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----INDEX MISCELLANY

Backward Step for Radio? by Tony Hopwood ...................4 32


Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 1 - 6 Baghdad Morse? by G2BZO ............................................ 3 32
Letter ............. .... ............................................ 4 30
ARTICLES & FEATURES
Letter ........................................................................... 5 30
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE
Alrsh•P by Sten Crebtree ........................... .3 20
Cotl CorrOSIOn .................................................................... 2 32
CO ............................................................................... 2 32
B•nh of Airborne W1reless by Tim Wander ................ 5 4
Culver Chtf Wireless Stallon by Tim Wander ..................... 3 23
First A1rbome Rad1o Telephony by DaVId Pntchard ........... 6 12
Days at Pye and Ekco by Raymond W. Edwards .............. 5 24
Rad1o Goes to War t:Jy Chas E. M111er ............................ 1 3
Ever Been Had? - Dynam1c Range vs Ambient Noise ...... 5 11
AMATEUR
Full Circle by Bob Wilson ................................................... 6 24
Albert Pearce and the Wireless by F. C. Judd ................... 3 8 Gas· mask Box Receiver .................................................... 1 10
Steroo v1a Amateur Radio by F. C. Judd ......................... 5 26 Jottings by the Way by Chas E. Miller ............................... 1 26
V1ntage Years of Amateur Wireless by Stan Crabtree
Keeping the Fun in the Interest by Dennis Usney ............. 5 32
Part 1 .............. .......................... . ...... .............. 2 4
Part 2 ..................................................................... 3 18
Late News by Bamaby H1ndsyte ............:........................... 1 32
PhysiOlogiCal Radio Detectors by Geoffrey Walsh ............. 3 14
Part3 .......................................................................... 4 10
OTI Tallong Newspaper ..................................................... 2 3
Part 4 .......................................................................... 5 21
Wireless Fames by Tony Hopwood ................................... 3 32
Part 5 ...................... . 6 25
1950s RadroiTV Interference Work by DaVId Rudram ....... 6 8
AUDIO
MOBILE
Amphher for 78rpm Records by Chas E M< I/er ............... 1 14
W~reless and the Metropolitan PoliCe by F. C. Judd .......... 4 13
DynamiC Range vs Ambient No1se .... ................. 5 11
W.reless Takes to the Road by Tim Wander
H1story of MagnetiC Record1ng by F. C. Judd ......... .. 2 18
Stereo v1a Amateur Radio by F. C. Judd .. ................... 5 26 Part 1 ........................................................................... 1 20
BOOKS
Part 2 ........................................................................... 2 27
Part3 ........................................................................... 4 16
ClassiC Book Rev1ew by RiChard 0 . Mams
MUSEUM PIECES
Everymans Wireless (F. J. Camm) ................ 3 25
Chalk Prts Museum ............................................................ 1 C1 /4
Golden Classtcs of Yesteryear (D. lngram) ................ 5 28 Commumcations Rece1vers ............................................... 4 C1 /4
New Books
DulwiCh W.reless Museum ................................................. 6 C214
Amateur RadiO m the UK and Greece ..................... 5 2
Joumeaux HistoriC Wireless CollectiOn .............................. 2 C214
RadiOS - the Golden Age ....... ...................... 6 2
Royal Signals Museum, Blandford ..................................... 3 C214
V1broplex Coffectors Gwde ................................... 6 2 UK Amateur Equrprnent ................................................. 5 C1/4
What s on the Wireless ..... .... ........... ... 3 2
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
BROADCASTING
DulwiCh Wireless Museum ................................................. 6 16
BBC Network 3 Programme 'Sound' by F. C. Judd ........... 5 20
Joumeaux H1stofiC Wireless Collecbon ..................... . ..... 2 16
F.rst Lad1es of P.rate Rad1o by A. Lester·Rands .............. 2 10
Gerald Marcuse (G)2NM by Pat Hawker .. .. ............ 2 12
Orkney Wireless Museum .................................................. 2 3
Royal S1gnals Museum, Blandford ..................................... 3 16
Hague Concerts from PCGG by Pat Hawker ..................... 5 6
The First Decade (Chalk Prts) ............................................ 1 11
HCJB, Vo1ce of the Andes by Andrew Steele .................... 4 8
W1re1ess & Communications Arch1ves by Joan Ham ......... 5 14
Soundang H1story (BBC World Serv1ce) ....... ................... 3 26
CARTOONS NEWS & EVENTS
Hernage Trail ..................................................................... 4 32 B & W Co1l Stock in the UK .................................. 5 2
Pract1sang for Ret.rement ................................................... 5 29 Cassette 500kHz -the End 1s Nigh' .................................. 6 2
Two· way Work1ng .............................................................. 2 32 Eddystone Users Group ..................................................... 5 2
Very much a valve man..................................................... 1 15 RAOTA .............................................................................. 5 3
CIRCUITRY RB Bmders ......................................................................... 5 3
Amphf1er for 78rpm Records by Chas E. Miller .................. 1 14 OBITUARIES
M1ghty HRO by Peter A. Hopwood ......... .................... 2 24 Aunty Jo (BBC 'Chlldrens' Hour') .......................................4 2
Reaction by tan HICkman ................................................... 6 22 PERSONALITlES
Yesterday's CircUits by Gordon J. King Albert Pearce and the W1reless by F. C. Judd ................... 3 8
No 1 Volume ExpansiOn ............................................ 2 14 First W1reless Signal (Hertz) by Ken Smith ........................ 2 28
No 2 Bandspread1ng ............... .............................. 3 22 Gerald Marcuse (G)2NM by Pat Hawker ........................... 2 12
No 3 Bandspread1ng/Magic Eyes ........................ .... 4 18 Hague Concerts from PCGG by Pat Hawker .................... 5 6
No. 4 Automabc Volume Control .......................... ..... 5 18 POWER SUPPUES
COMMENT Battery Ellm1nator for Valved RadJOs by Rod Burman ....... 3 12
Changes to RB ................................................................... 2 Letter .......... ........ .. ......................................... 4 31
EMC .................................. _ ................................. 4 Bias SubJects by John I. Brown ......................................... 3 10
Hello' ... ................................................................... 1 Substitute Gnd Bias Oattery by nay Holmes ..................... 1 31
Memones ........................................................................... 3 Letter .......................................................................... 2 30
Our First Year ................................................................... 6 Thoughts on Power Supphes byTony Hopwood ................ 3 10
The PaSSing of Rad10 ........................ . .................... 5 READERS' LETTERS
CONSTRUCTION BabyIon Rev1s1ted .. .. .. .... ................................................. 4 29
Battery Eliminator for Valved Rad1o5 by Rod Burm•n ....... 3 12 Baghdad Morse Mythology ........................................... 5 30
Letter ........ . ............................... ..... ............... 4 31 Battery Ehm1nator ............................................................... 4 31
Bias Subjects by John I. Brown ................ ........................ 3 10 CA300 ................................................................................ 5 30
Subsutute Gnd Bias Battery by Ray Holmes ..................... 1 31 Culver Chff ......................................................................... 4 30
Letter ........... ........................ ...... . . ........... 2 30 Dec1bels ............................................................................ 1 30
Thoughts on Power Supphes byTony Hopwood ........... 3 10 ............................................................................ 3 30
DOMESTIC GB Substitute ..................................................................... 2 30
Apparatus we have Tested ....................... . .............. 1 24 HV Capacitors .................................................................... 4 28
AVC Problems by John I. Brown .... . ........ 3 24 Nahonal VHF Rece1vers ..................................................... 5 30
Contemporar.as of the DAC90 by Amold Costatn ............. 1 23 No. 10 Set ......................................................................... 4 30
lnformat1on Department by Chas E. M11/er .... .. .. ............... 1 8 RX Profile ........................................................................... 1 31
Murphy Short-wave Specials by Lorm Knight Stopprng the Leak .............................................................. 2 30
Part 1 ........................................................................... 3 28 Terms & Telegraphy .......................................................... 4 30
Part 2 ........................................................................... 4 25 Titanic ................................................................................ 4 28
AI 'Arrflo' by Edd1e Phi/lips ................................................. 1 16 Waves & Cans ................................................................... 4 31
The Pye Story by DICtron ................................................... 1 28 RECORDING
MARITlME BBC Network 3 Programme ' Sound' by F. C. Judd ........... 5 20
Coast Aad10 StatJoos by Brian Faufl<ner .. ............ ... 6 18 H1story of MagnetJC Record1ng by F. C. Judd .................... 2 18
W~reless and the ss Titamc by A. Lester·Rands ................ 3 4 RESTORATION
MILITARY Meter Otats by Robert A Wilson ........................................ 5 32
W1reless Set No 38 by Louis Meulstee ...... .............. 6 3 Restonng a Bush DAC90 by G. F Baker........................... 2 22

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SERVICING ISSUE PAGE GPO WT7 .......................................................................... 6 20
Serv.cing Equipment of Bygone Days by John Earl Hallicrafters S20A 'Sky Champion' ....................................4 C2
Intra/No. 1 .................................................................... 4 21 Marconi 12A ....................................................................... 6 19
TEST EQUIPMENT Marconi 394 ....................................................................... 6 20
BC221 by Richard Q Marris ............................................... 2 8 Marconi CR30011 ............................................................... 4 C3
Letter ........................................................................... 4 31 Letter ........................................................................... 5 30
LM Series by Rod Burman ................................................. 2 9 Marconi 'Mercury' ............................................................... 6 21
Servicing Equipment of Bygone Days by John Earl National HFS ...................................................................... 5 30
Intra ............................................................................. 4 21 National HRO ..................................................................... 2 24
TS-174N ............................................................................ 4 31 ..................................................................................... 3 30
WWI Heterodyne Wavemeter by Rod Burman .................. 5 9 National SW-3 .................................................................... 5 28
THEORY National l -10 ...................................................................... 4 C2
Res1stance & Capacitance Bridges .................................... 1 22 ..................................................................................... 4 17
WHERE IS IT? Letter ........................................................................... 5 30
No. 1 (Puzzle) .............................................................. 1 18 Racal RA 17L ...................................................................... 4 C4
No. 1 (Answer) ............................................................. 2 26 RAF Type 10 ............ .......................................................... 6 29
Letter ........................................................................... 4 29 R1155 ................................................................................ 1 3
No. 2 (Puzzle) .............................................................. 2 26 Letter ........................................................................... 2 30
No. 2 (Answer) ............................................................. 3 15 Letter ...........................................................................4 31
No. 3 (Puzzle .... ............................................. 4 24 Tuner Aircraft No. 100 ........................................................ 2 C3
No. 3 (Answer) ............................................................. 5 31 RECORDERS
No. 4 (Puzzle) .............................................................. 6 29 Blattnerphon-Stille (1930) .................................................. 2 19
Gramdeck .......................................................................... 2 20
EQUIPMENT Magnetophon (1936) .......................................................... 2 19
The following equipment references may be articles, Marconi-Stille (1934) .......................................................... 2 19
photographs o r brief text mentions: Wesgrove VKR500 ............................................................ 2 21
TEST EQUIPMENT
RECEIVERS - Broadcast
BC221 ................................................................................ 2 8
Alba 540/6401740 ............................................................... 1 6
Letter ........................................................................... 4 31
Brownie No. 2 Crystal Set .................................................. 2 16
LM Series ........................................................................... 2 9
..................................................................................... 2 C2
Pifco Radiometer ............................................................... 4 22
Brownie 2-valve Set ........................................................... 2 16
Taylor 658 Sig Gen ............................................................ 4 21
Bush DAC90 ...................................................................... 1 23
TS-174N ............................................................................ 4 31
..................................................................................... 1 31
WWI Heterodyne Wavemeter ............................................ 5 9
..................................................................................... 2 22
TELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT
BTH Crystal Receiver Type C ............................................ 2 16
'Enigma' Machine ...............................................................3 C3
Climax Model SS ................................................................ 6 17
Power Buzzer ..................................................................... 6 28
Cossor 464 ......................................................................... 1 23
Single Needle Telegraph ................................................... 3 16
Ekco U29 ........................................................................... 1 23
Wheatstone Automatic System .......................................... 3 C2
Ericsson Crystal Set Type 0/1050 ...................................... 2 C2
TRANSCEIVERS
Europhone ......................................................................... 2 C3
Army No. 1 Set ................................................................... 3 C2
Ferranti 547 ........................................................................ 1 23
Army No. 9 Set ................................................................... 3 17
GEC 'Compact' .................................................................. 1 23
Army No. 10 Set ................................................................. 3 C4
Goblin 'Time Spot' .............................................................. 1 24
Letter ........................................................................... 4 30
HMV Model 296 ................................................................. 6 17
Army No. 11 Set ................................................................. 3 16
HMV Model 521 ................................................................. 6 16
Army No. 13 Set................................................................. 6 3
JavQee CrvstaWalve Set ................................................... 2 C2
Army No. 38 Set ................................................................. 6 Cl
Keston Lindley ................................................................... 6 16
Marconiphone T14A .......................................... .. ............... 1 24
..................................................................................... 6 3
Army No. 52 Set ................................................................. 3 C4
McMichael GPO Receiver WT No. 11 ............................... 6 9
KW 'Viceroy· .............. ......................................................... s C2
McMichael Mains Screened Oimic 3 .................................. 6 16
Labgear 160 Twin .............................................................. 5 C3
Murphy A36/A52 ................................................................ 3 28
M&G3 ............................................................................... 5 Cl
Murphy A76/A92 ................................................................ 4 25
..................................................................................... 5 16
Philips VSA ......................................................................... 6 17
Marconi CW Pack Set ........................................................ 2 17
Premier Kits ....................................................................... 1 8
Marconi XMC 1 .................................................................. 6 20
Pye 'Mite' ........................................................................... 1 29
TR1133E ............................................................................ 5 25
Pye 47X ............................................................................. 4 22
TRANSMITTERS
Pye Baby Q ........................................................................ 1 29
Army No. 53 Set ................................................................. 3 C3
Pye 'International' .............................................................. 1 28
GPO W5 ............................................................................. 6 21
Pye MP/MPU Series .......................................................... 1 28
GPO W12 ........................................................................... 6 20
Pye PP/AC and IB .............................................................. 1 28
Heathkit DX40U ................................................................. 5 C4
Pye OU .............................................................................. 1 29
Heathkit VF-1U .................................................................. 5 C4
Pye RS4 ............................................................................. 1 28
Labgear LG300 .................................................................. 5 C3
Radione Empfangsgerat R2 ............................................... 6 17
Marconi 503 ....................................................................... 6 20
Rees Mace 'Cameo' (U54A) .............................................. 1 23
'Squirt' Transmitter ... .......................................................... 3 17
RI 'Airflo' .................................. ........................................... 1 16
Trench Set CW Mk 111 ......................................................... 3 16
RI 'Aria' .............................................................................. 1 17
T1154 ................................................................................. 1 3
Rl491 ................................................................................ 1 17
VALVES
RI Crystal Set Type XLA .................................................... 2 17
RI Type V4A ....................................................................... 2 C4
·a· Valve ............................................................................. s 4
'R' Valve ............................................................................. 2 16
Tandberg 'Huldra' .............................................................. 5 2
Round Valve ...................................................................... 6 12
Ultra U405 .......................................................................... 1 23
V24 ..................................................................................... 5 4
RECEIVERS- Communications
3NF .................................................................................... 1 C4
Army LW Tuner Mk Ill ........................................................ 2 17
Army SW Tuner Mk 111 ........................................................ 2 17 Page references to C 1, C2, C3 and C4 indicate
BC-342J ............................................................................. 4 C3 Front cover, Inside front cover, Inside back cover and
Codar PR30 ....................................................................... 5 C2 Outside back cover, respectively
Collins R390A .................................................................... 4 C1
..................................................................................... 4 4
COPIES OF ALL THE SIX ISSUES OF RADIO BYGONES
..................................................................................... 5 3
PUBLISHED TO DATE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE
Letter ........................................................................... 6 30
SUBSCRIPTION OFFICE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE
Crystal Wff Receiver Model Td ......................................... 2 C4
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Eddystone 840 ................................................................... 4 C4

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w.-e-16ss ................................................................................ 11
INDEX W.-eless Tales from the Loft by Tony Hopwood ...................... 8
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Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 7- 12 MUSEUM PIECES
Peter Culler Collection ............................................................. 8 C1 -C4
ARTICLES & FEATURES Receivers ............................................................................... 12 C1 -C4
Test Equipment ...................................................................... 11 C1 -C4
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Valve Cartons ......................................................................... 10 C2-C4
Saved by Radio ........................................................................ 8 26 Valves ...................................................................................... 9 C1-C4
Letter ............................................................................... 12 29 Wireless Novelties ............................... .... ................................ 7 C1 -C4
RAF Receiver R.1084 ..............................................................9 16 MUSEUMS & COUECTIONS
AMATEUR Collecting Philips Artefacts in Brazil by C. A Fazano ............ 12 12
Collins S-Line by Petflf A Hopwood ...................................... 12 5 Radio Bygones Collection in North Yorkshire by G. Baker ...... 8 16
Vintage Years of Amateur Wireless by Stan Crabl199 NEWS & EVENTS
Part 6 ................................................................................. 7 24 2MT Writ!le Hut Moved ............................................................ 9 2
Part 7 ................................................................................. 9 10 Aerial Services Collection, Whitstable ...................................... 7 2
Part8 ............................................................................... 10 13 Amateur Licence Upgrade (CW Power) ................................. 12 3
AUDIO 82 User Group ......................................................................... 7 2
Alan Douglas Remembers ... 1920-1926 ................................. 8 19 Buyers & Sellers Digest ......................................................... 11 2
Early Microphones by AJan Douglas ...................................... 11 26 BVWS ....................................................................................... 8 2
BOOKS Can You Help?- 'Radio Wires' ................................................ 8 18
70 YeatS of Radio Tubss a Valves .......................................... 9 8 Collins Owners Club ............................................................... 10 3
Amateur Radio for Beginners ................................................. 12 2 Edclystone Users Group ........................................................... 9 3
Bright Sparl<s of Wireless .........................................................8 2 Electric Radio Magazine .......................................................... 7 2
Frcxn Rattle to Radio ................................................................ 7 3 Empire Broadcasting at the Chalk Pits ..................................... S 3
More Golden Age of Radio ..................................................... 1o 2 Hollow Stat9 N9Wslener ......................................................... 12 2
OTC .......................................................................................... 7 3 McKnight Crystals .................................................................. 12 2
.......................................................................................... 8 2 Museo Della Radiofonia, Roma ............................................. 11 2
Radios von Gest9fn ................................................................. 7 3 North Walsham 'Steam Radio' Exhibition .............................. 12 3
........................................................................................ 10 3 Philips Change of Name ......................................................... 12 2
Saga of the Vacuum Tube ....................................................... 9 8 Samuel F. B. Morse Ill ............................................................. 9 3
The Set1nak8fS ....................................................................... 10 2 Sound Retrieval ........................................................................ 9 3
What the Ovaltineys Sang ........................................................8 25 Steam Radio Collection, Ansttuther ......................................... 7 2
Classic Book Review by Richard Marris TV Bygones .............................................................................. 9 3
Radio Servicing (Patchett & Fozzard) ............................... 7 8 Vintage Radio Circle ................................................................ 9 2
ARRL Handbook ................................................................ 9 25 Vintage Wireless Co. ltd C atalogue ...................................... 12 2
BROADCASTING OBITUARIES
Time-warped Transminer by WJM ........................................... 7 10 Dave Pritchard G4GV0 ............................................................ 8 2
Start of Wireless Broadcasting in the UK by F. C. Judd ........... 9 21 PERSONALITIES
CIRCUITRY Mysterious A. J . Alan by Pat HaWI<fK ..................................... 11 22
Coming of the Superhet by Lorin Knight Popov; Russian Claim to Fame by Stan Crabtree ................. 12 26
Part 1 ................................................................................. 8 10 POWER SUPPLIES
Part2 ................................................................................. 9 28 HT Supply by Richard 0 . Marris ............................................ 11 29
E52 'KOln' R~&r by Nilil Cfyn9 ............................................ 7 4 Letter ............................................................................... 12 29
How to Build a 2-valvA SAt ................................................. 7 30 READERS' LETTERS
HT Supply by Richard Q. Marris ............................................ 11 29 A Fitting Epitaph? ................................................................... 11 30
Lett&r ............................................................................... 12 29 A Satisfied Customer ............................................................. 12 30
Yesterdays' Circuits by Gordon J. King An Unlikely Source (EMC) ....................................................... 8 30
No. 5- AM Detectors ........................................................ 7 12 Automated Test Equipment .................................................... 10 32
No. 6 - BattfKY Economy Circuits ...................................... 9 14 Baghdad Morse- the Sequel ................................................... 7 28
COMMENT Civilian Receiver Restoration ................................................. 11 30
'Airwaves' ................................................................................. 8 E52 'K61n' Receiver .................................................................. 9 31
Morse Code ............................................................................ 10 Further lnfo .......................................... .................. ............... 12 29
Letter ............................................................................... 11 30 Help Wanted .......................................................................... 12 30
Subscription Rates ................................................................. 12 1 HT Supply ............................................................................... 12 29
Supply Voltage S\andards ........................................................ 7 1 KitS&t ..................................................................................... 10 32
VaNe Numbering Data .............................................................9 Marine Emergency ................................................................... 9 32
Valve Testing ......................................................................... 11 Marine Radio 1912 ................................................................... 9 31
CONSTRUCTION More on the R-390A ................................................................. 7 29
How to Build a 2-valve Set ....................................................... 7 30 National Revisited? .................................................................. 7 28
Single-valve Loudspeaker Receiver by Sir Douglas Hall ....... 11 12 Photo Call (AVO) ...................................................................... 8 30
DOMESTIC Pioneer Exploits (Perraphone) ................................................. 8 31
Coming of the Superhet by Lorin Knight R-390A Heater Ballast ............................................................. 9 31
Part 1 ................................................................................. 8 10 R-390A Restoration ................................................................ 11 30
Part2 ................................................................................. 9 28 Southdown ............................................................................... 9 32
Marooniphone T26A ............................................................... 12 4 Symbols? ............................................................................... 11 30
Radionette Symfoni - 3D by Richard Marris .......................... 12 24 Turbine Interrupter ................................................................. 11 31
Wartime Civilian Receiver by R. WacJcjngham ...................... 10 28 ......................................................................................... 12 29
MARITIME Versatile VaNe (RV1 2P2000) .................................................. 8 30
First Use of Radio in Marine Emergency by JeH Harris ........... 8 13 W .S.19 ................................................................................... 12 29
Radio in RNLI Lifeboats by Brian Faulknflf ............................ 12 15 Why 0 ? .................................................................................. 10 32
Seagoing Recollections by Frank Bailey ................................ 10 16 ......................................................................................... 11 30
MIUTARY Wire Recorders ...................................................................... 10 32
W.-eless Set No. 38, Part 2 by Louis Meulstee ........................ 7 14 RECORDING
lea&!' ............................................................................... 10 32 Magnetic Wire Recorcing Machines by Bob Ridl9y ................. 8 4
MISCELLANY Letter ............................................................................... 10 32
A 5pattt of Nos&algia by Ron lrving ........................................ 11 13 REFERENCE DATA
Lea&!' ............................................................................... 12 29 Index of Valves, August 1919 ................................................ 11 16
Frinton-on-Sea Wweless School by D. A J. Ward ................. 11 20 Radio Valve & Tubes by Geoff Arnold
International Polar Yeat1932133 by F. C. Judd ....................... 7 19 Part 1 -Numbering Systems ............................................ 9 4
My Friend Geofge .................................................................. 11 32 Part 2- UK & US Military Equivalents, pre-1944 ............ 10 4
Precui'SOf of the Semioonductor by Jack Hum ....................... 12 8 Part 3 - Military 'CV' Equivalents ...........,........................ 11 4
Radio & Space Research frcxn 1920 by F. C. Judd ............... 12 20 RESTORATION
Raciospares Umiled by F. C. Judd ........................................ 10 18 Wartime Civilian Receiver by R. Waddingham....................... 10 28
W hatever Happened To ... ? ................................................... 10 22 Letter ............................................................................... 11 30

