Premier
Radio Kit Receiver
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I found this little
box at the local car boot sale amongst all sorts of old rubbish
and when I lifted the lid discovered it was an old home-built
receiver.
I didn't bother haggling and
paid the £4 asked, whereupon the chap asked me what it
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Inside I can recognise WWII surplus
parts in new condition including a couple of 2 volt triode valves,
marked HL23 and VR130 (which are the same thing despite being
different colours). One of the knobs is from a 17-Set, and some
of the parts look like 18 Set spares. What set was the box associated
with see below and did Premier Radio supply the kit which seems
to be a 2-valve TRF radio (see at the bottom of this page)? If
so it must have been in the late 40s or perhaps up to 1951? There
are 3 variable condensers, tuning, reaction and aerial trim or
bandspread, a volume control and a wavechange switch. |
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Above you can see a main
tuning condenser plus a fine tuner and an aerial trimmer. |
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Here you can see an interstage
coupling transformer and an output transformer plus a volume
control pot at the upper left.
Below you can see the pair of
coils each carrying two sets of windings to cover the whole of
the long, medium and short-wavebands. |
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The box itself is about
a five inch cube and carries the painted over name "Case
Spare Valves No.5 ZA10418". |
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I just found this "Premier
Radio" advert in an old RSGB Bulletin dated May 1949
The firm used to be called Morris
and Co. (Radio) Ltd.
and at this date had just moved
to new premises in Fleet Street and Edgeware Road. Business must
have been booming.
I paid £4 and it was already
assembled but there were no batteries included! |
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