Identification of 1950s portable please - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

lloydwells · 29th May 2023, 9:20 am

I've just bought this would anybody know the maker and model ??

Cobaltblue · 29th May 2023, 10:24 am

That's a new one on me the knobs look like PYE the look close to those used on the P114BQ

Its clearly not PYE though so I'm guess its a set offered from the magazine pages. Its hard to see in the pictures if there's a BP on the Badge or RP?

Cheers

Mike T

lloydwells · 29th May 2023, 10:51 am

Some more photos

Herald1360 · 29th May 2023, 11:17 am

Could be a stylised GP?

vidjoman · 29th May 2023, 11:31 am

Looks homemade to me. The bent aluminium chassis and the wood frame around the top isn’t the sort of thing that a manufacturer would use. Possibly from a kit by a component supplier.

paulsherwin · 29th May 2023, 11:56 am

I was also thinking it might be a kit.

Paul_RK · 29th May 2023, 1:07 pm

And the board haphazardly drilled with a few hundred holes... even kit suppliers would hardly have produced that, I'm thinking somoene's version of a magazine project.

Paul

lloydwells · 29th May 2023, 2:20 pm

Let's not be too sure it's a kit I've seen worse I own seven Jewel Radios ! The case is a bit good it's actually finished to a better standard than most 50s portables.

Paul_RK · 29th May 2023, 2:29 pm

Pretty sure I remember empty cases for this type of set being offered by several Practical Wireless advertisers, fully finished with no contents, left over from some manufacturer's production run.

paulsherwin · 29th May 2023, 4:11 pm

The quality of the case was what made me think 'kit' rather than 'homebrew'. The innards do look rather rough and ready.

29th May 2023, 9:20 am	#1
lloydwells Heptode Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Posts: 549	Identification of 1950s portable please I've just bought this would anybody know the maker and model ?? Attached Thumbnails

29th May 2023, 10:24 am	#2
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,865	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please That's a new one on me the knobs look like PYE the look close to those used on the P114BQ Its clearly not PYE though so I'm guess its a set offered from the magazine pages. Its hard to see in the pictures if there's a BP on the Badge or RP? Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

29th May 2023, 10:51 am	#3
lloydwells Heptode Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Posts: 549	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please Some more photos Attached Thumbnails

29th May 2023, 11:17 am	#4
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,535	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please Could be a stylised GP? __________________ ....__________ ....\|____\|\|__\|__\_____ .=.\| _---\__\|__\|_---_\|. .........O..Chris....O

29th May 2023, 11:31 am	#5
vidjoman Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: East Sussex, UK. Posts: 3,326	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please Looks homemade to me. The bent aluminium chassis and the wood frame around the top isn’t the sort of thing that a manufacturer would use. Possibly from a kit by a component supplier.

29th May 2023, 11:56 am	#6
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,947	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please I was also thinking it might be a kit.

29th May 2023, 1:07 pm	#7
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,256	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please And the board haphazardly drilled with a few hundred holes... even kit suppliers would hardly have produced that, I'm thinking somoene's version of a magazine project. Paul

29th May 2023, 2:20 pm	#8
lloydwells Heptode Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Posts: 549	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please Let's not be too sure it's a kit I've seen worse I own seven Jewel Radios ! The case is a bit good it's actually finished to a better standard than most 50s portables.

29th May 2023, 2:29 pm	#9
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,256	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please Pretty sure I remember empty cases for this type of set being offered by several Practical Wireless advertisers, fully finished with no contents, left over from some manufacturer's production run.

29th May 2023, 4:11 pm	#10
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,947	Re: Identification of 1950s portable please The quality of the case was what made me think 'kit' rather than 'homebrew'. The innards do look rather rough and ready.