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SERVICING Philips 2007 Loudspeaker ...................................................... 12 14
Servicing Equipment of Bygones Days by John Earl Philips5926Amplif~er ............................................................. 12 14
No. 2- Cossor 499 ............................................................ 8 23 Reisz Microphone .................................................................. 11 26
TELEGRAPHY SykeS-Round Microphone ...................................................... 11 26
History of the C&nadian Key by Murray D. Wil/9r ................... 10 24 Western Electric Doubte-bunon Microphone ............................ 8 19
THEORY ........................................................................................ 11 26
Why 0? by Charl6s H. Langton ...............................................9 26 Western Electric ES619 Microphone ...................................... 11 27
Letter ...............................................................................10 32 Wirek Recorders Type A, B & 49 ............................................. 8 4
Letter ............................................................................... 11 30 TEST EQUIPMENT
WHERE IS IT? Brown M-Wave Oscilalor M.2S ............................................ 11 C3
No. 4 (Answer) ................................................................... 7 7 Marconi Scientific Instrument Co. Waverneter ....................... 11 C2
No. 5 (Puzzle) ....................................................................8 18 Multimeter PSM6 .................................................................... 11 19
No. 5 (Answer) ................................................................... 9 3 Multimeter PSM37 .................................................................. 11 19
No. 6 (Puzzle) .................................................................. 10 23 Signal Generalor ANIUAMf.25D ............................................. 11 18
No. 6 (Answer) ................................................................ 11 21 Townsend Wavemeter ........................................................... 11 C1
Valve Tester APG.1 ............................................................... 11 C3
ValveTeslei'TV10 ................................................................. 11 18
Valve Voltmeter TS505 .......................................................... 11 19
EQUIPMENT Waverneter Class 0 , No. 1 Mk 11 ............................................ 11 C4
The following references may be articles, Waverneter Class D. No. 2 ..................................................... 11 C4
WO Slation Tester Mk 11 ......................................................... 11 C2
photographs or brief text mentions TELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT
RJ::CBVERS- Broadc..t Morse Keys (various) ............................................................. 10 24
Alba 56 ..................................................................................... 9 30 Turbine Interrupter ................................................................. 11 31
Nba C112 ................................................................................ 8 C3 TRANSCEIVERS
Beethoven 'Little Prodigy' ......................................................... 8 16
BCC LN68R ............................................................................ 12 17
Burndept 'Ethodyne' .................................................................8 10
Coastal Radio 'Cur1ew' ........................................................... 12 17
Bush DAC10 ............................................................................8 16 Coastal Radio Type 97 ........................................................... 12 17
Bush VHF61 ............................................................................. 8 17
Collins 625-1 .......................................................................... 12 7
City Accumulalor Co. 'Lancastria' ............................................ 9 29 Collins KWM-2A ..................................................................... 12 5
Columbia .................................................................................. 8 16 Cossor 300/400 ...................................................................... 12 18
Cossor 464AC .......................................................................... 8 C3
Marconi 'Kestrel' ..................................................................... 12 18
Cossor 499 ............................................................................... 8 23 Pye 'Commande( ................................................................... 12 18
Cossor P44 ............................................................................... 8 16 Pye 'Westminster' .................................................................. 12 18
Eagle Electric 'Chakophone' .................................................... 8 11 Aedifon GA2891299 ............................................................... 12 18
EkcoA274 ................................................................................ 8 C4 Wweless Set No. 38 ................................................................. 7 14
Grahon Crystal Set ................................................................... 7 C3 Woodson 'Spcy 90' ................................................................ 12 18
Majestic Radio 50 .....................................................................9 28 Woodson C50 ......................................................................... 12 18
Marconiphone T26A ............................................................... 12 41C1
Marconiphone V1 ..................................................................... 8
TRANSMITTERS
C4
ANICAT3 .................................................................................. 8 28
McMictlael 'Colonial' ................................................................ 9 29 Collins 30L-1 .......................................................................... 12 7
Mork from OrkTM .......................................................................7 C2
Collins 305-1 .......................................................................... 12 7
Murphy A4 ................................................................................ 9 29 Collins 325 ............................................................................. 12 5
Murphy A8 ................................................................................ 9 30
Dinghy Transmitter Type 33 ..................................................... 8 27
Murphy A262 ............................................................................ 8 16 NS1!NS2 .................................................................................. 8 26
Murphy AD94 ........................................................................... 8 17
RCC T22 ................................................................................ 10 17
Nordmende ·carmen 55' ..........................................................8 18
SCA578 'Gibson Girt' (BC-778) ............................................... 8 28
Nordmende 'Electra 59' ............................................................8 18
Telefunken TK12 .....................................................................9 31
Nordmende 'Rigoletto' ..............................................................8 18
Philco 100 ................................................................................ 8 17
VALVES & TUBES
Philelta 283171 ......................................................................... 8 506 ........................................................................................ 12 13
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Philips 1410 .............................................................................. 8 17 1163 ..............................................................................: ........ 12 13
Philips 2515 ............................................................................ 12 13 4001A ....................................................................................... 9 C3
Philips 84X76Z ....................................................................... 12 14 A414K ..................................................................................... 12 13
Philips V6A ............................................................................. 12 14
AK2 ........................................................................................ 12 13
Pocket Wireless .......................................................................7 'Audion' ....................................................................................9 7/C1
C2
Radionelte Symfoni- 30 ....................................................... 12 C1 ........................................................................................ 12 13
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RAP 'Table Model' ................................................................. 12 C433 ....................................................................................... 12 13
C3
Rialton 'Melva' .......................................................................... 9 28 C509 ....................................................................................... 12 12
Stella ST2390 ........................................................................... 8 17 CV67 ...................................................................................... 11 4
Varley AP43 ............................................................................. 9 30 ' E' valve .................................................................................. 12 12
Vidor 'Lady Margaret' CN429 ................................................... 9 C2 E242N .................................................................................... 12 13
Wartime Civilian ..................................................................... 10 G.125A ' Peanut' ....................................................................... 9 C4
28/C1
Western Electric 44002 ............................................................8 10 NT9X ........................................................................................ 9 7/C1
P.425 ........................................................................................ 9 C4
RECEIVERS - Communication•
PM2BA .....................................................................................9 14
Bendix RA-18 ......................................................................... 12 C2
Collins 51S ............................................................................. 12 PM22C ..................................................................................... 9 14
7
Pre-1919 Military (various) ..................................................... 11 16
Collins 755 ............................................................................. 12 5
Collins A-390A OP240 ...................................................................................... 9 15
' A' valve .................................................................................... 9 C2
Letter ................................................................................. 7 29
Round TF-HC-3F ..................................................................... 9 C2
Letter .................................................................................9 31
RV12P2000 ..............................................................................7 6
Letter ............................................................................... 11 30 5625 ......................................................................................... 9 C3
Detrola BC1206-A .................................................................. 12 C3
E52 'KOln' Receiver ..................................................................7 SP.18 ....................................................................................... 9 C"
4
VT25 ......................................................................................... 9 C3
Letter ................................................................................. 9 31
Halliaafters 'Sky Ranger' 5-39 .............................................. 12 While valve ............................................................................... 9 C2
C4
Halliaafters 'SkyAidel' Marine' ............................................... 12 WA2 ......................................................................................... 9 C3
C4
Marconi CA1001828 ............................................................... 12 C2 P•g. r•f•r.nc•• to Ct, C2, C3 •nd C4 lndlc.t• Front cov.r, lnsld•
Marconi MA4b ........................................................................ 10 16 front cov•, lnsld• bM:k cov•r .nd Outslc» l»ck cov.r, r•sp.ctlvfiy
R.1084 ...................................................................................... 9 16
Telefunken EISa Mk.2 .............................................................. 9 31
AUDIO COPIES OF THE FIRST 12 ISSUES OF RADIO BYGONES ARE
Decca Wind-up Gramophone ................................................... 8
AVAILABLE FROM THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFICE, PRICE £2.50
C2
Maxf181d & Harrison Wax Recorder .......................................... 8 EACH TO UK ADDRESSES, £2.80 EACH OVERSEAS (SURFACE
22 MAL). DEDUCT 10% FOR ORDERS FOR 3 OR MORE COPIES
Minifon Wire Recorder P55 ...................................................... 8 6

32 RADIO BYGONES, August!September 1991


'///////////////AI ND EX '//////////////A MOBILE
Wireless & the Metropolitan Police. a Sequel by F. C. ~ u d..d14
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 13.18 MODIFICATIONS
Mods to the Collins R-390A by Don Martin ............................17
ARTICLES & FEATURES MUSEUM PIECES
Bampton Museum of Communication ....................................16
Crystal sets at Arreton Manor ................................................ 15
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE National Wireless Museum. Arreton Manor ...........................17
Consol by Brian Kendal ......................................................... 15
Receiver Cabinet Design of the early 1930s ..........................13
Converting the T.R.1196RX by lan Hickman ........................ 16 Scottish Museum of Communication .................................... 14
Gee by S. W. Pope ................................................................ 16 Wireless Novelties ..................................................................18
Saved by Radio . 2 by Louis Meulstee ................................... 14
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Transmiller/Receiver T.R.9 by E. F. Jones ............................ 14
Bad Laasphe by Gerry Baker ................................................. 18
AMATEUR Bampton Museum ................................................................. 16
Hammarlund 'Cornet Pro' .................................................... 13 Isle of Wight Radio Museums ................................................17
Mods to the Collins R-390A by Don Martin ............................17 Researching the Chakophone by Andrew Humphriss ........... 16
Wireless History Unearthed by Jack Hum .............................. 18 Scottish Museum of Communication ......................................14
AUDIO NEWS & EVENTS
The Mechanical Amplifier of S. G . Brown by Anthony Swift... l3
A First Class Job (Murphy) .....................................................18
BOOKS Camden Miniature Steam Services Book List ........................ 18
Guida del Radiocollezionista ................................................ 18 Collins Owners Club ............................................................... l6
Het Racal Handboek .............................................................. 14 Daventry Closes .................................................................
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Keys Keys. Keys .................................................................. 13 Duxford Radio Society .........................................................
16
16
Radio Art ................................................................................
16 Folkestone RAC (G2FA) Revived ...................................... 13
Radio Art Postcards ........................... . ................................ 15 HV Electrolytics ................................................................... 1 5
Classic Book Review by Richard Marris Levell Electronics ............................................................ 18
Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy .................. 14 Mauritron Military Equipment Manuals ......................... ......18
RB Bookshelf .......................... . ........................................... 15 Museum of Communication Foundation ................... ...... 16
....................................................................................... 16 National Vintage Communications Fair 1993 .........................18
....................................................................................... 17 Scottish Museum of Communication ...................................... 13
....................... . . ..........................................................18 Scottish Museum Opens .................... ............................... 17
BROADCASTING Met Police HF Links Closed .......................... .......................l8
Biggest Aspidistra in the World by Pat Hawker ...................... 18 OBITUARIES
2L0 London Calling by Ron lrving ......................................... 17 F. C. Judd - an appreciation ..................................................17
CIRCUITRY PERSONALITIES
American 'Midgets' by Richard Q. Marris ............................... 15 Early Days in Australia - W. H. Jenvey by Norman Burton ....14
Converting the T.R.l 196 Receiver by /an Hickman ...............16 Frank Murphy. Engineer. etc. by Lorin Knight ........................ 17
Letter ............................................................................. 17 P. P. Eckersley - the Missed Opportunities by Pat Hawker ... 15
Fessenden Faux Pas by Stan Crabtree ................................. 13 READERS' LETTERS
Letter ............................................................................ 16 A Polished Result ............................................................... 14
Hammarlund 'Comet Pro' .......................................................13 Another Barker .................................................................... 18
Inside the Eddystone 888A by Brian Kendal .......................... 16 Another Wavemeter ............................................................ 15
CLANDESTINE Crystal Set Revisited ...........................................................15
Biggest Aspidistra in the World by Pat Hawker ...................... 18 Fessenden Revisited ....................... .....................................16
The Story of 'OLGA by Erling Langemyr ...............................13 Frame Aerials on Long Waves .............................................. 14
Letter .............................................................................14 Good Time Wireless ............................................................. 13
Letter ...............................................................................15 Hobbies Weekly Circuits ........................................................18
COMMENT lnlo Please! (Barker 88) ......................................................... 17
Learn from Past Technology ..................................................16 Long-Lived Components ........................................................ 18
Radio 3 MW Close-down ................................................... 15 Milnes Unit ........................................................................... 18
Subscriptions to Europe ...................................................... 14 More Crystal Sets ............................................................18
The Legacy of F. C. Judd .................................................... 17 More on Popov .................................................................... 14
Unlucky for Some ................................................................. 13 Olga ........................ .
.............................................................15
Restoration Methods ........................................................ 18 Oscillating Crystals .............................................................. 13
CONSTRUCTION RMS Queen Mary .................................................................. 17
Adding FM to Classic Valved Radios by 'Home-brewer ......... 18 Radionette ............................................................................. 13
Breadboard Consttuction by Richard Q. Marris .....................15 ........................................................................................
14
'Octagon' Aerial by Richard C?. Marris .................................... 13 Saucepan Radio .................................................................. 15
Receiving FM Programmes on MW by Peter Lankshear ....... 18 Saucepan Special .............................................................. 14
DOMESTIC Selective Crystal Set ............................................................ 14
Down Memory Lane by Pat Baker ........................................ 13 Telesonic .................................... ............................................ 13
Early Murphy Cabinels by Lorin Knight ..................................14 ......................................................................................... 14
MARITIME T.R.1196 ........................... . . ............................................... 17
A Ship of My Own! by Geoff Arnold ....................................... 13 The 'Toner' .......................................................................... 16
Wireless on RMS 'Queen Mary' by Geoff Arnold ...................16 Valve Data .......................................................................... 15
Letter ............................................................................... 17 Warlime Memories ...................... . .......................................14
MILITARY Wavemeters .......................................................................... 16
Contemporaries of the 38 Set by Louis Meulstee ..................13 REFERENCE DATA
The HRO in the British Army by Louis Meulstee .................... 18 Radio Valves & Tubes by Geoff Arnold
MISCELLANY Part 4 - Further Data .................................................. 14
Birlh & Growth of Pye Radio Ltd by F. C. Judd ...................... 15 RESTORATION
Can You Help? info wanted on IWS .......................................18 Restoring a Bush VHF9OC by G. Baker ................................. 15
Down Memory Lane by Pat Baker ......................................... 13 Return to Service for a McMichael 137 by R. Waddingham .. 18
Frequency Control by John I. Brown ...................................... 17 TELEVISION
Hidden Meanings - a plea for information .......................... 17 A Look at Christmas Past on BBC-TV by K e i h Hamer ..........l4
March of Time - the Slide Rule by John I. Brown ..................18 TEST EQUIPMENT
Sound Advice .................................................................. 14 O.H.M.S. - Crystal Tester 193A by Desmond Thackeray ......l7
Slarling a Collection by Steve Harris ........................... . ...... l3 Resloring & Using Heterodyne Frequency Meters by T. S. Christian
On Your Bike! by Charles H. Langton ....................................15 Part 1 -General Principles & Survey of Types ............... 15
The 'Toner' ............................................................................ 15 Part 2 - Restoring the Wavemeter Class D .................... 16
Letter ............................................................................... 16 Part 3 - The magnificent BC-221! ................................. 17
Transformer Mart ............................................................... 16 Part 4 - Restoration of a BC-221 ....................................18
......................................................................................17 WHERE IS IT?
Wireless As I Remember by F. C. Judd ................................. 17 No. 7 (Puzzle) .................................................................13

RADIO BYGONES. AugusNSepfember 1992 31


No. 7 (Answer) .............................................................. 14 Weslern Electric Crystal Set Model No. 44001 ......................15
No. 8 (Puzzle) ..................................................................17 RECEIVERS.Communications
No. 8 (Answer) ................................................................ 18 Collins R-390A ..................... . . ............................................17
Eddyslone 888A ..................................................................... 16
EQUIPMENT Hammarlund 'Comet Pro' ............................. . . ..................13
The following references may be articles, Marconi Marine Type 730 ....................... . . ..........................13
National HRO ........................................................................18
Illustrations or brief text mentions Polish 0 P 3 ........................................................................... 14
RECEIVERS Broadcast -
'Revophone' Crystal Set .........................................................15 Pye 'Unit System' ................................................................... 15
'Rexophone' Crystal Set .....................................................15 R.106 ................................................................................... 18
Alba Transistor Portable ....................................................... 16 R.1355 .................................................................................... 16
Baird Televisor .......................................................................17 R.1545 ................................................................................... 14
Barker 88 ............................................................................ 17 R.3582A ................................................................................. 16
Letter ............................................................................... 18 Rees Mace Marine Type W .................................................... 13
Belmonl AC Mains Superhet ............................................. 17 RF Unit Type 26 .................................................................... 16
British Broadcast 2 ............................................................... 17 T.R.1196 ................................................................................ 16
BTH Crystal Set Type C Form A ........................................... 15 Letter .............................................................................. 17
Bush VHF9OC ........................................................................15
Chakophone Everyman's Four .............................................16
.
Tuner Aircraft Mk Ill.................... . . . ....................................17
Leller ....................... . ..................................................... 18
Chakophone Junior Three ...................... ...... . . . . . . .14 W/T Set. Trench CW Mk Ill ................................. . . ...............14
Chakophone Junior Three .....................................................16 AUDIO
Chakophone Junior Two ...................................................... 16 Blue-spot 66K BA loudspeaker ..............................................17
Chakophone No. 1 Amplifier ................................................ 16 ETS Gaumnt w n e loudspeaker ............................. . ..........17
Chakophone No. 1 Receiver ................................................. 16 Gecophone Amplifier BC2585 ............................................14
Chakophone Screened Three ............................................... 16 S. G. Brown Mechanical Amplifier ..........................................13
Chakophone Warwick Portable Five ................................... 16 ..................... . ............................................................... 17
Clarabut HFRF Receiver Mk llla ..................................... 1 7 S. G . Brown 'Royal' MI cone loudspeaker .............................. 17
Clarion 'Old Lager' Barrel Radio ............................ . . ........18 Telesonic system .......................................................................
De Wald 414 ..........................................................................15 Letter ........................... . . ............................................. 13
Defiant 4-valve Portable ......................................................... 16 Letter ............................ . . .............................................14
Deutscher KleinempfBnger ...............................................1 8 TEST EQUIPMENT
Efescaphone 'Nelson' ........................................................ 17 BC-221 ................................................................................. 15
Ethophone Junior Crystal Set Mk I1........................................ 14 ....................................................................................... 17
Ever Ready 'Sky Baby' ................... .
. .................................. 13 ........................................................................................ 18
Ever Ready 'Sky Baronet' ...................................................... 13
Crystal Calibrator No. 10 ........................................................ 15
Ever Ready 'Sky Casket' ...................................................... 13 Crystal Monitor Type 2 ......................................................... 16
Ever Ready 'Sky Queen' .......................................................13 Pye Tangent Galvanometer ...................................................15
Everyman 4 ......................... .... ........................................ 1 7 Wavemeter Class D ..............................................................15
'Felix the Cat' Crystal Set .......................................................18 .................... . ................................................................ 16
Gewphone Crystal Detector Set No . 1 ................................. 14
.
Gewphone Crystal Set Model No. 1 Type BC1001 ..............15
HMV 1410G ........................................................................... 16
Waverneter WDSF-C ........................................................
Wavemeter W.39B ............................. . . ...............................16
15

