Rees Mace RMH 24 receiver - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

mickm3for · 6th Jun 2019, 2:04 am

Hi, any information on this set. It has 3 wavebands, SW1 SW2 and MW, in a grey wooden case.
A plate on the case says: The Rees Mace mfg co Ltd, London, England. Receiver Type RMH 24
I can find no info on it at all. I have not taken the back off yet.

G4XWDJim · 6th Jun 2019, 4:57 am

Looks like a NAAFI set. Often driven by 12 volts with a vibrator. Wireless for the Warrior might have details of it or something similar.

Jim

HamishBoxer · 6th Jun 2019, 8:00 am

It does look similar to my 2 Naafi sets,though I think there might be differences. Mine are wood with a front cover. One mains one battery.

crackle · 7th Jun 2019, 3:34 pm

The maker name is spelled Rees Mace. I had one of these sets https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rees_m...table_top.html. I believe the chassis was a PYE make.
Mike

turretslug · 8th Jun 2019, 11:42 am

Member David Simpson posted on a broadly similar Rees-Mace set a few years ago- the absence of LW, the wide SW coverage and the utility presentation of both sets makes me wonder if they were maybe aimed as government-use (military, civil service?) broadcast sets for overseas destinations. Perhaps also they may have represented a toe-hold into official recognition for the subsequent Rees-Mace/Pye CAT set-up?

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=92988

electronicskip · 8th Jun 2019, 12:12 pm

Rees Mace made sets for the Royal navy and were taken over by Pye in the 50s.

6th Jun 2019, 2:04 am	#1
mickm3for Heptode Join Date: May 2015 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK. Posts: 964	Rees Mace RMH 24 receiver Hi, any information on this set. It has 3 wavebands, SW1 SW2 and MW, in a grey wooden case. A plate on the case says: The Rees Mace mfg co Ltd, London, England. Receiver Type RMH 24 I can find no info on it at all. I have not taken the back off yet. Attached Thumbnails

6th Jun 2019, 4:57 am	#2
G4XWDJim Octode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,465	Re: reec mace rmh 24 receiver Looks like a NAAFI set. Often driven by 12 volts with a vibrator. Wireless for the Warrior might have details of it or something similar. Jim

6th Jun 2019, 8:00 am	#3
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,932	Re: reec mace rmh 24 receiver It does look similar to my 2 Naafi sets,though I think there might be differences. Mine are wood with a front cover. One mains one battery. __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S

7th Jun 2019, 3:34 pm	#4
crackle Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Basildon, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,100	Re: Reec Mace RMH 24 receiver The maker name is spelled Rees Mace. I had one of these sets https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rees_m...table_top.html. I believe the chassis was a PYE make. Mike

8th Jun 2019, 11:42 am	#5
turretslug Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Surrey, UK. Posts: 4,395	Re: Rees Mace RMH 24 receiver Member David Simpson posted on a broadly similar Rees-Mace set a few years ago- the absence of LW, the wide SW coverage and the utility presentation of both sets makes me wonder if they were maybe aimed as government-use (military, civil service?) broadcast sets for overseas destinations. Perhaps also they may have represented a toe-hold into official recognition for the subsequent Rees-Mace/Pye CAT set-up? https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=92988

8th Jun 2019, 12:12 pm	#6
electronicskip Nonode Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Gloucester, Glos. UK. Posts: 2,150	Re: Rees Mace RMH 24 receiver Rees Mace made sets for the Royal navy and were taken over by Pye in the 50s.