era and a dansette radio in a high gloss wooden cabinet is new to me, does anyone know of this model?.
greg.

Paul_RK · 1st Dec 2017, 1:38 am

I've not owned one, but I've seen a few over the years. Not a common model, but then most of the "cordless" transistor table sets introduced around 1960 seem not to have sold very well - most companies of any size made one or two before going back just to portables. Unless my memory's playing tricks remaining stocks of the RT60 were offered, heavily discounted and withouit mention of the manufacturer, by a Wireless World advertiser in about 1962.

We've had occasional previous threads, including

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=83671 .

Paul

greg_simons · 1st Dec 2017, 2:28 pm

Hi paul,
thanks for that information, my example is not quite the same as that but on closer examination I think it may be a home made cobble up but a very good one, I will post some pictures later when I have five mts, obviously not a very glamorous model if they off loaded them at cost or a loss.
greg.

G6Tanuki · 1st Dec 2017, 5:50 pm

That style of radio seemed not really to catch on - they were being sold off cheap as 'self-assembly' kits by surplus dealers by mid-1961 as the ad below shows (from Practical Wireless august 1961).

Seems the PP10 was the battery of choice.

Nuvistor · 1st Dec 2017, 6:55 pm

As mentioned on the link in post 2, they were expensive, a similar valve radio was much cheaper. An Ekco U332 perhaps a couple of years earlier was just less than £15, much cheaper to run and more powerful audio.

camtechman · 3rd Dec 2017, 1:01 pm

The style was also found on the Dansette RG31 radiogram:

Boater Sam · 3rd Dec 2017, 1:17 pm

I have sent a couple of photos of this model to the Radiomuseum web site as they had none.
These are courtesy of Josh Ward, in the thread mentioned previously.
Not the smartest of sets, the inside is a bit empty, for PP11 battery I suspect.

1st Dec 2017, 12:22 am	#1
greg_simons Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Evesham, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 1,423	Wooden Dansette Radio. Just been given a small cache of old radios among which is a dansette transistor 60 radio, well, I was in the trade almost from the start of the semiconductor era and a dansette radio in a high gloss wooden cabinet is new to me, does anyone know of this model?. greg.

1st Dec 2017, 1:38 am	#2
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,259	Re: Wooden Dansette I've not owned one, but I've seen a few over the years. Not a common model, but then most of the "cordless" transistor table sets introduced around 1960 seem not to have sold very well - most companies of any size made one or two before going back just to portables. Unless my memory's playing tricks remaining stocks of the RT60 were offered, heavily discounted and withouit mention of the manufacturer, by a Wireless World advertiser in about 1962. We've had occasional previous threads, including https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=83671 . Paul

1st Dec 2017, 2:28 pm	#3
greg_simons Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Evesham, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 1,423	Re: Wooden Dansette Radio. Hi paul, thanks for that information, my example is not quite the same as that but on closer examination I think it may be a home made cobble up but a very good one, I will post some pictures later when I have five mts, obviously not a very glamorous model if they off loaded them at cost or a loss. greg.

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G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Wooden Dansette Radio. That style of radio seemed not really to catch on - they were being sold off cheap as 'self-assembly' kits by surplus dealers by mid-1961 as the ad below shows (from Practical Wireless august 1961). Seems the PP10 was the battery of choice. Attached Thumbnails

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Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,433	Re: Wooden Dansette Radio. As mentioned on the link in post 2, they were expensive, a similar valve radio was much cheaper. An Ekco U332 perhaps a couple of years earlier was just less than £15, much cheaper to run and more powerful audio. __________________ Frank

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camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	Re: Wooden Dansette Radio. The style was also found on the Dansette RG31 radiogram: Attached Thumbnails __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it! Last edited by camtechman; 3rd Dec 2017 at 1:06 pm.

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Boater Sam Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines. Posts: 3,897	Re: Wooden Dansette Radio. I have sent a couple of photos of this model to the Radiomuseum web site as they had none. These are courtesy of Josh Ward, in the thread mentioned previously. Not the smartest of sets, the inside is a bit empty, for PP11 battery I suspect.