Wavemeler W.l 191A .................................................... 15


HMV TVIRadiogram console ............................................17
TRANSCEIVERS
'Junk Food' Radios ................................................................. 18
Feld Funk C set .................... . .............................................. 13
KB 'Masterpiece' .................................................................... 13
'OLGA' .............................. .......... ............................................ 13
Loewe (British version) ...........................................................17
Letter ............................................................................... 14
Marwniphone Model 42 AC .................................................. 13
Letter ..............................................................................15
Marconiphone V2A ........................ . ...................................14 PPC ........................................................................................ 13
McMichael 'Duplex Transportable' ......................................... 13
SCR563 .................................................................................. 13
McMichael 137 .......................................................................18
T.R.9 ......................................................................................14
Midgelronic Model EMU ................................... ....................16
Type 94 No. 6 .........................................................................13
Murphy A104 ........................................................................ 14
TRANSMITTERS
Murphy A24 .......................................................................... 14
Aspidistra .............................................................................. 18
Murphy A24C ......................................................................... 14
Gibson Girl .............................................................................14
Murphy A26 ............................................................................ 14
Marconi Marine Type 381 ...................................................... 13
Murphy A3 ..............................................................................14
NSG4JNS4 'Jager' ................................................................. 14
Murphy A30 ............................................................................ 13
Radio Communications CO. Marine T20 ................................13
Murphy A30 ............................................................................ 14
Rees Mace Marine ET343 .....................................................13
Murphy A34 ...........................................................................14
T.3180 'Waller' ....................................................................... 14
Murphy A4 ........................................................................... 14
T.3670 ....................................................................................16
Murphy A70 ............................................................................ 14
Murphy A72 ............................................................................14
Type 33 (.l1333) .................................... ................................ 14
W/T Set, Trench CW Mk III' ....................... . .......................14
Murphy AD32 ......................................................................... 14
Murphy B4 Battery Portable ..................................................17 MISCELLANEOUS
Philco LMS Remote Control Console ................................... 17 Dog Piclure Aerial .................................................................. 18
Philips 274A ................................ .... ................................... 13 Indicator Type 36 ................................................................ 16
Philips 634A .......................... . ........................................... 13 Indicator Type 62 ...................... . . . . ..............................16
Philips 787 AX ...................................................................... 15 'Milnes' HT Unit ...................................................................... 17
Pye 550 .................................................................................. 15 Letler .................... . ..................................................... 18
Pye 817 TV ........................................................................... 15 Waveform Generalor Type 72 ................................................16
Pye B18T TV ........................................................................ 15 VALVES & TUBES
Pye Model 'MM' .................................................................... 15 Arcturus No. 127 .................................................................... l8
Pye P123BQ ........................................................................ 16 Phillips BVA 1821 Miniwatl .................... . ........................ 18
Pye P76F ..............................................................................13 Pege references to Cl. C;?.C3 and C4 indicate Front cover. Inside
Pye PE98UtLW ...................................................................... 16 front cover. Inside beck cover and Outside back cover. respectivei.
Radionette Symfoni 3D - Lelter ............................................ 13
RCA 45x11 ............................................................................ 15 COPIES OF THE FIRST 12 ISSUES OF RADIO BYGONES ARE
Roberts RlCl ................................ . . ...................................16 AVAILABLE FROM THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFICE. PRICE £2.50
Spectra Radio Sunglasses ....................... ....................... 18 EACH TO UK ADDRESSES. £2.80 EACH OVERSEAS (SURFACE
Sterling R1589 ..................................................................... 17 .
MAIL) ISSUES 13 TO 18 ARE AVAILABLE PRICE f3.00 EACH TO
Stuzzi Transistor Portable .................................................... 16 UK ADDRESSES. £3.30 EACH OVERSEAS (SURFACE MAIL) .
TRF American Midget ............................................................ 15 AIR MAIL RATES ON REQUEST
Vest Pocket Crystal Set ...................................................... 18
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Vidor CN431 ........................................................................ 13

32 RADIO BYGONES. August/September 1992


IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINDEX IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Confessions of a Free-lance Technical Journalist
by Sir Douglas Hall .....................................................20
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 19.24 Eddystone Safety Lead-in Advertisement ......................... 20
First Ever Advert for a TV Receiver ...................................19
ARTICLES 81FEATURES Listening to Home & Overseas Broadcasts
by E. F. Jones ............................................................. 19
Mr Pimple's Radio Joy & Sorrow
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE 1 ..................................................................................19
RAF Aeronautical Transmitter T.21 by Ron Irving ............. 20 2 ..................................................................................20
RAF Tester R/T. Type 1 by E. F. Jones ........................... 23 3 ............................................................................... 21
RAF TransmitterIReceiver T.R.2 by Ron Irvinq .................21 4 .......................... . ................................................... 23
Wireless in the Royal Flying corps by '~hosphor'.............24 5 ................................................................................ 24
Nauen - Wireless Link with the Imperial Empire
AMATEUR by Stan Crabtree .........................................................22
Experimentation in 1913 ...................................................20 Philips' Electronic Components & Applications -
Heathkit Receiver Model RA-1 by Richard Marris .............22 end of an era ........................................................... 19
BOOKS Radio Antics by Alan Schiffman ........................................ 20
Classic Book Review by Richard Marris Reaction by P. P. Eckersley ..............................................19
Electronics Circuits Manual ........................................ 23 The Party - a Seasonal Poem by Colin Draper ................20
Discovering Vintage Radio ................................................ 20 Those Were the Days - Vintage Materials Adverts ...........21
History of the British Radio Valve to 1940 .........................22 Times Were Hard Then, Lad!
Le Radio Popolari ........................................................ 22 (Make your own capacitors) ........................................23
Wanamaker Wireless by Stan Crabtree ............................19
BROADCASTING
Whatever Happened to the Negative Capacitor?
First Radio Broadcast, Christmas 1906 by W. S. Marceil .. 20
by 'Anodyne' ............................................................... 22
International Broadcasting - Birth of a Monster? by Pat Hawker
Part 1 - Short-wave Listening in the 1930s ................23 MUSEUM PIECES
Part 2 - Broadcasting in the 1930s and '40s .............. 24 Dutch Broadcast Museum
Memories of a High-power Mobile Transmitter by WJM ....21 (Nederlands Omroepmuseum) ...................................22
Naval Communications & Radar Museum,
CIRCUITRY
HMS Collingwood ....................................................... 23
Early Negative Resistance Valves by /an L. Sanders ....... 23
Orpheus Radio Museum, Ballarat .....................................24
The Magnetic Detector ......................................................22
Pat Hill Collection .............................................................. 20
Letter ..........................................................................23
Plastic Radios 1930s-'50s ................................................19
The Philips Superinductance Receivers by Lorin Knight ... 21
Stichting Signals Collection '40-'45 ..................................21
Corrections ..................................................................22
Letter .......................................................................... 23
Update ........................................................................23
Letter ...........................................................................24
Some Unusual Vintage Transistor Circuits
Telecommunications Museum, Adelaide ...........................24
by Sir Douglas Hall .................................................... 22
Letter ...........................................................................
23 MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Letter ...........................................................................
24 Dutch Broadcast Museum
The Unidyne by /an L. Sanders .........................................19 (Nederlands Omroepmuseum) ...................................22
Letter ...........................................................................
20 Naval Communications & Radar Museum.
HMS Collingwood ....................................................... 23
COMMENT
Stichting Signals Collection '40-'45 ..................................21
Beginning RB's Fourth Year ............................................. 19
Circuit Diagram Conventions ............................................. 24 NEWS & EVENTS
Classifying TRF Receivers ............................................... 22 l-V-l Alternative Chassis ..................................................24
Letter .......................... . . ..........................................23 Dedham Museum Relocates to Harwich ...........................21
Constructional Articles in RB .............................................20 French Communications Museum ..................................... 20
Safety ............................................................................. 21 Military Wireless Amateur Radio Society ..........................19
Letter ...................................................................... 21 Minerva Restoration ..........................................................24
Letter ......................................................................... 23 Museo Della Radiofonia, Rome .........................................21
Sewing the Readership .....................................................23
Plug-in Coil Formers ...................... .
................................ 20
CONSTRUCTION
QTI Tape Magazine .......................................................... 24
l - V - l Valved Receiver - Preview ......................................20
Real Radio (Valves, etc., stocked by Maplin) ....................24
The l - V - l Rides Again by T. S. Christian
Samson's Surplus Stores have Moved .............................19
Part 1 - Background and Circuit .................................21
'Steam Radio' (Exhibition in Anstruther, Fife) .................... 24
Part 2 - Construction. Coils & Power Supply ..............22
TV Graphics Review ................................................... 1 9
Part 3 - Driving, Bandspreading, Cosmetics, etc ........ 23
The 'Lowfer' Aerial by 'Home-brewer' ...............................24 OBITUARIES
Major J. I. G. Brown ........................................................ 22
DOMESTIC
Mrs Winifred Collins .......................................................... 20
Evaluating the S.T.68 (1923) by Richard Marris ...............19
Stan Crabtree .................................................................. 24
The Philips Superinductance Receivers by Lorin Knight ... 21
William J. Halligan ....................................................... 19
Corrections ................................................................. 22
The Pye QP.AC Portable Radio by Richard Q. Marris ......24 RADIO CONTROL
Radio Controlled Models by F. C. Judd ............................ 21
MARITIME
Letter ...........................................................................
23
First Maritime Distress at a UK Coast Radio Station
by Brian Faulkner ....................................................... 24 READERS' LETTERS
The Magnetic Detector ...................................................... 22 l-V-1s and All That! ..................................................... 23
Letter ........................... .
............................................ 23 Another Valve Myth? .................................... .. .................24
A Mystery Transceiver .......................................................24 Cadet Signals Recollections .............................................. 22
Wireless in the Titanic by Norman Burion .........................22 Crystal Set OX ........................................................... 19
More (Dutch) Museums ..................................................... 24
MILITARY
Early Television .................................................................
19
Commando Communication - No. 46 Set by Louis Meulstee
Fringe TV Reception from AP ...................................... 23
Part 1 ..........................................................................
19
Liquid Barreter ...................................................................
22
Part 2 ..........................................................................
20
Long Delayed Echoes ...................................................... 24
Wireless Set No. 18 by Louis Meulstee
Memories of Scott-Taggart ............................................... 24
Part 1 ..........................................................................
24
More on Maggie ................................................................ 23
MISCELLANY More on the AR-88 .................... . . ................................ 21
An Early Wireless Greetings Card .................................. 20 More on the Saucepan Special ........................................ 20

RADIO BYGONES. August/September 1993


Mystery Valve Identified (Miniwatt 1821) ........................... 19
Pip Squeak and the Ultimate T.R.9 ................................... 23 B-29 ...................................................................................21
Radio Controlled Models ................................................... 23 6-50 ...................................................................................23
Radio Hot Water Bottle ......................................................21 'Cigar-box' Receiver .........................................................20
RAF 1.1083lR.1082. etc .................................................... 23 Eddystone All-World Two ..................................................21
Remembering Masteradio .................................................20 Heathkit RA-l .................................................................. 22
.................................................................................... 22 Magnum SW Convertor ................................................... 23
Safety First ........................................................................ 21 Marconi 'Guardian' 1193A ............................................... 23
Safety Matters ................................................................... 23 Marconi Magnetic Detector ............................................... 22
SCR-299lSCR-399 ............................................................ 21 Letter ........................................................................... 23
Marconi 361 ...................................................................... 23
.................................................................................... 24 Marconi 579 Radiogoniometer ..........................................23
Scratch Treatment .............................................................24 Marconi DFG-12 ................................................................23
Symbols ............................................................................ 19 Marconi Multiple Tuner ..................................................... 22
The Search for J. J. Shaw ................................................. 22 MCRl ................................................................................ 22
The Unidyne ...................................................................... 20 Naval Receiver Outfit CAD ................................................ 23
.................................................................................... 22 Nr 361 ............................................................................... 21
Valves Made in Canton .....................................................21 Philips GM4010 .................................................................23
Vintaqe Transistor Circuits ................................................23 R.1082
.................................................................................... 24 Letter ...........................................................................23
Westinghouse Radio Query .............................................. 21 Telephone Wireless Aircraft Mk. I1 ....................................24
The Winds that Blow .........................................................24 'Telesonic' Receiver ..........................................................21
RESTORATION AUDIO
Cabinet Restoration by Gerry Baker ................................. 23 Blattnerphone ....................................................................24
Letter ........................................................................... 24
TEST EQUIPMENT
Make Do and Mend by Gerry Baker .................................. 22
Avometers .........................................................................19
Rebuilding an AR-88D by John Wells ............................... 20
BC-221 ............................................................................. 19
Letter ........................................................................... 21
Tester RTT, Type 1 ............................................................ 23
Restoring an Ekco U332 Receiver by Richard Marris .......20
TRANSCEIVERS
TELEVISION BC-640 ..............................................................................21
25 Years of BBC Colour TV
No. 18 Set .........................................................................24
by Keith Hamer & Garry Smith .................................... 20
No. 28 Set ......................................................................... 24
Fringe TV Reception from Alexandra Palace
No. 46 Set ......................................................................... 19
by Ron Weller ............................................................. 21
.................................................................................... 20
TEST EQUIPMENT SCR-399 ........................................................................... 21
On His Majesty's Service... AVOMETERS Letter ...........................................................................23
by Desmond Thackeray ............................................. 19 T.R.2 ................................................................................. 21
~ e s t o r i n& ~Using ~ e t e r o d ~ n
Frequency
e Meters by T. S. Christian T.R.9 ................................................................................. 21
Part 5 - Recalibration & Accuracy of a BC-221 .......... 19 12 Letter ...........................................................................23
T.R.11 .............................................................................. 21
WHERE IS IT?
Type 687 ...........................................................................24
No. 9 (Puzzle) ............................................................ 19 26
No. 9 (Answer) ....................................................... 20 W.S. No. 22 Handcart ....................................................... 21
32
TRANSMllTERS
EQUIPMENT 4G .................................................................................... 23
5G .................................................................................... 23
The following references may be articles. 605 Series ......................................................................... 23
illustrations or brief text mentions Fessenden HF Alternator ..................................................20
Marconi Type 558 ............................................................. 23
RECEIVERS.Broadcast
T.21 .................................................................................. 20
Bush VHF9OC .................................................................. 19
T.1083
EAC Crystal Set Type B .................................................... 20
Letter ........................................................................... 23
Ekco AC74 ....................................................................... 19
T.1115 ............................................................................... 23
Ekco U332 ......................................................................... 20
TGY1 ................................................................................. 23
Emerson CR274LW ..................................................... 19
TV11 .................................................................................. 23
Fellophone Super Two ...................................................... 24
Type 2 .............................................................................. 23
Gamage 'Two-valve Receiver' ..........................................20
Type 57 .............................................................................20
GEC 'Catkin' ...................................................................... 23
KB 'Masterpiece' ............................................................... 19 MISCELLANEOUS
KB 3-valve ......................................................................... 20 Radar Type 275 ............................................................... 23
Marconiphone 911 ...................................................... 19 VALVES & TUBES
Murphy AD94 .................................................................... 19
GE Dynatron .....................................................................23
National Wireless CO. Type N Mk C1 Crystal Set ............. 20 Marconi-Osram U10 ........................................................ 19
Philips 577A .................................................................... 21
Mullard DW2 .....................................................................19
Philips 630A ...................................................................... 21 Philips 'Miniwatt' 1821 .......................................................19
Philips 634A ......................................................................21 Polar Negatron ..................................................................23
Philips 730A ......................................................................23 Thorpe K4 ........................................................................19
Philips 830A ...................................................................... 21
Philips 83811 ...................................................................... 21 Page references to Cl.C2.C3 and C4 indicate Front cover. Inside
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INDEX MISCELLANY
50 Years Ago in Wireless World ..................................... 25
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 25-30

ARTICLES & FEATURES .................................................................................. 29


But Would it Work With Valves? .....................................25
Driving Classic Valved Communications Receivers
by T. S. Christian ......................................................30
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Irish Channel Radio-cable Link by E. F. Jones .............. 27
Bendix MN-26 Radio Compass by John C. Mackesy .... 28 Just How Can You Live Without One? ........................... 28
RAF Receiver R.1082 by E. F. Jones ............................ 29 Marconi Wireless Station. Waunfawr. Carnarvon .......... 25
AUDIO Microphone With a Story ............................................29
The Theremin by Peter Lankshear .............................. 28 Things to Come ............................................................... 27
BOOKS Wireless in Central Africa by Sir Douglas Hall ............... 25
Comprehensive Radio Valve Guides .............................28 Wireless Sets Operated by Gas .....................................25
Early History of Radio from Faraday to Marconi ............ 29 MOBILE
Handbook of Radio. TV & Industrial & Transmitting Mobile Radio in the Netherlands by Louis Meulstee ..... 29
Tube & Valve Equivalents ...................................... 29 MUSEUM PIECES
BROADCASTING Cypress Gardens Radio Collection ................................ 30
BBC TV Studio Operations and Engineering Eastern Bloc Military Radio ............................................28
by Larry Coalston .................................................... 30 Lindfield Wireless Museum ...........................................26
CIRCUITRY National Wireless Museum. Puckpool Park ................... 27
Racal and the RA.17 HF Communications Receiver Plastic-cased Radios ......................................................25
by Keith R. Thrower Transmitting Valves ........................................................ 29
Part 1 ......................................................................... 25 MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Part 2 ..................................................................... 26 Cypress Gardens Radio Collection ................................30
Super-Regeneration Revisited by T. S. Christian .......... 27 Dots ... Dashes ... and Dials ..........................................30
CLANDESTINE Eastern Bloc Military Radio ............................................28
Aspi 5. Task Z & Operation 'Silent Minute' Lindfield Wireless Museum ............................................. 26
by Pat Hawker NEWS & EVENTS
Part 1 ......................................................................... 30 All Ears Fanzine ..............................................................29
Mk.123 'Spy Set' by Ben Nock ..................................... 29 Antique Radio News Magazine ..................................... 25
Polish Radio Centre, Stanmore by Pat Hawker .............25 Component Source - HT transformers ..........................25
'Sweetheart' Miniature Receiver Type 3111 Coupling Chokes ............................................................. 27
by Erling Langemyr ................................................... 29 Eddystone User Group ...................................................28
COMMENT Ken-Rad Valve Phnt Closes .......................................... 28
D-Day Commemorations ................................................27 Marconi Station. Waunfawr. Caernarfon ........................ 28
Recording History ............................................................30 Mauritron Book Catalogue ..............................................28
Sir Douglas Hall ......................................................... 28 New Premises for 'On the Air' ........................................ 29
Ubiquitous 807 ................................................................ 29 New Source for Valves .................................................27
VAT on Newspapers, Magazines and Books ................. 25 Porthcurno Telegraph Museum ...................................... 30
What Are They Worth? ...................................................26 Radio Jigsaw ................................................................... 27
Vintage Wireless Company Limited ............................... 26
CONSTRUCTION Walkie-Talkie - 50 Years Old .........................................25
Build a '60s Style Transistor Portable Letter .........................................................................26
by Sir Douglas Hall ...................................................28 Whatever Happened to Luxembourg 208? .................... 27
'Colditz-Maggitsiz' Horn Loudspeaker 405-Alive Magazine ........................................................28
by 'Home-Brewer' .................................................... 26
Tribute to the 807 by Graeme Wormald ......................... 29 OBITUARIES
Memories of Stan Crabtree G30XC by Mike Paveley ... 26
DOMESTIC
Antipodean Ekco - the SW86 by Peter Lankshear ....... 26 RADIONAVIGATION
Filament Power for Dry Battery Receivers Bendix MN-26 Radio Compass by John C. Mackesy .... 28
by 'Anodyne' .............................................................26 Marconi Marine 'Lodestar' ADF by Geoff Arnold ........... 27
Grandpa's Wireless Set by 'Phosphor' ...........................29 READERS' LETTERS
HT Batteries and Accumulators by Frank Corvus ......... 26 Adzam ............................................................................. 25
Mighty RGD 1050C by Anthony Hopwood ..................... 28 And 'User-Friendliness' Was Born ................................. 29
Pilot 'Little Maestro' Superhet of 1939 Baynham Honri G5HY ....................................................26
by Richard Q. Marris ............................. . ................ 30 Bigrid ...............................................................................29
FAMOUS NAMES Blattnerphone ..................................................................25
Jackson Brothers - A History by T. S. Christian BNC Connectors ............................................................. 28
Part 1 .........................................................................27 Cheap HT Battery Restoration Source? ......................... 28
................Part
.................2....... 28 Circuits and Echoes ........................................................25
Radiovision (Leicester) Ltd Cold Cathodes? ........................................................... 27
by W. W. Storer & C. W. Cragg ............................... 25 C R l 00 Transmitter Unit ..................................................27
Historical Reconstruction ......................................... 25
MARITIME Lizard Jiggered? ............................................................. 26
Marconi Marine 'Lodestar' ADF by Geoff Arnold ........... 27 Mains Voltages ................................................................ 28
1930s Seagoing Memories by Les Gibson .................... 30 Military Nostalgia ............................................................. 26
MILITARY ..................................................................................27
Contemporaries of the W.S.18 by Louis Meulsfee ........ 27 Mystery DIF Test Set .................................... .................. 29
Handie-talkie & Walkie-talkie by Brian Cannon ............. 27 ................................................................................. 30
Mk.123 'Spy Set' by Ben Nock ..................................... 29 Outward Signs .................................................................27
Mk.123 'Spy Set' - A follow-up ...................................... 30 Philips Superinductance .................................................27
Mystery Add-in by Geoff Arnold ................................... 26 Post-War Years ............................................................... 29
Letter .........................................................................27 Racal and the RA.71 ....................................................26
RAF Receiver R.1082 by E. F. Jones ............................29 Racal RA.17 ................................................................... 30
Sussex Tank Recovery by Ron Ham ............................. 27 Receiver Comparisons ...................................................27
Wireless Set No. 18 by Louis Meulstee R-390A VS RA.17L ..........................................................28
Part 2 .........................................................................25 Super Regen & Vintage Transistor Circuits ................... 28
Part 3 .........................................................................26 Throw Away Your Aerials! .............................................. 26

