Can you identify this set? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

John Mann · 12th Oct 2018, 10:56 pm

A friend has found this photo of her great-great-grandparents. Can anyone identify the radio?

AC/HL · 13th Oct 2018, 12:16 am

It looks like a Radio Instruments V3A from 1923. Radio Radio page 73.
No price quoted, but radios then were very expensive, both to buy and to run.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/radio_inst_ri_ri_v3a.html (without lid)

12th Oct 2018, 10:56 pm	#1
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13th Oct 2018, 12:16 am	#2
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: Can you identify this set? It looks like a Radio Instruments V3A from 1923. Radio Radio page 73. No price quoted, but radios then were very expensive, both to buy and to run. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/radio_inst_ri_ri_v3a.html (without lid)