SELECTA PORTABLE RECEIVER, 1920's

Large early portable receiver, made in 1929, with four valves and space for HT Battery and LT accumulator.Required a good aerial and earth, a hand written list inside the front doors gives all the control settings for various stations. Tuning was accomplished by plain amplification T.R.F. (Tuned Radio Frequency). In 1929 it cost £33.12s.0d. On the inside back panel is a meter to indicate the charge state of the accumulator. Also available as a suit case portable, and a mains version.

• Rear view of the Radio
  

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• We had a simular model in A better mahogany cabinet. It had an internal frame aeriai which could point at a station's transmitter, with two tuning knobs setting frequency (factory calibration) Fiddly, I made one in 1940s for a friend.
  .......... Arthur Boyd-Barton, Rayleigh UK, 19th of November 2009
  
  

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