RA D10 BYGONES. August/September 1994


US Circuit Diagrams ...................................................... 26 Link 1498 ......................................................................... 29
Useful Addresses ............................................................ 28 Mk.123 ............................................................................. 29
................................................................................. 29 .................................................................................. 30
Valves .......................................................................... 25 Mk.124 .............................................................................30
Walkie-Talkie Confusion ...............................................26 Philips SRI3192 ...............................................................29
Wave Traps ..................................................................... 29 Polish Clandestine Series ...............................................25
l - V - l.Matters Arising ................................................... 25 Russian 6 PK ................................................................... 27
12K5 ........................................................................ 30 SCR-2931294 ...................................................................27
50R and 75R 'N' Connectors .......................................... 28 SCR-300 (BC-1000) ....................................................... 27
REMINISCENCES .................................................................................. 27
Murphy Memories by Terry McGough ............................26 SCR-511 (BC-745) ........................................................ 27
Thirty Years On by Stan Crabtree .................................. 28 SCR-6091610 (BC-659) ............................................... 27
Soviet R-1 04M .................................................................28
TELEVISION
Soviet R-1 05M ................................................................ 28
BBC TV Studio Operations and Engineering
Soviet R-107T ............................................................ 28
by Larry Coalston .................................................... 30 Soviet R-126 .................................................................... 28
VALVES Soviet RB and RB 40 ...................................................... 27
Bigrid Valve by Desmond Thackeray ............................. 28 Torn.Fu.bl ....................................................................... 27
Letter ......................................................................... 29 T0rn.Fu.g .........................................................................27
Letter ......................................................................... 30 T.R.1148a ........................................................................29
From Screen Grid to Beam Tetrode by 'Phosphor' ....... 30 T.R.3558 ..........................................................................29
Method of Repairing Valve Filaments ............................ 28 W.S.18 ............................................................................. 25
Tribute to the 807 by Graeme Wormald ......................... 29 .................................................................................. 26
W.S.19 ............................................................................. 27
W.S.31 ............................................................................. 27
EQUIPMENT W.S.48 ............................................................................. 26
The following references may be articles. W.S.58 ............................................................................. 26
illustrations or brief text mentions W.S.68 ............................................................................. 26
W.S.108 ........................................................................... 26
RECEIVERS.BROADCAST
TRANSMlrrERS
Barker 88 ......................................................................... 26
E ~ CSW86O ...................................................................... 26 AP 1670A Coil Spark ...................................................... 29
AP 63993 Adaptor Unit Transmitter ............................... 26
Ferguson 203U ................................................................ 25
KB Model FBlO ............................................................. 25 Letter ......................................................................... 27
Fox 15T ............................................................................ 25
Marconiphone Type 41 ................................................... 29
Neckermann WUR8651 ................................................. 25 Marconi Marine 376 ........................................................ 30
Philips 371 At15 ............................................................. 25 Marconi Marine 381 ........................................................ 30
Polish Clandestine Series ............................................... 25
Pilot Little Maestro Model IOAC ..................................... 25
Pilot Little Maestro of 1939 ............................................ 30 MISCELLANEOUS
RGD 1050C ..................................................................... 28 Generator Hand IOW Mkll (W.S.48) .............................. 26
Strad PW461 ................................................................... 25 Junkers 191 2 Morse Key ................................................ 30
'Sweetheart' Type 3111 ................................................. 29 Power Supply Unit No. 5 (W.S.18) ................................. 26
RECEIVERS.COMMUNICATIONS VALVES & TUBES
East German EKB .......................................................... 28 Brimar 12K5 .................................................................... 29
Eddystone 940 ................................................................ 30 Letter ......................................................................... 30
Marconi Crystal Receiver Type No. 16 .......................... 30 Cossor S320 .................................................................... 30
Marconi CR10012 ............................................................ 30 Cossor 21ODG ................................................................ 28
Marconi Marine 352a ...................................................... 30 Eimac 4CX250a .............................................................. 30
Polish Clandestine Series ............................................... 25 F.E.l ............................................................................... 30
Polish OP-3 ..................................................................... 25 Hivac ACHY ..................................................................... 30
Racal RA.117 .................................................................. 25 Hivac HY220 ................................................................... 30
Racal RA.17 .................................................................... 25 Hull shielded valve .......................................................... 30
.................................................................................. 26 Ken-Rad 826 ................................................................... 29
Letter ......................................................................... 30 Marconi D.E.S.625 ........................................................ 30
Racal RA.71 (letter) ...................................................... 26 Marconi DG2 ................................................................... 28
Radiovision 'Commander' ............................................. 25 MarconiIOsram KTZ63 .................................................... 30
Radiovision 'Hambander' .............................................. 25 Mazda ACl4PEN ............................................................. 30
R-S-R Clipper ............................................................... 30 Mullard Bigrid .................................................................. 30
R.1082 ............................................................................. 29 Mullard PM1DG ............................................................... 28
R.1155 ............................................................................. 25 Mullard PM1 2a ................................................................ 30
Soviet R-311 .................................................................... 28 MWT CAT6 ...................................................................... 29
Soviet R-326 .................................................................... 28 MWT MT9 ........................................................................ 29
V55R ............................................................................ 25 Thorpe K4 ........................................................................ 28
AUDIO CV2799lQQV03-20A ...................................................... 29
Blattnerphone (letter) .................................................... 25 807 .................................................................................. 29
Reisz Microphone .......................................................... 29
Theremin ......................................................................... 28
Page references to C l . C2. C3 and C4 indicate Front cover.
RADIONAVIGATION lnside front cover. Inside back cover and Outside back cover
Bendix MN-26 Radio Compass ...................................... 28 respectively
Marconi Marine 'Lodestar' ADF ...................................... 27
Marconi Marine 'Lodestone' ........................................... 27
SCR-269 ADF ................................................................. 28
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I Wonder Why by Geoff Arnold ....................................... 34
Lad who read Wireless Sets .................................... 36
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 31-36 Listening in the Fifties by Peter Thelwall........................ 33
Marconi Development Labs Staff. 1938 ......................... 34
ARTICLES & FEATURES Radio Before Hertz and Marconi by Lorin Knight .......... 36
Receiver Datafile
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE
Eddystone 358/358X/400/400X by T. S. Christian .. 34
BOAC Dakotas in World War II by Larry Coalston ........ 35
IFF . Identi! ication Friend or Foe by /an G. Mant ........... 31
27
32
-
That's Clever Rubber Stamps ..................................... 34
RAF Transmitter T.1087 by E. F. Jones ...................... 32 MODIFICATIONS
19
AMATEUR '
Modifications vs. Improvements by 'Anodyne' ............... 32
Codar AT5 Transmitter bv /an Liston-Smith .................. 32 MUSUEM PIECES
5
.................................................................................. 33 2 Crystal Sets ........................ . . ....................................... 31
AUDIO 'On the Air' Museum. Chester ....................................... 32
'Listening In' Postcard Series .........................................34
Horn Loudspeakers of S. G . Brown by /an L. Sanders . 35 13 Test Equipment .............................................................. 35
Magnetic Recording Machines by Bob Ridley ............... 34 15 Valves ............................................................................. 33
BOOKS MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Early Radio - in Marconi's Footsteps 1894-1920 ......... 34 21 Bletchley Park .................................................................34
Classic Book Review by Richard Marris 'CHIDE' - Centre for the History of Defence Electronics 36
Radio Designer's Handbook ................................... 36 28 'On the Air' Wireless Museum b y Alan Gale .................. 32
BROADCASTING NEWS & EVENTS
Germany Calling by Andrew Emmerson ........................34 6 2MT Writtle .................................................................. 35
Letter ....................................................................... 36 34 Bletchley Park ................................................................ 36
CIRCUITRY Denco Lives Again! ............................. . . ...................... 34
Check Your Batteries by Jeff Harris .............................. 34 4 Dutch Broadcast Musuem ........................................... 32
Crystal Sets by C. M. Lindars ..................................... 31 30 Duxford Radio Society ................................................. 34
Getting to Grips With AC/DC by Gordon H. Brown ....... 33 8 Germany Calling ........................................................... 33
Mains PSU for Battery Sets by Ben Nock ...................... 33 4 Historical Radio Conference ........................................ 33
Marconi CR Series of Receiver by G. L. Grisdale ......... 31 17 ................................................................................ 36
Miser's AC Power Unit by 'Home-Brewer' ..................... 34 8 HMS Collingwood Naval Museum .................................. 33
Pye PCR 2 by Ben Nock ............................................. 36 13 IFF ....................... . ........................................................ 36
Simple 60V1120V Power Supply by A. R. Hobden ........ 33 11 Jackson Bros Components ........................ . . ............. 34
Small Yanks and Class 'X' by E d Dinning ...................... 33 6 Japanese UY56B ............................................................ 34
Stenode Receiver by Lorin Knight .................................. 34 10 Lighthouse Radio ................................................... 34
CLANDESTINE Mose' Edizioni ............................................................... 36
Aspi 5. Task Z & Operation 'Silent Minute' by Pat Hawker 'On the Air' Museum Open ............................................. 31
Part 2 ......................................................................... 31 9 Portishead Radio.75 Years of Service ........................ 32
Technical Data Sources:
COMMENT Mauritron Catalogue ............................................. 34
Denco ............................................................................ 33 1 Savoy Hill Move ....................... . . .......................... 31
EF50s in German Equipment ......................................... 31 1 Savoy Hill Publications .......................................... 34
Letter ......................................................................... 33 30 Valve Stockists:
GB2SM at the Science Museum Closing ....................... 32 1 Maplin and RS Components .................................. 32
Paper Price Rises ......................................................... 36 1 Valve & Tube Supplies ........................................... 34
Reminiscences of WWll ................................................. 35 1 OBITUARIES
Renewing Your Subscription .............................. . . ....... 34 1
CONSTRUCTION
Leon Newnham G6NZ .................................... .. . . . . . . .31
PERSONALITIES
Mains PSU for Battery Sets by Ben Nock ...................... 33 4
.................................. .. ........................................ 34 13 Our Friend G6DN. the Late Mark Denny by Ron lrving . 33
Miser's AC Power Unit by .Horne.Brewer' ..................... 34 8 READERS' LETTERS
Letter ......................................................................... 35 32 1946 Exhibition ................................................................ 32
Simple 60Vl120V Power Supply by A. R. Hobden ........ 33 11 Bigrid Valves ................................... .. ............................34
DOMESTIC Calling Racal Experts ...................................................... 34
Bush VHF 101 Table Radio ........................................ 36 21 Careless Talk (Official Secrets Act) ............................. 35
Crystal Sets by C. M. Lindars ....................................... 31 30 Cine Service Source ...................................................... 34
Early KB by Anthony Hopwood .................................... 34 22 Component Sources (B. J. Reed) ..................................31
George and his Gecophone by John W. Wood ............. 32 16 CO-planar Valves ..................................................... 34
MH 5-Valve Supersonic Unit by Geoff Arnold ................36 4 ................................................................................ 36
Milnes Unit ....................................................................... 36 20 CR300 Memories ............................................................ 32
Simple 60V1120V Power Supply by A. R. Hobden ........ 33 11 EF50s in German WWll Equipment ............................... 33
Small Yanks and Class 'X' by E d Dinning ...................... 33 6 .................................................................................. 35
Letters ................... . . ....... .. .................................... 35 33/35 Equipment Sought for ASR Launch ...............................35
Sony TR-63 Story by Enrico T ~ d e s c h...........................i 35 30 Footless valves ............................................................. 36
For the record ............................................................. 36
FAMOUS NAMES 'Germany Calling .......................................................... 32
Lissen 'Hi-Q' Short-wave Components of 1936 ................................................................................. 36
by W. H. J. Yeo .................................................... 31 14 Electrocolor Recorder ................................................ 34
Letter ...................................................................... 32 30 Equipment Disposal (see also Post-War Years) ............ 34
HAC Short Wave Products by C. M. Lindars ................. 32 18 ex-IMRC Staff Out There? .................... . ..................... 33
Memories of Arthur Allwright and Denco Radio Frequency Meters .......................................................... 34
by Ronnie Allwriglit .................................................. 33 25 GL and ACIDC ............................................................... 36
MARITIME & NAVAL Hawker Hurricane ..................................................... 36
B28 Transmitter Unit .................................................. 31 26 Lissen Components .................................................... 32
Sea Battle by Victor Gooni ............................. . . ......... 35 18 Mains Voltages ................................................................ 31
MILITARY Missing Callsigns .................................................... 33
Missing Half (Image Orthicon Sizes) .............................. 31
Italian Field Radio Station RF4 by Mario Galasso ......... 31 3
Larkspur by Louis Meulstee ............................................ 35 20
Mystery
. . Transceiver T.R.1lHA ................... . . ............ 31
......................... . .................................................... 33
Radione Portable Receiver R3 and Transmitter RS20M
Pirate 807s .................................................................... 31
by Richard Konig ..................................................... 33 12
Post-War Years .................................... ........................... 31
Letter ......................................................... :............. 34 30
GL - Top Secret by Stanley Lewer ............................. 35 9
.................................... ............................................ 32
(see also Equipment Disposal)
MISCELLANY Power Supplies ...............................................................35
50 Years Ago in Wireless World .................................. 31 8 Protect the Secondary .................................................. 35
Imperial Wireless Chain .............................................. 34 14 Radione Equipment ........................................................ 34

RADIO BYGONES No. 36. August/September 1995


RAF Recollections ..................................................... 32 'Recordon' Dictating Machine ......................................... 34
RAF Transmitter 1087 ..................................................... 34 Wirek Type A Wire Recorder ......................... . . .......... 34
Remember the No . 17 Set? ........................................ 34 RADIONAVIGATION
Safety First! ..................................................................... 32 Gun-Laying Radar ....................................................... 35
Swedish Collection ..........................................................32 SCR-729 IFF ................................................................... 31
Terman - v - Terman ...................................................... 31
Thermo-Generators .........................................................32 TELEVISION
Transistor Time ............................................................... 34 Denco DTR4 ................... . . ............................................ 33
Valve Reliability ...................................................... 34 TEST EQUIPMENT
Valve testing ......................... . . ....................................... 36 Avo CT160 Valve Tester ................................................ 35
Valves and lnfo Wanted .................................................34 Avo Resistance Range Extender ................................... 35
'Valve & Tube Supplies' - a Bouquet ............................. 31 Heterodyne Wavemeter Mk.11 ...................................... 35
What Does the SC Code Mean? .................................... 34 Marconi T.F.340 ................... . . ..................................... 35
Why the Mesh? .............................................................34 Marconi T.F.142E ............................................................ 35
William Le Queux ........................................................... 31 McGraw Edison Model 59 GDO .................................. 36
REMINISCENCES (letter) ...................................................................... 34
My Start in Telecommunications by Lorin K~iigl?t .......... 32 Mullard Valve Tester ..................................................... 35
North Wales Wireless College, Colwyn Bay ..................32 Rohde & Schwarz Power Oscillator ............................. 35
North Wales Wireless College, Student recollections ... 35 Station Tester No. 2 ........................................................ 35
Sea Battle by Victor Goorn ............................................. 35 Taylor Model 40 Signal Generator ................................. 35
RESTORATION 'Trimeasy' Signal Generator .......................................... 32
TS-69AIAP Frequency Meter ........................................ 36
Modifications vs. Improvements b y 'Anodyne' ...............32 TS-175U Frequency Meter ............................................. 36
SOLID STATE TS-323lUR Frequency Meter ........................................ 36
Sinclair's Micromatic by Tim Wander ............................. 32 TRANSCEIVERS
Sony TR-63 Story by Enrico Tedeschi ...........................35
TEST EQUIPMENT
Collecting (and using) Vintage Test Equipment
by Geoff Arnold....................................................... 35
Megacycle Meter Model 59 by Geoff Arnold ..................36
VALVES
Valve Reliability ............................................................... 31 C13 ................................................................................. 35
Letter ......................................................................... 34 C42 ................................................................................. 35
Amplification by Secondary Electronic Emission C45 ............................................................................... 35
by 'Phosphor' ............................................................ 32 Italian Field Radio Station RF4 .................................... 31
Japanese UY56B .......................................................... 34 T.R.11HA ......................................................................... 31
Letter ..................................................................... 33
EQUIPMENT W.S.17 (letter) ............................................................ 34
The following references may be articles, W.S.(CDN)29 ................................................................ 36
W.S.31 ............................................................................ 36
illustrations or brief text mentions W.S.(CDN)58 Mk.1 ......................................................... 36
RECEIVERS - BROADCAST TRANSMITTERS
Brown 'Crystal Amplifier' .......................................... 31 B28 Transmitter Unit (AP 63993) ................................. 31
Brownie No . 2 Model Crystal Receiver ......................... 31 Codar AT5 ....................................................................... 32
BTH 'Bijou' Crystal Set ................................................... 31 ......................... .. .................................................... 33
Bush VHF 101 ............................................................... 36 Radione RS20M ..............................................................33
Denco DR17 ....................................................................33 Letter ........................................................................ 34
Denco DR21 ....................................................................33 T.1087 .............................................................................32
Denco DR23 (Dencadet) ............................................... 33 Letter .........................................................................34
Detrola 324 ....................... . ............................................33 T.1154 ........................................................................... 33
Letters ..................................................................... 35 MISCELLANEOUS
Eldeco .............................................................................34 lgranic Basket Coils ................................................. 31
Gecophone No. 1 ............................................................31 Milnes Unit ....................................................................... 36
Gecophone 3300 .............................................................32
VALVES & TUBES
HAC 'T-Twin' .................... . . ......................................... 32
KB Console ..................................................................... 34 12K5 (letter) ............................................................. 34
Lissen Hi-Q Three ........................................................... 31 2807 ............................................................................... 33
MH Supersonic Unit ........................................................ 36 807 ........................ . ...................................................... 31
Pilot 'Mittle Maestrc' ................................................... 33 931 Photo-cell ............................... . .............................32
'Service' SWILW Crystal Set ......................................... 31 4045A ............................................................................. 36
Sinclair Micromatic ...................................................... 32 Bosch Augetron ............................................................. 32
Sony TR-63 ..................................................................... 35 EA50 ............................................................................... 33
WhiteleylSelfridge Radiogram ................... ....... ........ 34 EC52 ......................... . . ................................................ 33
'Wireless Experts' Crystal Set ................... . .. . ........... 31 EE50 ..................... . ...................................................... 32
EF50 ............................................................................. 31
RECEIVERS - COMMUNICATIONS
.................................................................................32
B40 .................................................................................. 32 Letter ........................................................................33
Denco DCR19 ................................................................33 Letter ..................................... .................................... 35
Eddystone 358/358X/400/400X ......................................34 EFF50 .......................................................................... 35
Marconi Coherer ....................................... ...................... 34 MH1 Rectifier ............................................................... 33
Marconi CRlOO (828) ......................... ...... .................. 31 MPT4 .............................................................................. 33
Marconi CR150 ..................................... .......................... 31 MS48 .............................................................................. 33
Marconi CR200 (829) ..................................................... 31 Ostar-Ganz ...................................................................... 33
Marconi CR300 (Yeoman) ............................................. 31 RLl2P10 ........................................................................ 33
Letter .........................................................................32 RL12P35 .......................................................................... 33
Mk.128 ........................................................................... 36 TSE4 ..........................................................................32
Pye PCR 2 ...................................................................... 36 UY56B ............................................................................. 33
R.209 .............................................................................35
R.210 .............................. ......................................... 35
Radione R3 .....................................................................33
Letter ........................... . ..........................................34
Radione R3B (letter) ................................................. 36
AUDIO Page references to C l . C2. C3 and C4 indicate
Armour Model 50 Wire Recorder ....................................34 Front cover. lnside front cover. Inside back cover
S. G. Brown Loudspeakers .......................... . . ............ 35 and Outside back cover respectively
Electrocolor Home Recorder (letter) ................... . . ....... 34

36 RADIO BYGONES No. 36. August/September 1995


1iifiiiliWiiii-i-tliitfi1 INDEX miFlf#11117fl$1J-i3Flfl Electric wrre radio .................................................... 41
How 'bygone' can you get? by 'Anodyne' ......................38
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 37-42 I'll bet you didn't know that ...
ARTICLES & FEATURES Part 1 .......................................................................39
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Part 2 .......................... . . ................................... 40
Getting the T.1154 & R.1155 together by A. H. Cain .... 38 Part 3 ........................................................................41
Letter ....................................................................... 39 Part 4 ...................................................................42
Letter ....................................................................... 40 Mystery pictures (amateur station 191011921) .............. 40
T.1154lR.1155 Spotters' guide by Max Westley ........... 41 Letter .......................................................................41
RAF transmitter T.70 by E. F. Jones .............................42 Raycraft Kit ................................................................... 42
Reminiscences of a Flight Radio Officer by G. Holtum . 40 Verging on sacrilege .......................................................41
AUDIO MUSEUM PIECES
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Sound reproduction 1930s to CD by Larry Coalston .... 38 Broadcast receivers (Pat Hill) ...................................... 37
BOOKS Communications receivers and transceivers (misc.) ..... 38
Audio! Audio! .................................................................. 39 Early receivers, etc. (Journeaux collection) ...................39
Bakelite Radios ............................... . . ......................... 41 Broadcast receivers (P. E. Savage) ...............................40
Electronic and Radio Engineering ..................................37 Collections in the USA ................................................... 41
History of Thermionic Devices ...................................... 42 Unusual items and curiosities (misc.) ............................ 42
Saga of the Vacuum Tube ........................................... 39 NEWS & EVENTS
Savoy...Hill
............ 42 Bampton news ................................................................ 42
Sinclair Archeology ................................................ 41 CHiDE colloquium ..........................................................38
Transmitters. Exciters & Power Amplifiers ....................42 CHiDE events .................................................................42
Valve Amplifiers .................................... ......................... 38 CHiDE news ...................................................................41
Wake of the Wirelessman ..................................... ......... 41 CHiDE programme for 1996 .......................................... 39
Watchers of the Waves .............................................. 42 CHiDE update ............................................................ 37
Wireless for the Warrior - Volume 1 ..............................38 Clifden relic ..................................................................... 42
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Wires Wheels and Wings ...........................................37 Commemorative stamps ................................................37
Classic book review by Richard Q. Marris Contacting RB authors, etc............................................39
Radio Engineering1 Coupling transformer ..................................................38
Measurements in Radio Engineering ......................37 Eddystone User Group - new arrangements ................. 40
Letter ...................................................................... 39 Electro-Jumble ................................................................ 42
BROADCASTING Hi-Z headphone transformer ........................................37
Dutch International Broadcasting by Dick W. Rollema .. 42 Horsham swapmeet ........................................................ 42
English broadcasts from Europe by Norman Burton ..... 39 Morse at the watershed? .............................................. 38
CIRCUITRY Ongar site redevelopment ........................................... 42
The 'Biflexet' by Sir Douglas Hall................................ 41 Valve List .................................................................... 42
Eddystone 73014 receiver by Ben Nock .........................37 Valve source ................................................................... 41
Getting the most from crystal gates by T. S. Christian .. 37 Vintage Services . change of ownership .......................39
Letters .................................................................... 38 Whither Morse? ..............................................................39
Hallicrafters S-38E receiver by Ben Nock ..................... 40 OBITUARIES
Heathkit SB-301 receiver by Ben Nock ......................... 42 Gordon H. Brown G3FVW ............................................ 42
Modell AQST (East German 'HRO') by Neil Clyne ........ 39 PERSONALITIES
The remarkable Philips Theatrette by Peter Lankshear 37 John Scott-Taggart remembered b y Ron G3SYX
VHF Monitoring Receivers review by Brian Cannon ..... 38 .............Part
...................1........ 39
Letter ..................................................................... 40 Part 2 ....................................................................... 40
Wireless communications circa l903 by Anthony Swift 39 Letter ....................................................................... 41
COMMENT READERS' LETTERS
Technical book availability ............................................37 Continental luxury radios ................................................ 37
The Morse argument ..................................................39 Crystal filters ................................................................. 39
Official records vs. personal recollections ..................... 40 Design history ............................................................... 42
Postage rates ................................................................. 42 Ex-RAF Signals? (Survey block) .................................... 39
Second-hand values ......................................................41 ............................................................................... 40
Wireless for the Warrior .................................................38 For posterity .................................................................... 42
DOMESTIC Frequency-changer valves .............................................38
A BTH Bijou brought back to life by C. M. Lindars ........ 40 Germany calling ..............................................................37
'All transistor' by Andy Howlett ................................... 38 ..................................................................................40
Collecting E. H. Scott radios in Brazil by C. A. Fazano . 40 HRO ................................................................................37
GEC BC-403 VHF FM receiver by Richard Q. Marris ... 42 HRO enigma ...................................... .
. 40
Kolster-Brandes 1930 Masterpiece by John W. Stokes 41 More on the HRO ...........................................................38
Restoring a Philco 444 People's Set by R. J. Shanahan41 'National HRO dial'
Story of an HMV Model 541 by Malcolm George .......... 39 Muirhead version ................................................ 39
Correction .......... 40 Sperry origins ...................................................... 40
FAMOUS NAMES US Patent ............................................................. 41
Collecting E. H. Scott radios in Brazil by C. A. Fazano . 40 Adjustment ............................................................42
IFF ............................................................................... 37
MARITIME
In defence of AM! ...........................................................40
Early wireless . at home and at sea by Allen Finch ....... 39
Meteor Flight .............. 37
Naval Type 67 WIT Set AP W3217 by 'Phosphor' ........ 41 Dating the MH Supersonic Unit ..................................... 37
Letter ...................................................................... 42 More on GL .....................................................................37
Post Office W5 transmitter by Brian Faulkner ............... 37
More on the Naval 67 set .............................................. 42
Measurements of LW propagation by E. F. Jones ........ 39
Megacycle Meter Model 59 ............................................38
Propagation changes (letter) ...................................40 Origins of H. S ..............................................................42
MILITARY Origins of the 'Q-Code'? ................................................ 39
On the back of an envelope (WS17) by Stanley Lewer 41 .................................................................................. 40
MISCELLANY H. W. Pope ..................................................................... 37
50 years ago in Wireless World Price guides .................................................................... 42
Origins of H. S ....................................................... 41 Propagation changes .....................................................40
Letter .................................................................42 Pye PCR ........................................................................ 38
Swords into ploughshares; Television tax ............... 42 Radio Before Hertz and Marconi .................................. 37
A different hobby by H. Humphries ................................ 41 Radio Fecamp ................................. . . . .. . . 41
Edison's radio telegraph by Lorin Knight ....................... 41 Set differences and safety ..............................................38

RADIO BYGONES No. 42. AugustGeptember 1996 39


Seven-sided 'speakers and noise pollution ................... 41 S.T. Super-gram de luxe ............................................. 40
Solid-state experiments ..............................................37 Letter ........................................................................ 41
More on S-T ....................................................................41 Telefunken 'Arcolette' (Letter) ........................................ 41
Terman ........................................................................... 39 Letter ....................................................................... 42
Transmitters can bite! ............................................... 39 RECEIVERS - Communications
Twins? ............................................................................ 41 B19 .................................................................................. 38
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42 Eddystone 73014 ....................................................... 37
WS (Cdn) No. 58 ......................................................... 37 Hallicrafters S-27 ....................................................... 38
REFERENCE DATA Hallicrafters S-38E ....................................................... 40
T . l 154lR.1155 Spotters' guide ..................................... 41 Hallicrafters 5-40 ........................................................... 38
REMINISCENCES Heathkit SB-301 ........................................................... 42
Early wireless . at home and at sea by Allen Finch ....... 39 Marconi 1149 HF DIF ............................... . . .................. 39
Essential work by Gordon H. Brown ..............................37 Marconi AD.86 .......................................................... 40
'On the road' with Radiospares by Harry G. Reddin ..... 41 Marconi AD.108 .............................................................. 40
Reminiscences of a Flight Radio Officer by G. Holtum . 40 Marconi AD.7092 ..................................................... 40
RESTORATION MCRl ...................... . . ................................................... 38
A BTH Bijou brought back to life by C . M. Lindars ........ 40 Model1 AQST ............................................................ 39
Restoring a Crystal Calibrator No. 10 R216 ............................................................................. 38
by A. J. Wedgwood ................... . . ....................... 38 R308 ............................................................................... 38
Restoring a Philco 444 People's Set R . l 155 ............................................................................ 38
by R. J. Shanahan ................................................41 R.1481 ........................................................................... 39
Story of an HMV Model 541 by Malcolm George .......... 39 Letter ................................. . . ................................... 40
Correction ........................................................ 40 Marconi 394A ...........................................................37
Racal RA1 7L ................................ .................................. 40
TELEVISION
Reception Set UHF Special (ZAl 1324) ......................... 38
When TV was all at sea by Larry Coalston ....................41 'Samos' ........................................................................... 38
TEST EQUIPMENT 'Fano' ..................... . . ............................................... 40
Early Cossor oscilloscopes by 'Phosphor' ..................... 42 Scott communications receiver .................................. .... 40
Restoring a Crystal Calibrator No. 10 Valve Amplifiers Mk Ill' and Mk Ill".............................. 39
by A. J. Wedgwood ..................... .
. ................... 38 WT Sets B Mk.11........................ ...................................... 39
VALVES AUDIO
Early COSMOS valve of Metropolitan-Vickers Garrard RC80 autochanger ........... . . . ..................... 38
by /an L. Sanders .....................................................40 Collaro Tape Transcriptor .............................................. 38
Frequency changer valves by 'Phosphor' ...................... 37 Dulci Mike .................................................................... 42
Ormond loudspeakers .................... . . ...................... 39
EQUIPMENT Philips loudspeaker .............................. . ................. 40
Quad electrostatic loudspeaker ..................................... 38
The following references may be articles. TEST EQUIPMENT
illustrations or brief text mentions Cossor 339 oscilloscope ................... . . . ................... 42
RECEIVERS.Broadcast Cossor 3332 oscilloscope .............................................. 42
Abbiphone CRO crystal set ........................................... 42 Cossor 3339 oscilloscope ............................................ 42
Altophone crystal receiver ............................. ............ 39 Crystal Calibrator No. 10 ................................................ 38
BTH Bijou ........................................................................ 40 Megacycle Meter Model 59 (letter) ................................ 38
Bush T R I 16 .............................................................. 38 Station Tester ............................................................... 39
Bush TR9Oc ............................ . ..................................... 38 TRANSCEIVERS
Cossor CR1302 .............................................................. 38 Marconi AD.5715872 .................................................. 40
Defiant (unknown transistor) ......................................... 38 Naval Type 67 WIT Set (AP W3217) ............................. 41
Dynatron T69D (MIMCO 11 5411155) .............................39 Letter ........................................................................42
Ekco PB189 .................................................................... 40 T.R.1998 ......................................................................... 38
GEC BC 403 ............................................................... 42 WS No. 17 .................................................................... 41
H.E.W. crystal set ....................................................... 39 ZC1 Mk.11 ........................................................................ 38
KB PP3111 'Rhapsody deLuxe' ..................................... 38 TRANSMITTERS
KB 1930 Masterpiece ..................................................... 41 APW.7944 ....................................................................... 38
Mullard AS407115 .......................................................... 40 Letters .................................................................... 39
Philips L3G04T ........................................................38 Marconi AD.107 ......................................................... 40
Philips Theatrette series ................................................37 Marconi TW12 ............................................................... 37
Detrola 3041 ...................................................................37 Post Office W5 ............................................................ 37
McMichael 387 'Bijou' ................................................... 37 T.70 ................................................................................. 42
McMichael 808 ............................................................. 40 T . l 154 ........................................................................... 38
'Music Master' (1923) .................................... .................41 Letter ................................... ..................................... 39
Ekco 'All Electric' 313 ..................................................... 37 Letter ........................................................................ 40
Freshman 'Masterpiece' (1924) .....................................41
MISCELLANEOUS
GEC 5445 ................................................................... 37
Gecophone 'Victor 3' ......................................................40 Kelvin-Hughes Photophone ..................... . ................... 38
Letter ........................................................................ 41 Raycraft bridge ........................................................ 42
Letter ...................................................................... 42 VALVES & TUBES
HMV 1356 ................................................................... 37 Bulgin metering adaptors ........................................ 42
HMV 541 ......................................................................... 39 Cosmos A.45 ............................................................ 40
Goblin 'Time Spot' CR .................................................. 37 Cosmos D.E.1l ............................................................. 40
MIMCOIDynatron 2235 ............................................. 42 Cosmos D.E.55 ....................... . .................................. 40
Philco 444 People's Set .............................. ................... 41 Cosmos S.P.l 8 ............................................................... 40
Philips 213HU ................................................................. 40 Cosmos S.P.55 ....................... . . ............................... 40
Scott 'Philharmonic' ........................................................ 40 GDT4B ...........................................................................42
Scott SLRM ..................................................................... 40 HVR2 ............................................................................ 42
Scott Model 803 ............................................................. 40 SU2150A ....................................................................... 42
Scott Series 800 .......................................................... 40 TA 12120000 K ................................................................ 42
S.T.lOO ...................... . . ................................................ 39 16646-0189 module ...................................................... 42
S.T.101 .........................................................................39
S.T.102 .................................... .....................................39
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Page references to C 1. C2 C3 and C4 indicate Front cover. Inside
front cover. lnside back cover and Outside back cover respectively
S.T.300 ................................................................... 40
S.T.500 ........................................................................... 40
S.T.700 (part) .............................................................. 41 See latest RB for price and availability of back issues
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RADIO BYGONES No. 42. August/Septe~nber1996


3espoke sheet metal work ............................................. 48
ron dust cores ............................................................ 47
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 43-48 -airchild Semiconductor revived ....................................44
ARTICLES & FEATURES -ast message from SAQ Grimeton ................................ 45
................................................................................ 46
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Wauritron Data on CD-ROM ...........................................43
Tuning for perfection (R.l 155 dial) ................................ 45 Military & Communications Data Catalogue .................. 48
Letter ........................................................................ 47
Wilitary Wireless Amateur Radio Society ....................... 47
RAF Transmitter T.77 by E. F. Jones ............................ 46
Uews from CHiDE ..........................................................44
AMATEUR .................................................................................. 47
Lafayette HE-30 revived by J. S. Christian ................... 48 New home for Scottish Museum ................................. ... 45
AUDIO Radio Officers' Association of Europe ........................... 43
Garrard memories by Dennis Goacher .......................... 47 Subscriptions from the USA ......................................... 45
Letter ....................................................................... 48 TV60 at Alexandra Palace ........................................... 45
BOOKS Two Emma Toc Writtle calling! ...................................... 47
'Q41 and Beyond' - story of a Wren Telegraphist ......... 45 Valve & Tube Supplies Stocklist .................................. 48
A bit of a bind by T. S. Christian .................................... 44 OBITUARIES
Military Surplus in Japan ................................................ 44 Phil Savage ..................................... ...............................46
R-390/R-390A Handbook (Italian) ..................................44 PERSONALITIES
Radio Gear in East GermanyIRussia ............................. 48 Wallace Maton, radio relay pioneer by Pam Whittington ... 47
Radio! Radio! (3rd Edn) .................................................45 READERS' LETTERS
Radios by Hallicrafters ............................................. 44 Afore you go .................................................................. 48
Sparks Around the Bridge ............................................44
A likely story! ..................................................................46
BROADCASTING Background to the P60 ...................................................46
The listening ear (BBC Tatsfield) ...................................44 Bush EU4 ........................................................................ 44
Pirate radio broadcasting pre-WWII by P. (Ben) Bennett 46 Commercial radio ........................................................... 44
Wallace Maton, radio relay pioneer by Parn Whittington 47 ..................................................................................45
COMMENT Connector mating ......................................................... 46
Equipment prices, etc ............................. . ................... 43 Connector names ........................................................46
Marconi Archive sale .................................................. 46 Curious fault on a B400 .............................................. 47
Marconi Archive saved .................................................47 Decca Decola and R.1155 ........................................... 46
New features; back issue availability .............................44 Drift-free .......................................................................... 43
Peripheral topics ........................................................... 45 EF50 and cousins ........................................................... 44
Recollections .................................................................. 48
CONSTRUCTION
Making ribbed coil formers b y John Tye ........................ 44 .................................................................................. 47
DOMESTIC EF50 and its folklore ..................................................48
Decca Decola by Malcolm George ................................ 45 'EMB Loan' and the EF50 .............................................. 45
Letter .....................................................................46 Equipment codes ........................................................ 47
Japanese transistor radio mini-history by Enrico Tedeschi .. 48 ..................................................................................48
John J. Dunster & Son Ltd. cabinet manufacturers Equipment design ...................................................... 48
by John W. Dunster and Geoffrey Dunster ............. 46 Fancy that! ......................................................................47
Pye 'Export'family by Richard Q. Marris ........................ 47 Filament voltages ........................................................ 44
Reviving a Roberts R 77 by G. F. M. Engel ................... 43 Garrard memories ......................................................... 48
Tell me Mr Weller No. 1; the Bush TV22 ....................... 44 German WWll equipment ............................................ 44
fell me Mr Weller No. 2; the Pye B18T .........................46 Handbook suppliers ................................................... 45
Telsen l - V - l revived by C. M . Lindars ......................... 47 'Home Broadcaster' mikes ..........................................43
MILITARY HRO made in Britain? ............................................... 43
inside the WS (Canadian) No. 29 by Ben Nock ............ 44 ...................................................................................
KIFuSpr 'd' transceiver by George Scholtes ..................43 KlFuSpr 'd'transcei~er..................................................46
Letter ................................................................... 46 More distantcousins......................................................45
PRC-316 ... an appreciation by Tom Harrison .............. 43 More on H. S ...............................................................
RAF Transmitter T.77 b y E. F. Jones ............................ 46 Mystery items .................................................................
Radios of the Rising Sun by Ben Nock .......................... 47 ................................................................................. 48
UWPRC-316 (A-16) b y Pat Hawker ...............................45 Mystery key with crystals ...............................................43
MISCELLANY Mystery valve and Cossor valves .................................. 47
Bit of a bind by T. S. Christian .......................................44 Origins of 'Pressel' ......................................................... 44
Bygones of 1932 by A. J. Reynolds ...............................48 R . l 155 intermediate frequency ...................................... 48
Grimeton dinosaur by Peter R. Jensen .......................... 48 Radiospares memories .................................................. 45
History & development of the thermionic valve ................................................................................. 47
by Rod Burman ....................................................... 44 Remember the Nuvistor ................................................. 45
Home-made wireless telegraph ..................................... 43 Nuvistors .............................................................. 46
Neither fish nor fowl by Andy Emmerson ....................... 47 S. G. Brown loudspeakers .......................................... 43
'On the road' with Radiospares - 2 by Harry G. Reddin .. 44 Simple transistor circuits ............................................... 44
Letter ........................................................................45 Special EF5Os ................................................................45
Photography for collectors by Geoff Arnold ................... 48 SW radio in the 1920s and '30s .....................................46
Photography for the traveller by Peter R. Jensen ......... 43 T.l 154/R.1155 Spotters' guide ..................................... 43
Pirate radio broadcasting pre-WWII by P. (Ben) Bennett .... 46 Thoughts on the R.1155 ................................................. 47
Short wave radio telecomms in the 1920s & '30s TV system abbreviations .............................................. 46
by P. M. Hawkins ..................................................... 45 Under licence .................................................................. 45
Letter ........................................................................46 Unusual RA.l 17 ............................................................. 43
Short wave radio telecomms after 1945 by P. M. Hawkins .. 46 What are they? ('Kalenised' filaments) .......................... 47
Tell me ... how did you become interested in wireless? What's wrong with British equipment? ........................... 47
David Rudram ......................................................47 RESTORATION
What did you do in WWII. Daddy? .................................45 Decca Decola by Malcolm George ................................ 45
MODIFICATIONS Lafayette HE-30 revived by J. S. Christian ................,.. 48
Making ribbed coil formers by John Tye ........................ 44 Reviving a Roberts R 77 by G. F. M. Engel ................... 43
Reviving a Roberts R 77 by G. F. M. Engel ...................43 Telsen l - V - l revived by C. M. Lindars ..........................47
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS TELEVISION
Museum reserve collections by Geoff Voller ................. 48 Projection TV receivers of the 1950s by Larry Coalston 48
NEWS & EVENTS Tell me Mr Weller No. 1 ; the Bush TV22 ....................... 44
Amateur radio demo at Bury St Edmunds ..................... 47 Tell me Mr Weller No. 2; the Pye B18T ......................... 46

RADIO BYGONES No. 48. AugustGeptember 1997 39


TEST EQUIPMENT Letter ................................................................. 43
RCA TE-149 waverneter (letter) ..................................... 43 Letter ........................................................................ 46
VALVES Letter ....................................................................... 47
Early Cossor Tin-hat valve by lan L. Sanders ............... 46 Letter ........................................................................ 48
History & development of the therrnionic valve AUDIO
by Rod Burman .....................................................44 Arnplion AR 19 'Standard Dragon' loudspeaker ............ 45
Nuvistors. Cornpactrons. frame grids. etc. by Pat Hawker ... 47 Garrard turntables ..........................................................47
Seen through a glass darkly by Desmond Thackeray ... 43 Letter ....................................................................... 48
Survey of valve suppliers by Hilary Humphries ............. 43 RADIONAVIGATION
BC-433-A .................................................................... 44
H2S (letter) .....................................................................43
RT-7lAPN-l .................................................................... 44
EQUIPMENT Wurtzbiirg Riese .............................................................45
TELEVISION
The following references may be articles. Projection TV receivers ............................................ 48
illustrations or brief text mentions TEST EQUIPMENT
RECEIVERS.BROADCAST Grayshaw Instruments SG50 s ~ gen g ............................ 46
AIba 3011 ........................................................................46 RCA TE-149 waverneter ............................................ 43
Alba 3841 ........................................................................46 TRANSCEIVERS
BSA Model 4V ................................................................ 45 A-510 .............................................................................. 46
Bush EU4 ........................................................................ 43 BC-624-A (SCR-2542) ...................................................44
Letter ........................................................................ 44 BCC-30 ........................................................................... 45
Bush TV22 TV ............................................................... 44 KlFuSpr 'd' ......................................................................43
Decca Decola ................................................................. 45 Plessey A13 .................................................................... 45
Letter ................................................................... 46 PRC-316 ......................................................................... 43
Dorian Super Screened Four ......................................... 43 Racal Squadcall ..........................................................45
Ekco U834 'Mariner' .....................................................47 RC-l 6B ...........................................................................46
Fleetwood NTR-150 .......................................................48 Redifon GR.345 .............................................................. 45
GEC BC4650 .............................................................. 43 RT-175A (PRC-9) ........................................................46
Gecophone 'Junior' crystal set ......................................45 RT-70 ..............................................................................46
Global GR-711 ..............................................................48 S-P3A ............................................................................. 47
Graves 'Vulcan' ........................................................ 45 SCR-536 (BC-61 1) ......................................................46
KB BM20 ........................................................................ 43 UKIPRC-316 ............................................................... 45
Lafayette D-32 'Universal' .............................................. 48 WS (Cdn) No. 29 ......................................................... 44
Lafayette Dual-Wave receiver ........................................ 48 WS No. 3lAFV .............................................................. 46
Lafayette 'Short-Wave Master 6' ....................................48 TRANSMl7TERS
Marconi 561 .................................................................... 47 Alexanderson alternator ........................................... 48
Marconiphone P17B .................................................43 Lafayette 'P46' ................................................................48
Masteradio D1 60 'Arundel' ............................................ 47 Marconi HS51 ...............................................................46
Murphy B143 ............................................................. 43 Marconi SWB10 ..............................................................46
Pam TR27 ..................................................................... 47 T.77 ................................................................................. 46
Philips 4748 ................................................................... 43 T.1 154 (letter) ................................................................. 43
Philips F5G96A ............................................................... 46 MISCELLANEOUS
Pye 350C .................................................................. 45 Hagelin M-209 cipher machine ...................................... 43
Pye 445U ........................................................................ 47 VALVES & TUBES
Pye 110111101A ............................................................. 47 Cornpactrons .................................................................. 47
Pye 1 112 'Seafarer' ........................................................ 47 Cossor P & W series ................................................... 46
Pye 301713017A ............................................................. 47 Letter ........................................................................ 47
Pye 3042 'International' .................................................. 47 Cossor 'Wuncell' .......................................................... 46
Pye B18T TV .................................................................. 46 CV173 ............................................................................. 43
Pye P75 ........................................................................ 46 Early cavity rnagnetron ................................................... 44
Pye PE80 'Cambridge International' .............................. 47 EA50 (letter) ................................................................... 45
Regency TR-l ........................................................... 48 EC53 (letter) ................................................................... 45
'Revophone' crystal set ................................................. 45 EF50NR91 ..................................................................... 43
Roberts R 77 ........................................................... 43 Letter ...................................................................... 44
Sanyo 6C-011 ................................................................. 48 Letters ...................................................................... 45
SOny TR-55 ..................................................................... 48 Letter ........................................................................ 47
Sony TR-63 ................................................................ 48 EF54 ............................................................................... 43
Sony TR-72 ............................................................... 48 EF55 ............................................................................... 43
Sony TR-81 ................................................................... 48 Frame-grids .................................................................... 47
Sony TR-610 .................................................................. 48 Nuvistors .................................................................. 47
Sony TR-620 .................................................................. 48 Letter ........................................................................45
Standard Micronic Ruby SR-G430 ................................. 48 Letter ........................................................................46
Standard SR-H115 ......................................................... 48 Quick-heat ...................................................................... 47
Telsen 1 -v-l .................................................................... 47 2K25 (723NB) ................................................................ 44
Wilco 360 ........................................................................ 48 6CW4 .............................................................................. 47
RECEIVERS - COMMUNICATIONS 7587 ................................................................................47
'Anton' ............................................................................. 44
Fu H E 'Horst A' (letter) .................................................. 44
HRO (letter) .................................................................... 43
References t o C l . C2. C3 a n d C4 indicate photographs
KlFuSpr 'd' ...................................................................... 43
Letter ........................................................................46 appearing o n the Front cover. Inside front cover. lnside
Lafayette '79' Minute-Man .............................................48 back cover and Outside back cover. respectively
Lafayette HE-30 .............................................................48
Marconi HR110 ............................................................... 43
Marconi Multiple Tuner ................................................. 46
Murphy 8400 (letter) ...................................................... 47
P60 ................................................................................. 44 SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF RADIO BYGONES
Letter ........................................................................46 FOR DETAILS OF THE PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
R.1082 ........................................................................... 44
R.11478 ..........................................................................44 OF ALL BACK ISSUES
R.1155 ........................................................................... 45

RADIO BYGONES No. 48. August/September 1997


MISCELLANY
A family business by Tom Winchcombe ........................ 53
Elettra. Marconi's floating laboratory
by Brian Faulkner ................................................... 49
ARTICLES & FEATURES Perdio Radio. early recollections by Rod Burman ......... 54
Politics of HF radio by S. F. Brown ................................ 54
AERONAUTICAL issue Schoolboy beginnings by Joe Fitzgerald ....................... 52
Restoring the R.1116 by J. R. Sanderson ..................... 52 Wireless for the blind by Graeme Wormald ................... 50
AMATEUR MUSEUM PIECES
Those were the days (1938 licence) ..............................49
Colourful test equipment ................................................ 53
AUDIO Crystal detectors ............................................................ 52
Twenties loudspeakers. beginners' guide Don Dean Collection. Sarasota FL ................................ 54
by Derek Jaques ...................................................... 53 Fin Stewart Collection. San Remo NSW ....................... 50
Marconi Memorial. Needles IOW.................................... 51
BOOKS Melody Farm Music Museum. Wellington NZ ................ 49
Bakelite Style .................................................................. 53
From International Waters, MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
60 years of offshore broadcasting ...........................53 German Radio Museum. Berlin ...................................... 54
German Radio Communication Equipment up to 1945 . 52 Gordon Russell Museum. Broadway. Worcs ................. 52
Guglielmo Marconi in London ....................................... 54 Hack Green Cold War & Radar Bunker Museum .......... 54
Prospero's Wireless, P. P. Eckersley biography ........... 53 Norwich Aviation Museum ............................................. 50
Shortwave Receivers Past & Present (3rd Edn) ........... 53 .................................................................................. 51
Old Television ................................................................. 54 Starting a living collection by Carlos Alberto Fazano .... 52
Whither radio museology by Dr John Beavis ................. 54
BROADCASTING
BBC Westminster colour studio 1972 NEWS & EVENTS
by Larry Coalston ..................................................... 52 Beware! (overheating batteries) ..................................... 54
Catastrophe transmitters by Alan Davies ...................... 53 Brussels telecommunications exhibition ........................ 54
FM Radio faces the digital threat by Pat Hawker Marconi tour & book ....................................................... 54
1. Developments up to WWll ................................... 50 'Out-of-print' RBs ......................................................... 50
2. Return to peace ................................................... 51 Plug-in coil formers ......................................................... 49
ST-1993 special components ending ............................. 51
CIRCUITRY 500kHz & MF Morse closure in UK ................................ 51
Tune-0-Matic (Atwater Kent 511) .................................. 53
OBITUARIES
CLANDESTINE Prof. R. V. Jones ............................................................ 51
SR 128 transmitterlreceiver by A. J. Wedgwood........... 54
PERSONALITIES
COMMENT Christian Hulsmeyer. radar pioneer of 1904
CD publications .......................................................... 49 by Prof. Berthold G. Bosch ...................................... 54
Morse test proposals in the UK ......................................53 Memories of Cecil Clarabut by G3SYX.......................... 49
Letter .................................................................... 54
Museum(ology). Morse test proposals ........................... 54 RADIONAVIGATION & RADAR
Radio museum future ................................................... 52 Christian Hulsmeyer. radar pioneer of 1904
Warrior-2 complete. Readers ADS problems ................. 51 by Prof. Berthold G. Bosch ...................................... 54
50th RB. Warrior-:! delayed ............................................ 50 Origins of radar ............................................................... 52

CONSTRUCTION READERS' LETTERS


Home-brew valve tester by G. F. M. Engel .................... 52 ActonIBrunel lecturers? .................................................. 50
Mains power supply for battery sets Battery origins ................................................................. 51
by Michael Mucklow ................................................. 50 BC-654 modified for marine use .................................... 51
.................................................................................. 51 Car radio mods (vibrators) ............................................. 50
Simple FM tuner by Sir Douglas Hall ............................. 50 .................................................................................. 51
Letter ........................................................................ 52 Ekco PB289 .................................................................... 50
Twin pentode receiver by C. M. Lindars ........................ 51 .................................................................................. 52
12-volt PSU for small valved sets by Ben Nock ............ 50 ............................................................................... 53
Garrard clocks ................................................................ 49
DOMESTIC ................................................................................ 51
Domestic tape recorders by A. W. Green ...................... 51 Guarding the past ........................................................... 53
Ekco of a golden age . the PB289 Lafayette HE-30 receiver ............................................... 49
by Peter Lankshear .................................................. 49 Morse code testing ......................................................... 54
Letter ........................................................................ 52 Noise levels .................................................................... 51
Letter ........................................................................ 53 Photography ................................................................... 49
Murphy magic by Terry McGough .................................. 53 Proximity fuse ................................................................. 49
Murphy Radio, post-war inspectionltest ................................................................................ 50
by Lorin Knight ......................................................... 53 R.1094 receiver data wanted ......................................... 50
Perdio Radio, early recollections by Rod Burman ......... 54 .................................................................................. 51
Radiola 60 restoration by Mike Lemin ........................... 51 Radiation Hazards .......................................................... 49
Letter ................................................................. 52 .................................................................................. 50
Tune-0-Matic .................................................................. 53 Radiospares memories .................................................. 49
MARITIME Reliable valves........ 49
Elettra. Marconi's floating laboratory
by Brian Faulkner .................................................... 49 .................................................................................. 51
................................................................................. 52
MILITARY Solid-state manpacks .....................................................52
German WW1 trench set by Dick W. Rollema ............... 53 Strange HRO .................................................................. 49
Hellschreiber by Richard Konig ...................................... 51 Stripping out the mods ................................................... 54
Letter ........................................................................ 52 Transistor circuit mods ................................................... 49
IFF radio identification systems by Colin MacKinnon .... 51 Tunematic ....................................................................... 51
Rees Mace CAT (BR2169) receiver by Ben Nock......... 49 Ultra-Audion ............................................................... 52
Letter ....................................................................... 50
SR 128 transmitterlreceiver by A. J. Wedgwood ........... 54
TCS range transmitters/receivers by Ben Nock ............ 50
WS (Canadian) No 58 Mk.l*TT by Ben Nock ................. 52

RADIO BYGONES No. 54. August/September 1998 35


Valve substitutions (UL41lUL84) ................................... 51 I GS ................................................................................. 5 0 C l .4
Letter ........................................................................ 51 34

.................................................................................. 54 AUDIO
Wired wireless ........................................................... 49 Aeolian Orchestrelle ....................................................... 49 C2
.................................................................................. 50 Barrel organ ................................................................... 49 C3
W.S.18 sensitivity problems ........................................... 49 Loudspeakers of the 1920s ............................................ 53 11
(Amplion Junior de Luxe. Sterling 'Primax'. Celestion C14.
Magnavox)
REFERENCEDATA RCA RK-24 phono oscillator .......................................... 52 14
Twenties loudspeakers. beginners' guide Tape Recorders: ............................................................. 51 16
by Derek Jaques ...................................................... 53 (Recordon. Reporter. Simonsound. Grundig TK20.
Elizabethan Major. Philips EL3542A. Ferrograph Series 4.
RESTORATION Ferrograph Series 5 stereo. Binatone. Philips 2202.
Restoring the R.1116 by T. R. Sanderson ..................... 52
Vintage mains superhet (Radiola 60) by Mike Lemin .... 51
.
Fuii Cherw Standard SRI00 Revox G36 . .
~ a n d b eseries
r~ 15 SL)
Letter .................................................................. 52 Wurlitzer juke-box ........................................................... 49
TELEGRAPHY RADIONAVIGATION
Helischreiber by Richard Konig ...................................... 51 Decca 159 radar ........................................................... 54
Letter ........................................................................ 52 IFF 51 ......................................................................... 21
TELEVISION Telemobiloskop .............................................................. 54
BBC Westminster colour studio 1972 TELEVISION
by Larry Coalston .................................................... 52 GEC BT2147 .................................................................. 53
Preparing dealers for the TV restart in 1946 ................. 52
Pye B16T ........................................................................ 49
Tell me Mr Weller No. 3; the Pye B16T ......................... 49
Tell me Mr Weller No. 4; the GEC BT2147.................... 53 TEST EQUIPMENT
Approved Electronic signal generator Model A200 ....... 53
TEST EQUIPMENT Cossor Model 343 ganging oscillator ............................. 50
Cossor Model 343 ganging oscillator by 'Phosphor' ..... 50 Hickok signalgenerator Model 17 ................................... 53
Murphy Radio. post-war inspectionltest Hickok Traceometer Modei 155 ..................................... 53
by Lorin Knight ...................................................... 53 Meissner Analyst ............................................................ 53
Telsen AC&DC multimeter by 'Phosphor' ...................... 49 Philco Model 7008 alignment set ................................... 53
VALVES Rider Chanalyst ........................................................ 53
German LS 50 and Allied equivalents by 'Phosphor' .... 54 Telsen AClDC Multimeter .............................................. 49
RL12P35 and derivatives by Alan Davies ...................... 49 TRANSCEIVERS
A16 (SR-A16lPRC-316) ................................................. 52
EQUIPMENT BC-654 (letter) ................................................................ 51
The following references may be articles. Mk.123 (letter) ................................................................ 50
SR 128 ............................................................................ 54
illustrations or brief text mentions WS18 .............................................................................. 49
RECEIVERS.Broadcast WS58 (Canadian) ......................................................... 52
Atwater Kent Model 20 .................................................. 49 TRANSMITTERS
Atwater Kent 511 (Tune-0-Matic) .................................. 53 German World War I trench set ..................................... 53
Bifiexet ............................................................................ 49
Letter ........................................................................ 52 MISCELLANEOUS
Clarke's Atlas Model A758 ............................................ 54 Crystal detectors ............................................................ 52
E ~ CPB289
O .................................................................... 49 Hellschreiber ................................................................... 51
Letter ..................................................................... 50 Letter ...................................................................... 52
Letter ........................................................................ 52 RCA Marine console ...................................................... 53
Letter ................................................................... 53
Grebe Synchrophase ..................................................... 49 VALVES & TUBES
Miniflex (letter) ................................................................ 54 ACISP3 .......................................................................... 49
Murphy A3A .................................................................... 53 LS50 ................................................................................ 49
Murphy bandspread models ........................................... 53 .................................................................................. 54
(A104. A76. A128. A36. A160) RL4.2P40 ........................................................................ 49
Perdio 'Quintet' (PR1) ................................................... 54 RL12P35 ......................................................................... 49
Perdio PR5 ..................................................................... 54 RL12P50 .................................................................... 49
Perdio PR73 'Continental' .............................................. 54 W261 .............................................................................53
Perdio PR22 ................................................................... 54 RS287 ............................................................................. 49
Perdio PR7 ..................................................................... 54 RS383 ......................................................................... 49
Perdio PR95 ................................................................... 54 RS384 ....................................................................... 49
Perdio PR102 ................................................................. 54 RS391 ........................................................................ 49
Perdio Mini 66 (Mini 6 Mk II) .......................................... 54 RV12P4000 ................................................................. 51
Perdio PR6 (PR29 'Mayfair') .......................................... 54 UL41lUL84 (letter) .......................................................... 51
RCA Radiola 60 .............................................................. 51 Letter ........................................................................ 52
Letter ................................................................. 52 Letter ........................................................................53
Spontaflex ................................................................ 50 Letter .................................................................. 54
Letter .................................................................... 52 6BW6 (letter) .................................................................. 52
Standard Micronic Ruby SR-G430 ................................. 49 11 E3lCV73 .................................................................... 54
Tunematic (letter) .......................................................... 51 807 .................................................................................. 49

RECEIVERS.Communications
Eddystone 840 (modified for blind operator) ................. 50 References to C l . C2. C3 and C4 indicate photographs
HRO ................................................................................ 49 appearing on the Front cover. Inside front cover.
Marconi Type 552 ...........................................................54 Inside back cover and Outside back cover. respectively
MCRl (Belgian) ..............................................................53
R.1094 (letter) ................................................................50
R.1116 ............................................................................ 52 SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF RADlO BYGONES
Rees Mace CAT (BR2169) ............................................ 49
Letter ........................................................................ 50 FOR PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF
PAST ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE

36 RADIO BYGONES No. 54. August/Septernber 1998


IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII INDEX IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MISCELLANY
A historical document by Geoff Voller ............................ 59
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 55-60 A likely story! (BBC memo) ............................................55
Brain-teaser (3LO) ..........................................................57
ARTICLES & FEATURES Letter ........................................................................ 58
But whose communications? b y 'Anodyne' ................... 56
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Fixed Service Radio in the Netherlands b y Louis Meulstee
Rebuilding an R.1155 by Dave Kernplen ....................... 59 Part .1 .....................................
. . 56
VHF communications at RAE 1937-1942 by E. B. Callick Part 2 ........................................................................ 57
Part 1 ........................................................................55 'Great Secret' of WWll (Enigma, etc) by Peter R. Jensen
Part 2 ....................................................................... 56 Part 1 ........................................................................ 59
Part 2 ....................................................................... 60
AUDIO
Hullo Lympne! Croydon calling by Stanley Lewer ......... 57
Domestic portable record players by Anthony Green .... 55
Prof Zepler at Southampton b y Berthold G. Bosch ....... 60
Letter ........................................................................ 56
WWI monitoring station on Shetland ............................. 59
Letter ........................................................................57
QUAD Mods by Barry Falcon ......................................... 56 MODIFICATIONS
QUAD Mods by Barry Falcon .........................................56
BOOKS
AWA Radiolettes ............................................................60 MUSEUM PIECES
Buying a Used Shortwave Receiver ..............................58 Bognor Regis Wireless Museum ....................................55
Electronic Classics . Collecting. restoration & repair .... 58 Clandestine radio, John Elgar-Whinney ........................ 59
Golden Age of Radio in the Home .................................60 German WWll military radio, Ben Nock .........................60
Magic of Sony .................................................................59 Military radio, John Elgar-Whinney ............................... 58
Radio Designer's Handbook ..........................................58 'Phosphor' collection ......................................................56
Rapid Radio Repair (standard superhets) .....................60 Wireless novelties, Bob Warner .....................................57
BROADCASTING MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Showing films on BBC TV by Larry Coalston ................ 59 Bognor Regis Wireless Museum by Ron E. Simpson ... 55
We never closed! (History of AP) by F. J. A. Gray ........ 55 Irish Museum of Radio. Cork .......................................... 57
CLANDESTINE NEWS & EVENTS
'Lisbeth' . an illegal Norwegian receiver Antique Electronic Supply catalogue ............................. 59
b y Tor Marthinsen and Erling Langemyr ................. 55 Dial cord kit ..................................................................... 57
Polish BP5 ... it does exist! by Arfhur K. Poll ................ 58 Dutch museum for the radio amateur- ............................58
Radio Set RS-6 b y Ben Nock .........................................56 Early Valves data book .................................................. 59
Eddystone saved ............................................................60
COMMENT
Hi-Z headphone adaptor ................................................ 55
Bookworm turns ..............................................................60
Index to Radio Valve Guides ..........................................59
Design problems ............................................................ 59
Lecture: Radio before Hertz & Marconi ......................... 60
Kootwijk radio closing .................................................... 57
Mains transformer for battery valve sets .......................60
Museums. Domestic articles wanted .......................... 55
Marconi Collection safe ..................................................58
Museums . Readers' Adverts ..........................................56
MWARS AM Net .............................................................57
Subscription changes for UK ......................................... 58
Plug-in coil formers .........................................................56
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS Scheveningen radio closes ............................................56
Hallicrafters S-20 'Sky Champion' by Ben Nock ........... 58 .................................................................................. 58
Rebuilding an R.1 155 by Dave Kemplen ....................... 59 Spying history series for TV .......................................... 56
Valve manufacture spreading ........................................G0
CONSTRUCTION Vintage & Military Amateur RS ......................................59
A 3 X EF50 receiver by C. M. Lindars ............................ 56 Vintage radio on the Net .............................................. 60
Back to square one b y C. M. Lindars .............................57 Vintage radio on the Web .............................................. 56
Scottish home-brew in New Zealand by Peter Lankshear Vintage test data at Savoy Hill .......................................59
Wireless aids airship rescue, 1928 ................................55
DOMESTIC Wireless in Wales exhibition ..........................................57
And Tomorrow the World b y Tony Harwood ..............................................................................58
Part 1 . Eddystone All World Two ......................... 59 Wires, Wheels & Wings on tape ................................... 55
Letter ........................................................................60 PERSONALITIES
Part 2 . Eddystone 'Fours' ..................................... 60 Prof Zepler at Southampton by Berthold G. Bosch ....... 60
Anatomy of a wireless fake by Ray Whitcornbe ............ 55
Domestic portable record player by Anthony Green ..... 55 READERS' LETTERS
Letter .....................................
. . . 56 Another use for the BC221 .............................................56
Letter ...................................................................... 57 Balancing the content .....................................................56
Early Sony transistor radios b y Enrico Tedeschi ........... 60 Calling all KW enthusiasts ..............................................55
More on Sinclair 'Micromatic' b y Andrew Howlett ......... 57 Dial cord kit .......................
.......................................... 58
durphy A100 by Lorin Knight ......................................... 57 Early designs revisited ...................................................58
'erdio Town & Country range by Rod Burman ............. 58 Early record players .......................................................56
3ejuvenation of a l933 Kingsford Console by Derek Jaques ..................................................................................5- -/
..................................................................................
57 Garrard clocks ................................................................55
kottish home-brew in New Zealand by Peter Lankshear Great Secret of WWll .....................................................60
................................................................................60 Hand capacitance (Eddystone All World 2) ................... 60
elefunken SW receiver 732 b y Dick W. Rollerna ........ 55 Hawaiian idea .................................................................60
'IT' - friend or fiend ........................................................57
IARlTlME LS50 in Russia, Switzerland & CSR ..............................55
lemories of G7TM at Southampton by T. G. Hobbis ... 59 Mini magic-eye ............................................................. 57
IlLlTARY Mobile PA memories ......................................................58
erman WWll transmitters & receivers by Ben Nock ... 60 More on 3 L 0 (Melbourne) .......................................... 58
3panese radio equipment of the WWll era .................. 57 Motor tuning ................................................................... 55
vyedish 2 W Br transmitterlreceiver by Bengf Brolin ... 58 Museums and museolooy ..............................................55
S military radio . accessories and parts by Tony Grogan
..................................................................................
58 ..................................................................................
59
3 military equipment designations by John Keeley .... 60 Mystery Collins identified ...............................................60
Novel receiver (magic eye) ............................................60
Perdio praise ..................................................................59

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Perdio recollections ....................................................... 56 Lisbeth ........................................................................... 55
Power supply points ....................................................... 58 MCRl .............................................................................. 59
Putting my foot in it! ...................................................... 55 National HRO ................................................................ 60
Puzzle corner! (Cossor 41MP) ....................................... 56 Polish OP-3 ..................................................................... 59
Rebuilding an R.1155 .................................................... 60 R.1132 ............................................................................56
Restoration tips (R1 155 control stops & paint) .............. 58 R.1155 ............................................................................ 59
Seagoing memories ....................................................... 59 Letter ........................................................................ 58
Serendipity (Perdio find) ................................................. 57 Letters ................................................................. 60
Servicing safely .............................................................. 57 TelefunkenlSiemens EP2a ............................................. 58
Sinclair and Kingsford .................................................... 58 Torn E.b. ....................................................................... 60
Special AR88 ................................................................. 60 Ukw.E.e ......................................................................... 60
Stripping out the mods ................................................... 60 Vigilant (Type M) ........................................................... 59
The Happy Station (PCJ Hilversum) .............................. 58
Unusual UL41 ................................................................. 56 AUDIO
........................................................................... 57 Amplifier A51 (Receiver Unit K) ..................................... 58 C2
Valve oddity .................................................................... 59 BTH Type C2 horn (?) .................................................... 56 C2
Whose code? .Wail). ........................................................ 55 Domestic portable record players: ................................. 55 18
............................................................................ 56 Decca acoustic; HMV 102; HMV 501; Collaro Microgram;
Wired wireless ................................................................57 Trixette 'Electric'; HMV 3-speed; Pye 'Black Box'; Dansette 'Major';
Dansette 'Conquest Auto'; Philips 'All Transistor'
REFERENCE DATA Letter ........................................................................ 56 37
Landmarks in valve technology (Mazda) ....................... 58 Quad II amplifier .............................................................5 6 C3l . 0
US military equipment designations b y John Keeley .... 60 Voigt loudspeaker driver ................................................56 C2
US military radio . accessories and parts by Tony Grogan
RADIONAVIGATION
Beme Loop receiver ...................................................... 5 6 C 4
REMINISCENCES
Pre-War experiences of wireless by Geoffrey Walsh .... 55 TELEVISION
Bush TV2 ....................................................................... 55 C4
RESTORATION Cintel telecine ............................................................ 59 23
A loudspeaker repair by Eric Kempshall ........................ 55 Emitron Camera Telecine .............................................. 59 22
Rebuilding an R.1155 by Dave Kemplen ....................... 59 Ferguson 941T ............................................................... 56 10
Mechau projector ............................................................59 22
TELEVISION
Showing films on BBC TV by Larry Coalston ................ 59 TEST EQUIPMENT
Tell me Mr Weller No. 5; Ferguson 941T ....................... 56 BC221 ...................................................................... 59 12
We never closed! (History of AP) by F. J. A. Gray ........ 55 (letter) ....................................................................... 56 37
Calibrator. Crystal No. 7 Mk.1 ...................................... 56 34
TEST EQUIPMENT Precision AVOmeter ....................................................... 56 C3
Calibrator Crystal No. 7 Mk.1' by 'Phosphor' ................. 56 Radio City Model 314 tube tester ................................... 56 C3
Soviet SCR-211 by Louis Meulstee ............................... 59 Soviet SCR-211 (Y4-1) ................................................... 59 12
VALVES TRANSCEIVERS
Landmarks in valve technology (Mazda) ....................... 58 AR-l 1 .............................................................................. 58
B2 (3 Mk.ll) ..................................................................... 59
EQUIPMENT Hagenuk Ha5K ............................................................. 60
The following references may be articles. C1,2.3,16
Japanese Model 94 Mk 5 ............................................... 57
illustrations or brief text mentions Japanese Model 94 Mk 6 ............................................... 57
Japanese Model 99 ........................................................57
Polish AP-5 ..................................................................... 59
RECEIVERS.BROADCAST Polish BP5 ...................................................................... 58
3 X EF50 receiver ........................................................... 56 Radio Pack Equipment Type 4811 ................................. 59
Eddystone All World Two ............................................... 59 RS-6 (RP-6lRR-6lRT-6lRA-6) ........................................ 56
Eddystone 'Fours' ........................................................... 60 Swedish 2 W Br .............................................................. 58
Ekco A22 ................................................................... 55 T.R.1133 (T.1136/A.1135/R.1137) ................................. 56
Ever Ready Personal Portable ....................................... 55 Type A Mk.lll .................................................................. 58
Ekco PB289 (letter) ........................................................ 55
General 'Lafayette' (letter) ........................................... 57 TRANSMllTERS
KB 'New Pup' ................................................................ 55 Oceanspan ..................................................................... 59 30
Kingsford Console (1933) ............................................. 57 PCG ................................................................................ 56 27
Murphy A100 .............................................................. 57 ................................................................................ 57 23
Perdio 'Town & Country' ................................................ 58 PCJ ................................................................................. 56 26
(Letter) .................................................................... 56 .................................................................................. 57 22
(Letter) ................................................................... 57 (Letter) ................................................................ 58 34
(Letter) ...................................................................... 59 T.1083 ............................................................................. 58 C2
Russian solid-state ......................................................... 56 T.1115 ............................................................................. 58 C3
Regency TR-1 ........................................................... 60 T.1131 ............................................................................. 55 7
Sinclair Micro-FM ......................................................... 57 Telefunken alternator ..................................................... 56 25
Sinclair 'Micromatic' ......................................................57
Letters .................................................................. 58 MISCELLANEOUS
Sony TFM-151; TR-6; TR-52; TR-55; TR-63; TR-65; Colossus ....................................................................... 60 9
TR-72; TR-84; TR-86; TR-610; TR-620; TR-714; Enigma ........................................................................... 60 5
TR-810 .................................................................... 60 Lorenz Teletype SZ 40 .............................................. 60 8
Telefunken Arcolette 3 ...............................................60 Siemens T 52 ............................................................... 60 8
Telefunken T32 ............................................................... 55 Wireless novelties (cards. etc.) ......................................5 C2.3.
7 4

RECEIVERS.COMMUNICATIONS VALVES & TUBES


3 X EF50 receiver ......................................................... 56 LS50 (letter) .................................................................... 55 35
CR10018 (Mod) ............................................................. 60 UL41 (letter) .................................................................... 56 38
CR30012 .................................................................... 59 (Letters) ................................................................. 57 35
Eddystone 6200 ......................................................... 60 6E5M/6M-E5/6M-10 magic eyes (letters) ...................... 57 35
Hallicrafters S-20 'Sky Champion' ................................. 58 (Letter) ......................................................................60 32
Japanese Model 92 ........................................................ 57 41MP (letter) ...................................................................56 36
Receiver Unit K (Amplifier A51) ..................................... 58

36 ' RADIO BYGONES No. 60. AugustlSepfember 1999


INDEX MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Pitstone Green Museum by Norman Groom.................... 66
Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 61-66 NEWS & EVENTS
ARTICLES & FEATURES 405 Alive magazine .......................................................... 63
Antique Radio Classified magazine ................................. 65
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE
Antique Wireless Newsheet ............................................. 63
Aircraft Radio. a brief history by Stephen Pope
BBC purchases 'On the Air' museum collection ............... 66
Part 1: 1899-1939 .................................................... 61 22
Part 2: World War II onwards ................................... 62 16 Brian Smith's Wireless catalogue ..................................... 65
Letters ...................................................................... 63 33/35 Chelmer Valve Company move ........................................ 62
A Russian military aircraft radio by Colin Mackinnon .......63 16 Duncan Neale Collection sale .......................................... 62
Eddystone User Group Newsletter ................................... 65
AUDIO Ex %'Radio Club Newsletter ........................................... 63
Grundig TK5 Tape Recorder by Nicholas Coleman ......... 62 27 Farnell catalogue .............................................................. 64
Loftin-White amplifier by Peter Lankshear ....................... 61 18 Greenweld Electronics catalogue ..................................... 64
Jackson Brothers revived ................................................. 62
BOOKS Majestic Transformers rewind service .............................. 61
British Radio Valves. the Vintage Years: 1904-1925.........63 27 Maplin Electronics catalogue ........................................... 65
Swift and Sure. A history of the RNZ Corps of Signals ...65 35 Mauritron's new CDs ........................................................ 66
Military WARS Newsletter ............................................... 65
BROADCASTING Millennium Time Capsule ................................................. 64
The Last Survivor? (Baldwin mike) by Graeme Wormald....62 24 Montacute TV & Radio museum ......................................65
Letter ........................................................................ 65 34 Norsk Radiohistorisk Forening ......................................... 63
NZVRS Bulletin ................................................................ 63
CLANDESTINE Philip Knighton ................................................................. 65
GRC-109 Special Forces Set by Ben Nock ..................... 64 4 Prittlewell Priory Park radio exhibition .............................. 62
Radio Bygones website .................................................... 64
COMMENT Radio Days magazine ...................................................... 61
Classic Temptation ........................................................... 65 1 Radiocraft website ............................................................ 66
Delightful .......................................................................... 63 1 Titanic receiver discovered ...............................................64
New Publisher . . . same magazine! ................................. 61 1 TV Graphics Review magazine ........................................ 63
Sodd's Law ....................................................................... 64 1 Vintage Racal website ...................................................... 66
Thanks . . . no change! ..................................................... 62 1 Washford radio museum ................................................. 65
Yearning for a 464 ............................................................ 66 1
OBITUARIES
CONSTRUCTION Harry Matthews ................................................................ 64
The 'Better late than never set' Akio Morita by Enrico Jedeschi ........................................ 62
by Robert Newlands & Brian Blackford ................... 63 28 John W. Stokes ................................................................. 61
The Forgotten wireless by Richard Q. Marris...................64 20
Letter (Merkelator) ................................................... 66 35
PERSONALITIES
DOMESTIC Past perceptive (Noel Coward) by Ron............................ 61
A Kiwi tuner b y Peter Lankshear ...................................... 65 4
And Tomorrow the World by Tony Harwood READERS' LETTERS
Part 3.Miscellany .................................................. 62 10 A cut above ...................................................................... 63
Part 4.Kits ............................................................. 63 20 A novel receiver ................................................................ 62
Letter ........................................................................ 63 33 A quiet oasis ..................................................................... 62
HMV 542 radiogram by G. A. Stanton .............................. 64 13 Affordable ......................................................................... 64
HMV's Model 471 by John W. Stokes .............................. 61 5 Air Training Corps net ....................................................... 63
Letter ........................................................................ 62 35 Aircraft radio ..................................................................... 62
Alas. poor selenium .......................................................... 64
MILITARY ATC net remembered ....................................................... 64
Airborne Radio Countermeasures in WWll by Stephen Pope British Forces 'Tat' ............................................................ 66
Part 1 ....................................................................... 66 24 Charlatan? ........................................................................ 63
German World War II radio equipment by Dick Rollema......65 8 Converter .......................................................................... 64
Letter ........................................................................ 66 34 Disappointing stamps ....................................................... 64
RAF R.1224 receiver by 7: R. Sanderson ........................ 66 8 Early encryption ............................................................... 61
Eddystone panels and types ............................................ 61
MISCELLANY Encouraging stamps ......................................................... 65
2-valve Superhet Comms receiver by Richard Q. Marris.....66 22 Enigma ............................................................................. 61
The Big Beam (Tetney Beam Station) by Ron .................64 22 Hallicrafiers ...................................................................... 64
Boyhood adventures in wireless by Richard Q. Marris ....65 22 Hallicrafters tracking ......................................................... 61
Brief Radio History through Stamps by C. A. Fazano ......63 12 Heard it all! (HAC) ............................................................63
Letter........................................................................ 64 34 Hopeful safety .................................................................. 64
Letter........................................................................ 65 34 Howling ............................................................................. 61
Do you remember the Selenium Rectifier? by 'Phosphor'......6 10
Huck's loops ..................................................................... 63
Letter........................................................................ 64 33
It was alright when it left the factory! by Geoff Arnold .....65 John Stokes and EMIIHMV .............................................. 62
13
Leeds: Radio Mecca of the North by D. L. Long .............. 62 Military radio models ........................................................61
9
S. H. Muffets radio receiver by A. Ovenden .....................63 26 More Plessey .................................................................... 66
New Zealand high powered spark wireless stations Mute fault ..........................................................................65
by Robert G. Newlands............................................ 66 28 MW deaf aid .....................................................................65
Outrageous Fortune by Anodyne ..................................... 64 29 Ode to B & 0 ...................................................................... 65
Time signals and Weather forecasts by Ted Jones ..........63 10 Oscilectron patent ............................................................ 63
Vintage postcard (RE Aldershot)...................................... 61 9 Plessey connectors .......................................................... 66
Letter ........................................................................ 62 33 Professor Zepler ............................................................... 62
What are the wild waves saying by John Power ..............64 9 Racal recall ....................................................................... 65
What is it? (Mystery box) ................................................. 61 12 Ransacked Racal ............................................................. 66
Letters ..................................................................... 62 33 Research .......................................................................... 61
Retired? ............................................................................ 64
MUSEUM PIECES Rotary boxes .................................................................... 63
Components for the 1930s home constructor .................. 62 Cl-C4 The last survivor ............................................................... 65
Hoswick Visitor Centre. Shetland ..................................... 64 C244 The Merkeiator ................................................................. 66
Chapman. Moore & Mugford auction. June 2000 ............ 66 C244 Torn E.b ............................................................................ 61
Dreweatt Neate auction. Oct 99 ....................................... 65 C2-C4 Vintage postcard .............................................................. 62
Miniature receivers and crystal sets ................................. 61 C2-C4 What is it? Magic Box ....................................................... 62 ..

Unusual equipment, kits and curiosities........................... 63 C2-C4 Wiring errors ..................................................................... 61

RADIO BYGONES No. 67. October/November2000


REFERENCE DATA Coastal Radio Comet ....................................................... 64
Plesseys please by Hilary Humphries ..............................65 Hallicrafters 5-388 ........................................................... 63
Letters ......................................................................66 Hallicrafters S27 ............................................................... 66
Marconi AD series ............................................................ 61
RESTORATION R - l 004lGRC-109 ............................................................. 64
Hallicrafters S-380 by Tom Harrison ................................ 63 R1082 ............................................................................... 61
Letter ........................................................................
64 R1155 ............................................................................... 62
HMV 542 radiogram by G. A. Stanton ..............................64 R1224 ............................................................................... 66
Output transformer replacement by Eric Kempshall ........65 R1359 ............................................................................... 66
Restoration of a Bush DAC10 by Eric Kempshall ............66 R3121 ............................................................................... 62
Racal RA.71 ..................................................................... 63
TELEVISION Tf ................................................................................. 61
The last rotary converter by W J. Williamson ..................61 Torn E.b (letter) ................................................................ 61
Letter ........................................................................63 Type 25/73 ........................................................................65
Letter ........................................................................64 WIT Receiver Model Ta .................................................... 61
Tell me Mr Weller No. 6: Pye LV30 ...................................62
Tell me Mr Weller No. 7: HMV1807IMarconiphoneVT53DA ..66 AUDIO
Amplifier A1131 ................................................................ 62
TEST EQUIPMENT Grundig TK5 recorder ....................................................... 62
Scoping out some scopes by Alan S. Douglas ................ 65 Loftin-White amplifier ........................................................ 61
Test meters of the past by C. M. Lindars.......................... 61 Mullard 3-3 amplifier ......................................................... 61
Sony Walkman ................................................................. 62

EQUIPMENT RADIONAVIGATION
ASV Mk.6 .........................................................................62
The following references may be articles. B-78A indicator ................................................................. 62
illustrations or brief text mentions Bendix MN-26 radio compass .......................................... 61
Gee Indicator Type 62 ...................................................... 62
RECEIVERS.Broadcast H2S Type 162 indicator .................................................... 62
Arbonphone 2-valve ......................................................... 65 H2S Type 162C indicator .................................................. 65
AWA MW tuner ................................................................. 65 H2S Type 182A Fishpond ................................................. 62
Burndept Ethophone Junior .............................................65 Telemarine D/F ................................................................. 64
Burne-Jones Magnum ......................................................65
Bush DAC10..................................................................... 66 TEST EQUIPMENT
Codar CR45 ..................................................................... 63 Pifco All-in-one Radiometer ............................................. 61
Codar Mini Clipper ........................................................... 62 Tektronix 585 .................................................................... 65
Codar Multiband 6 ............................................................ 62 W1191 Wavemeter ........................................................... 62
Cosmos Radiophone VR4 ................................................65 Waterman 'Pocketscope' .................................................. 65
Cossor 77B ....................................................................... 66
Eddystone All WorIdlAll Wave series (letters) .................. 61 TRANSCEIVERS
Ediswan 19238 ................................................................ 65 FUG 10 ............................................................................. 65
Ekco AW70 .......................................................................66 GRC-109 .......................................................................... 64
GEC BC5243 ....................................................................66 Marconi AD series ............................................................ 61
HAC l-valve ..................................................................... 63 Mullard GN510 ................................................................. 61
(letter) ...................................................................... 63 Plessey AC44 .................................................................. 61
HMV 471 .......................................................................... 61 Station WIT Portable Type 9 ............................................. 66
(letter) ...................................................................... 62 Swan Cygnet .................................................................... 64
HMV 542 .......................................................................... 64 TR9 ................................................................................. 61
Ivalek 'De Luxe' crystal set ............................................... 61 TR11 ................................................................................. 61
Marconiphone 262 ............................................................ 64 TRI 196 ............................................................................. 62
Merkelator ........................................................................66
Millet crystal receiver ........................................................ 65 TRANSMllTERS
Peto Scott SW 2-valve ..................................................... 62 Coastal Radio Stentor ...................................................... 64
Philips 206A ..................................................................... 66 Marconi AD series ............................................................ 61
Philips 834C .....................................................................66 STC ATR range ................................................................ 61
Philips 2531 ...................................................................... 66 T21 ................................................................................. 61
Pilot Major Maestro .......................................................... 66 T-784lGRC-109 ................................................................ 64
Popular Regional Three .................................................... 65 T1083 ...............................................................................61
Radionette Kurer .............................................................. 63 T1154 ............................................................................... 62
Radionette transistor ........................................................ 64 T1403 ............................................................................... 66
RCA Victor 128 ................................................................. 61 T1422 ...............................................................................66
RCA Victor 143 ................................................................. 61 Telephone Wireless Aircraft Mk.ll .....................................61
RCC Polar Twin ................................................................ 65
RI No. 1 ............................................................................ 65 MISCELLANEOUS
Sinclair X1 ........................................................................ 61 HMV1807 TV .................................................................... 66
Sony TR-63 ...................................................................... 62 Marconiphone VT53DA TV ............................................... 66
ST134 ............................................................................... 65 Perdio portable TV ............................................................61
ST7365 ............................................................................. 24 Pye LV30 TV ..................................................................... 62
ST7665 .............................................................................25
Sterling No. 1 ....................................................................65 VALVES &TUBES
Western Electric 44001 .................................................... 65 RV12P2000 ...................................................................... 65
Westinghouse Aeriola Senior ........................................... 65
References to Cl. C2. C3 and C4 indicate photographs
RECEIVERS.Communications appearing on the Front cover. Inside front cover.
Academy wristwatch CB receiver..................................... 61
ANIAPR-4 ......................................................................... 66 Inside back cover and Outside back cover. respectively
AR88LF (letter) ................................................................. 61
ATM Short Wave Tuner Mk.lll ........................................... 62 SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF RADIO BYGONES
FOR PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF
PAST ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE

Radio Bygones. Issues Nos 61-66

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AERONAUTICAL
INDEX
Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 67-72
ARTICLES & FEATURES
ISSUE PAGE
MUSEUM PIECES
Ben Nock's 'Virtual Museum'
Bill MacDonald Collection
Crystal Sets from Bill Journeaux's Collection
Duncan Neale Collection (1)
Duncan Neale Collection (2)
Saga of the Marconi Osram Valve
1922 Flight Demonstration - Marconi AD2
by Dick W Rollema 71 24 NEWS & EVENTS
405 Alive Renamed
AMATEUR Ally not so Pally?
Amateur Radio In the 1920s by Ted Jones 67 29 Amberley Working Museum
68 20 Antique Electronic Supply USA, Catalogue
69 24 Valve Flyer
70 8 Antique Radio Classified
Eddystone EA-12 Amateur Bands Receiver Bygone Radio Shop, Folkestone
by Ben Nock 67 16 Digital Meter?
John Scott-Taggart's Transmitters by Ron lrving 67 10 Duxford Radio Society
Rejuvenation of a Codar AT5 Transmitter by Colin J. Guy 71 4 Eddystone User Group Lighthouse
AUDIO HMS Collingwood Museum
When is a Constant Voltage . . . not a Constant Voltage? HRSA Newsletter Radio Waves
by Geoff Arnold 14 Imperial War Museum, Duxford
Jackson Variable Capacitors
BOOKS Leeds Radio Fair
From the Wireless to the Web 19 Lizard Wireless Station Centenary
Marconi and his Wireless Stations in Wales 15 Marconi Calling Web Site
Saga of Marconi-Osram Valve 14 National Valve Museum
Valve Radio & Audio Repair Handbook 18 Norsk Radiohistorisk
Old-Timer's Bulletin
CLANDESTINE Radio Officers' ARS Celebrates
'Come in Dai the Spy' - the S 90140 by Alan Davies 4 Savoy Hill Publications Newsheet
Letter 32

COMMENT The Voice of the Crystal


Around the World 1 TV Nostalgia
Interested? 1 Vintage & Military ARS
Marconi Difficultiesflhe HRO 1 Manuals on CD-ROM
Moving OnIMarconi Calling 1 Web Site
PleasingIRumour 1 Vintage Technology Fair
Reader Survey ResponseISubs Reminders 1 Vintage Technology Fair Crisis
Warrior Birds
CONSTRUCTION
A MWILW Aerial for Classic Valve Receivers READERS' LETTERS
by Richard Q. Marris 32 And More 'Tat'
One Valve MW Radio by Robert Penfold 21 Biflexet Update
British Forces 'Tat'
DOMESTIC
Cossor 388 Renovation by Eric Kempshall 4 Bush DAC10 Modification
KB FG 50 Radiogram by Nicholas Coleman 4 Collection for Sale
New Life for a Philco UE647W by Eric Kempshall 17 Crystal Sets
Restoration of a Hacker RP25 'Sovereign Mk.ll Dai the Spy
by Eric Kempshall 14 Electric Telegraph
Restoring a Pilot Clipper by Eric Kempsl~all 12 Electro-Apparatus (the Merkelator)
Even More 'Tat'
MILITARY German Domestic Service Sheets
Airborne Radio Countermeasures in WWll German Radar - Wiirzberg
by Stephen Pope God is an Englishman
Part 2 22 Message in a Chassis
AP63993 Transmitter (as fitted to the CRIOO) More 'Tat'
by Ben Nock 18 Mortal Sin - Heater Wiring
Larkspur Wireless Control Harness type 'B'
by Louis Meulstee Murphy A104
Part 1 Pocket Money R1224A
21
Part 2 R1224 - Happy Days
26
R203 - Metox VHF Receiver
Lorenz SW Receiver Lo6K39a, the Ultimate TRF
by Dick W Rollema Rogers Who?
28
Restoring 'Rudi' W R l n by G. F: M. Engel Selenide Smell
7 SWBI 1 - Finest Transmitter
Wireless Set No. 101 by Ben Nock 4
Test Set 740 - lnfo Wanted
MISCELLANY This-n-that on RB69
An Aerial that Can't Work and a Beverage that Does Tongue Tied
by Peter Lankshear 18 Value of History
Letter 35 Welsh Professor
Caernarfon - the Welsh Marconi Long Wave Station
by Paul Hawkins 10 RESTORATION
Letters 33 Cossor 388 Renovation by Eric Kempshall
Electric Telegraph in its Early Days by R.C. Rawling 20 New Life for a Philco UE647W bv Eric Kemoshall
'
Letter 35 Restoring 'Rudi'WRl/T by G. F: M. Engel
Fair Radio, Lima. Ohio by Trevor Sanderson 28 Restoring a Pilot Clipper by Eric Kempshall 69
Getting the Measure of It bv Geoff Arnold 30 Rejuvenation of a Codar AT5 Transmitter by Colin J. Guy 71
~ a d i o &TV Servicing, ~ o l l &
b Camm
~ by Pat Hawker 69 18 Restoration of a Hacker RP25 'Sovereign Mk.ll
Spelling it Out - Phonetic Alphabets Over the Ages by Eric Kernpshall 71
by Geoff Arnold 70 28 Rebuilding a National HRO by Mike Lernin 72
The Transistor Radio - a Brief History
by Andrew Howlett 68 14 TELEVISION
Whiteley Electrical Radio Co. Ltd by Albert Porter 68 26 Tell Me Mr Weller No. 8: Pye LV21C

RADIO BYGONES No. 73, Ocfober/November2001 35


EQUIPMENT
The followina references mav be articles.
illustrati&s or brief text mentions

RECEIVERS - Broadcast
Anglo-American Six
Join the BVWS
the British Vintage Wireless Society
Bush DAClO
Bush TR82B
Cossor 388
Ericsson Crystal Set
FADA Neutrodyne 185A 'Neutrola'
Gecophone Crystal Detector Set No. 1
Grundig Yacht Boy 400
Hacker RP25 'Sovereign' Mk.ll
KB FG 50
Murphy A104
Perdio Park Lane
Philco A9
Philco UE647W
Philips L1 G75T
Pilot Clipper
RGD 1046C
S.G. Brown Microphone Amplifier
Sobell S325
Sound Sales 7F111
Sterling No. 1 Crystal Receiver

RECEIVERS - Communications
Eddystone EA-12
Eddystone EClO Mk.ll
Eddystone EC958
Eddystone S940
GEC BRT400D Quarterly 40 page magazine Contact:
Lorenz Lo6K39a Newsletters Mike Barker
Marconi Ataianta 2207C Historical reprints Membership BVWS
National HRO 59 Dunsford Close
Racal RA1218 Swapmeets
RCA AR88D
Hillside Park,
SalesIWants Swindon, Wilts,
RR-6
Scott-Taggart ST.26 Regional meetings SN1 4PW
Scott-Taggart ST.43 Auctions Tel: 01793 536040
wmrr 'Rudi'
AUDIO
Cone Loudspeakers (various)
Horn Loudspeakers (various)
Marconi 7268A Line Transformer
S.G. Brown Microphone Amplifier rolw
TRANSCEIVERS (PROP JIM FISH G4MH)
B2
Larkspur Control Harness type 'B' Over 60,000 valves stocked, 2000 different types,
for ham radio, audio, military.
Marconi AD2 Fast service. Send SAE for list
Mk.121 (Note: not Mk.122 as marked)
Mk.122 28 Banks Avenue, Golcar, Huddersfield,
Mk.124 West Yorks HD7 4LZ

l
Russian 354 Telephone: 01484 654650/01484844554
S 90140
Fax: 01484 655699
WS No. 101
e-mail: wilsonv@zoo.co.uk
For vintage radio valves contact: Vintage Valve Supplies,
TRANSMITTERS prop. Roger Walker, on 01484 650725, mobile 07733 283084.
AP63993 78 Scar Lane, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, HD7 4LZ
Codar AT5
Mk.119
RT-6
Scott-Taggart ST.66
Scott-Taggart ST.67 THE BYGONE RADIO SHOP
(Prop. Nicholas Walter)
MISCELLANEOUS
Airborne Radio Countermeasures (various sets) 300+ VINTAGEICLASSIC RADIOS FROM 30's
ANJGRA-71 Coder Kit
Breguet-Guillot Telegraph and 40's FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES.
Hughes Telegraph Printer
Pye LV21C TV RESTORATION AND REPAIR SERVICE
Wheatstone Telegraphs RADIO COLLECTIONS BOUGHT OUTRIGHT
Whiteley Radio Sonde
Shop hours: Mon-Sat 9.00-12.30 excl. Wed
VALVES &TUBES
Marconi-Osram (various) THE BYGONE RADIO SHOP
References to C l , C2, C3 and C4 indicate photographs 296 Cheriton Road, Folkestone,
appearing on the Front cover, Inside front cover, Kent, CT19 4DP
lnside back cover and Outside back cover, respectively Tel: 01303 277716
Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 67-72

36 RA D10 BYGONES No. 73, October/November 200 1


INDEX MUSEUM PIECES
Broadcast Receivers
Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 73-78 Command Sets
ARTICLES & FEATURES Crystal Sets from Bill Journeaux's Collection
K. P. Barnsdale's ZC-l
AERONAUTICAL ISSUE PAGE Keith Bentley Collection
The Command Set by Trevor Sanderson Michael O'Beirne's MI TFl417
Part 1 73 4 National Wireless Museum, Isle of Wight
Part 2 74 28 Replica Lancaster at Pitstone Green Museum
Letter 75 32 Russian Volna-K
Firing up a WWll Night Fighter Radar AI Mk.4 Tony Thompson's Ekco PB505
by Norman Groom 76 6
NEWS & EVENTS
AMATEUR AirWaves (On the Air Ltd)
Amateur Radio in the 1920s 73 27 Amberley Working Museum
Maintaining the HRO by Gerald Stancey 27 Antique Radio Classified
BOOKS
Tickling the Crystal 15 ARI Surplus Team
Classic Book Review by Richard Q. Marris BBC History Lives! (Website)
Modern Practical Radio and Television 10 BVWS and 405-Alive Merge!
CHiDE Conservation
CIRCUITRY Club Antique Radio Magazine
Invention of the Superhet by lan Poole 22 HMS Collingwood Museum
Mallory 'Inductuner' by Michael O'Beirne 28 Confucius He Say Loudly!
Duxford Radio Society
CLANDESTINE Eddystone User Group Lighthouse
Clandestine Radio in the Pacific by Peter Lanksl~ear 16
Spying Mystery by Ben Nock 18
Letter 32 Felix Crystalised (BVWS)
Talking to Mosquitoes by Brian Cannon 10 Hallo Hallo
Letter 38
Jackson Capacitors
COMMENT Medium Wave Circle
A thousand words? 1 MicroSpy Ltd, chip decoders
Fascination / All World 1 Military WARS
Majestic / More Pages lNice to See You 1 Million Dollar Auction
Needed or Not 1 Thanks I Worm Warning 1 New Zealand Crystals (NZVRS)
New For Old lDates 1 NZVRS Bulletin
Replica IBalance l

DOMESTIC Old Timers' Bulletin (AWA)


Kenmac Book by Eric Kempshall 24 Radio Waves (HRSA)
My Favourite Dinosaur, the Majestic 90 Savoy Hill for Sale
by Peter Lankshear 16 Savoy Hill Publications
MARITIME
Eddystone EY11 Receiver by Ben Nock 9 Titanic Memorial Weekend
Volna-K - an Unusual Russian Receiver TV Graphics Review
by Michael O'Beirne 8
Vmtage and Military ARS
MILITARY
Blue Joker and all that Jazz by John Teague 31
Telefunken WWll Superhet Receiver E52 'Koln' Vintage Radio B&B
by Dick Rollema VMARS and Silent Keys
Part 1 14 Worldradio Magazine
The Command Set by Trevor Sanderson
Part 1 4
Part 2 28 READERS' LETTERS
Letter 32 618Ts on the Air
ZC1 of New Zealand by K. P Barnsdale Airmec Receiver C864
Part 1, History 34 'Airwaves' (poem)
Part 2, Take a Look Inside 19 Another Spy Mystery?
Mystery 'Scope
MISCELLANY BC-348
As it Seemed Then ... the 1930s by Pat Hawker 28 Colwyn Bay Wireless College
Birth of Radar by Rex Boys 4 CRD150120A Receiver
Letter 32 Cyfeillion Marconi
Frog Radio 26 Dollis Hill
HT Suwwlv Problem bv W. J. Williamson 36 DST100 Designer
Keith EjeAley 1936-2001 by Michael O'Beirne 16 Early Counters
Letters 33 Ekco Model BV145
Letter 38 Electrical Safety Standards
Marconi - the Father of Radio by /an Poole 22 FenMan Resonance
Letter 34 GECISEI Miniscope
Mars Calling Earth by Ron 4 Goodbye GBK
Letter 34 Help in Japanese Please
More Memories of University College Southampton HMV800
- and Professor Zeder HRO
by 7: G. B. Hobbs 29
Nicola Tesla, Overlooked Radio Pioneer Keith Bentley Remembered
by Lorin Knight 4 Mystery HRO
Radio in the Victorian Era by David Clark 24 RAF Watton - Web Site
Radio Underground - Communications in Mines Sadir Receiver
by Brian Austin 28 Spontaflex Website
Rugby Radio Station by Brian Faulkner 14 Spying Mystery Solved?
Rugby Radio Station by S. F: Brown 13 T1396 Mystery Set
Sparks, Arcs and Alternators bv 'Phosphor' 20
Letter I4 35
. - White Spiders and Red Screen Grids 78 39

38 RADIO BYGONES No. 79, October/November 2002


RESTORATION BC-696-A 73 4
A Problem RA17 by Rob Filby 77 27 Command Sets (Including SCR-274-N and ANIARC-5 Series)
Maintaining the HRO by Gerald Stancey 76 27 Part 1 73 Cl-C4,4
Overhauling the Pye 39JIH by Eric Kempshall 76 3 Part 2 74 28
Restoring a Champion 784M TRF by Tony Thompson 78 8 Mk.XV 74 18
Restoring an Ekco PB505 by Tony Thompson 77 4 Rugby Radio Station 76 14
Letters 78 39 77 13
Roberts R66 with a Defective Power Unit T-15lARC-5 to T-221ARC-5 - See under 'Command Sets'
by Eric Kempshall 73 12 T.1154 76 C2
Saving of a Pye Fenman by Eric Kempshall 75 12
Letter 76 32 MISCELLANEOUS
Letter 77 39 HMV 1804 TV Receiver

TELEVISION References to C l , C2, C3 and C4 indicate photographs


Tell Me Mr Weller No. 9: HMV 1804 appearing on the Front cover, Inside front cover,
TEST EQUIPMENT Inside back cover and Outside back cover, respectively
Marconi Instruments TF1417 Counterlfrequency Meter
by Michael O'Beirne 77 22 SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF RADIO BYGONES
Letter 78 38 FOR PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF
Simpson 269 Multimeter by Michael O'Beirne 73 30 PAST ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE
Letter 75 35
Back issues from 2000 and 2001
are also available on CD-ROM
EQUIPMENT
The following references may be articles, illustrationsor brief text mentions Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 73-78
RECEIVERS - Broadcast

Join the BVWS


Brownie Wireless Crystal Receiver
Bush VHF61
Champion 784M
CosMos Crystal Receiver
Ekco PB505
the British Vintage Wireless Society
Ekco U245
Felix Crystal Set
Ferguson 621U
Ferranti 255
Kenmac Radio Book
Majestic 90
Marconiphone P20B
Murphy A242
OTB 'London Manufacturers' Crystal Receiver
Pye 39J/H
Pye Fenman II
Letter
Roberts R66

RECEIVERS - Communications
Airmec C864 76 33
AWA 3BZ 73 16
BC-453 to BC-455 - Sec under 'Command Scts'
BC-946 73 4
Command Sets (Including SCR-274-N and ANIARC-5 Series)
Part 1 73 C144.4
Part 2
Eddystone E Y l 1
Marconi CRDI 50120A
National HRO
Nems-Clarke 1302
Norlin SR209 76 28 Quarterly 40 page magazine Contact:
R-1 3lARC-5 and R-23lARC-5 to R28lARC-5 - Newsletters Mike Barker
See under 'Command Sets' Membership BWVS
R.1155 Historical reprints
Racal RA17 59 Dunsford Close
Swapmeets
77 27 Hillside Park,
Sadir R87C 73 33 SaledWants Swindon, Wilts,
Technical Materiel Corp. AFIFRR-6OV 75 C2,17 Regional meetings
Telefunken E52 'Koln' 78 C1,14
SN1 4PW
Volna-K 74 C1.CZ.8 Auctions Tel: 01793 536040
RADIONAVIGATION
AI Mk.4 Night Fighter Radar
H2S Radar (Type 162 Indicator)

TEST EQUIPMENT
Simpson 269 Multimeter
Rohde & Schwarz CAQ
Marconi Instruments TF1417

Letter The bimonthly magazine for Morse


TRANSCEIVERS code enthusiasts, looking at the past,
SSTR-6 present and future of the art
The Nilski Partnership,The Poplars,
Wistanswick, Market Drayton,
TRANSMITTERS Shropshire TF9 2BA.
BC-430 73 4
BC-456 to BC-459 - See under 'Command Sets' 73 4 Phone 01630 638306. Fax 01630 638051

RADIO BYGONES No. 79, October/November2002


- INDEX-
Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 79-84
MUSEUM PIECES
Domestic Table & Portable Receivers
Domestic Table & Portable Receivers
Heathkit Equipment
Marconi Exhibition, Sandford Mill, Chelmsford
National Vintage Communications Fair
RAFIUS microphones
ISSUE 'AGE
BOOKS MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
Classic Book Review by Richard Q. Marris Marconi Exhibition, Sandford Mill, Chelmsford
Radio for Boys Letter
History of the Radio Officer in the British MN National Wireless Museum, Isle of Wight
John Logie Baird, a life by Michael O'Beirne
Radio Man - the remarkable rise and fall
of C. 0. Stanley NEWS & EVENTS
BVWSl405-Alive Website
Vintage Radios - collecting, servicing, restoring
Duxford Radio Society
Duxford's New Website
COMMENT
Eddystone Reference Guide
Fundamentally FlawedITimelines
G.W.M. Radio Moves
Layman's Interest 1 Feedback
Goodbye RCS
Message Board / Valuations
Honour for Titanic Hero
New Dimension
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Pen in HandISo What? Radio Waves (HRSA)
Watts' Radio 1 Sailed Away Radios on the Web
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS Reviving Silent Humber?
Airmec C.864 Receiver by Michael O'Beirne Savoy Hill Rehomed!
Part 1 Stichting Signals Collection
Part 2 Tudor With Gusto! (White Town Vintage)
HRO Receiver by Ben Nock TV History
Mystery ~ e c e i v e-
r the R-50M by Michael 07Beirne Vintage and Military ARS
RME Receivers by Ben Nock Wireless Waves Around Bletchley
Saga of an Eddystone EC10 by Eric Kempshall
OBITUARIES
CONSTRUCTION A Tribute to Alf Lunn G5LL by Ron
Radio Frequency Probe by Raymond Haigh
Wobbulator Unit by Raymond Hargh READERS' LETTERS
Alien Transistor
DOMESTIC Amusing Memories (RAF)
RCA's First TRF Receiver by Peter Lankshear Bush VHF61 / VHF62
Tussle with a Bush VHF61 by Eric Kempshall Come on Wives
Letter Crystadyne Receiver
Dangers of L 0 Radiation
MILITARY Fork Out!
Australian AR8 and AT5 Station by Ben Nock Gatecrasher
Mk.123 in Use by Ross Bradshaw Keep on Punting!
RAF M~crophoneby Trevor Sanderson L 0 Radiation
Part 1 Marconi CNY2
Part 2 Marconi Exhibition at Sandford Mill
Letter Mystery Receiver and L 0 Radiation
Rescuing an RCA CRV46151 by W. J. Williamson Mystery Receiver - R-50M
Telefunken WWll Superhet Receiver E52 'Koln'
by Dick Rollema National HRO, One Hell of a Receiver?
Part 2 Not the Champagne Socialists
Letter Oddball Racal
Letter QRM Sixty Years Ago
T0rn.E.b Receiver Type 24b-305 by R. 7: Walker Radiating Receivers
Unravelling Modifications to the R1155 RAF Experiences
by Dave Kemplen Reduced Power
Rogers and Beverage
MISCELLANY Tacho Driver
Achtung! Feind Hort Mit - The 'Y' Service Telefunken E52 'Koln'
Three Electrode Crystal
by Maurice de la Bertauche
Ultimate Hoarder
Crop Gatherers of the Bletchley Park Mill
Unbelievable
by Maurice de la Bertauche
Volna 'K' Onboard
Heathkit Memories by Michael O'Beirne
Wartime Entertainment
Mains Aerial by Richard Q. Marris
Website for Restorers
Philco B2806 with the Missing Parts
by Eric Kempshall RESTORATION
QRM Sixty Years Ago by Michael O'Beirne Captain 0.M. Watts Receiver by David Rudram
Letter Hallicrafters SX-16 Restoration Project
Letter by Mike Hoddy
Rogers Really Did It by Ron Philco B2806 with the Missing Parts
Letter by Eric Kempshall
Saga of an Eddystone EClO by Eric Kempshall Rescuing an RCA CRV46151 by W. J. Williamson
Who Really Invented the Transistor? Restoration of a Typical Superhet Valve Receiver
by Andrew Emmerson by Eric Kempshall
Letters (various) Part 1
Letter Part 2
Letter Part 3
WWll Radio Beacon Station by Bill MacDonald Part 4

34 RADIO BYGONES No. 85, October/November 2003


Restoring a Goblin S25 'Time Spot' Heathkit HFW-1 TV Alignment Generator
by Tony Thompson Heathkit 18-1100 Frequency Counter
Restoring a Pilot 'Little Maestro' Heathkit IG-72 Audio Generator
by Tony Thompson Heathkit IM-13U Valve Voltmeter
Restoring a Pilot 'Major Maestro' Heathkit 10-102 Oscilloscope
by Tony Thornpson Heathkit 10-18U Oscilloscope
Ultra 'Coronation Twin' Model R786 Taylor 'Windsor' 65C Signal Generator
by Eric Kernpshall
TRANSCEIVERS
TELEVISION Heathkit SB-101
Tell me, Mr Weller No. 10: Decca Model 1000 81 Heathkit SB-640 VFO
Marconi 'Salvare'
TEST EQUIPMENT (See Letter R683 p36)
Brion-Leroux Multimeter by Michael O'Beirne 79 Mk.123
BSR L050A Audio Oscillator by G. A. Stanton 80
Tale of a Taylor by Eric Kempshall 79 TRANSMITTERS
AWA AT5
B&W Type 5100
EQUIPMENT Marconi 'Oceanspan II'
The following references may be articles, illustrations or Marconi H1000 Linear Amplifier
brief text mentions Marconi H1200
Marconi H1540 Driver
RECEIVERS - Broadcast
Bendix Catalin MISCELLANEOUS
Bush VHF61 Decca Model 1000 Projection TV
Letter Heathkit Analogue Computer EC-l U
Bush VHF80 RAF ~ i c r o ~ h o n e s 79 Cl-C4,12
Cossor Melody Maker (1949)
Goblin S25 'Time Spot' References to C l , C2, C3 and C4 indicate photographs
Hacker Herald appearing on the front cover, inside front cover,
McMichael TT4 inside back cover and outside back cover, respectively
Murphy A362
Murphy U512 SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF RADIO BYGONES
Philco B2806 FOR PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF
Philips V210 PAST ISSUES OFTHE MAGAZINE
Pilot 'Little Maestro'
Back issues up to R580
Pilot 'Major Maestro' are also available on CD-ROM
Pye P43U
Pye Baby Q Senior Radio Bygones, Issues Nos 79-84
Pye P1 15U 'Piper'
RCA Radiola 20
Roberts R55
Roberts R200
Roberts R606
Ultra 'Coronation Twin' R786
Wartime Civilian Receivers 'yvjb~j~,
RECEIVERS - Communications (PROP JIM FISH G4MH)
Airmec C.864
Over 60,000 valves stocked, 2000 different types,
AWA AR8
for h a m radio, audio, military.
Captain 0 . M. Watts Receiver
Eddystone 88013 Fast service. Send SAE for list
Eddystone EClO 28 Banks Avenue, Golcar, Huddersfield,
Hallicrafters CHL-46130 West Yorks HD7 4LZ

Il
Hallicrafters SX-16
Heathkit Mohican
Telephone: 01484 654650/01484 649380
Marconi H2301 Fax: 01484 655699
e-mail: wilsonv@zoo.co.uk g+ -"" '
Marconi H2540
Marconi HR110 For vintage radio valves contact: Vintage Valve Supplies,
National HRO Series prop. Roger Walker, on 01484 650725, mobile 07733 283084.
R1155 78 Scar Lane. Milnsbridge, Huddersfield. HD7 4LZ
R1475
RCA CRV46151
RME-9D
RME-69
RME-70
Techrad R-50M

Telefunken E52 'Koln' All types of transformers for all types of circuits
Letter including specialist valve units
Torn.E.6 Type 246-305
Transhmers f i r restoration of old radios
AUDIO Custom design or standard range
Heathkit S-33H Stereo Amplifier
High and low voltage
RADIONAVIGATION
Type 84 Radar Variable Voltage Technology Ltd
Unit 3, Sheat Manor Farm, Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight, P030 3HP
TEST EQUIPMENT Tel: 0870 243 0414 Fax: 01983 721572
Airrncc 243 Wave Analyser
Brion-Leroux Multimeter
BSR L050A Audio Oscillator
Heathkit AW-1U Audio Wattmeter 83 .-

RADIO BYGONES No. 85, Ocfober/November2003


- INDEX
Radio Bygones, Issues Nos. 85-90
ARTICLES & FEATURES
ISSUE PAGE
Milestones Gramophone Shop
Montacute TV and Radio Museum, Somerset
Museum of Electricity, Christchurch, Dorset
New Bletchley Park exhibition complex open
Orkney Wireless Museum
Radio at Muckleburgh
Wartime News
AUDIO
Rise and Fall of the Valve HiFi Amplifier Washford Radio Museum, Somerset
by Nicliolas Coleman 85 12
OBITUARIES
BOOKS John Linsley Hood 89 3
Guide to Radio and Communications Technology 86 3 Sir Douglas Hall 89 3
Restoring Valve Radios - A Comprehensive Guide 86 26 Sir Douglas Hall - His Life and Circuits
by Brian Austin 90 4
BROADCASTING Letter 90 35
Auntie's 45 Year Love Affair with ET4336 Willy Simonsen - a Norwegian electronics
by David Porter industry giant 88 3
Part 1 87 26
Part 2 88 30 READERS' LETTERS
The North Sea Ghost by Anthony Hopwood 88 14 Admiralty Receiver (RL 85)
When Auntie Was a Girl by B. C. Brodribb 90 28 Aerodyne and STASl
All Radio is Good Radio!
CLANDESTINE B40 VHF Variant?
Craggy Criggion Crumbles by Andy Emmerson 85 18 BID Nostalgia
Suitcase Set Used by STASl by Dick Rollema 87 16 CR304 Revealed?
Eddystone EClO
COMMENT HRO - Some Facts Not Mystique
Bad News lContent 86 1 lnternet
HMS Collingwood IVisit 88 1 Marconi Receivers
Nothing New l Straightforward Competition? 85 1 Memories of a Gentleman
Squawk Box 90 1 Mish-Mash!
Valuable Source IEncyclopaedia 87 1 More Criggion
Warrior IV /Warrior on the Web 89 1 More Ghosts
National Wireless Museum
COMMUNICATIONS Return of the Squawk Box
Eddystone 830 Receiver by Ben Nock 89 16 Rise and Fall
National NC-2-40s Receiver by Ben Nock 85 28 Rise and Fall Again
STC RV9A Receiver by David M. Pratt 90 16 S.A.D.I.R. Loudspeaker
Safety Criteria for Capacitors
CONSTRUCTION 'Scope Information
'Phoenix' Two-Valve Radio by Tony Thompson 86 18 Special Commun~cations
Matchbox Magic by Jim Duckworth 88 18 SSRJSST-5
Versatile Power Supply for Battery Radios The Weapon
by Tony Thompson 90 30
Wireless Preservation
DOMESTIC
Cathedral Evolution in Philadelphia by Peter Lankshear 87 RESTORATION
3
Philco Versus Atwater Kent by Peter Lankshear 90 19 Philips B5X85A-05 by Eric Kempshall 86 14
Portable Radio Cabinet Repairs and Restoration
MILITARY by Tony Thompson 85 9
Abraham & Bloch's Multivibrators go to War Refinishing Wood Cabinets by Tony Thompson 87 31
by Ken Smith Repairing and Restoring Bakelite Cabinets
85 4
BID 75011 Mains Filter by Michael O'Beirne 88 24 by Tony Thompson 86 28
Letter Restoring a KB BR20 by Tony Thompson 88 9
89 34
R234 Acceptor Unit by Michael O'Beirne 86 4 Sobell 439 'Sobellette' Refurbishment
by Eric Kempshall 89 12
MISCELLANY
Adventures of a 'Y' Service DF Operator TEST EQUIPMENT
by Maurice de la Bertauche 85 22 Heathkit IG-72 Audio Signal Generator
Aerodyne Years by Tony Thompson 87 6 by Michael O'Beirne 89 28
Great Marconi Mishap by Michael O'Beirne 87 18 Type CRR-74028 Frequency Meter
Life in Special Signals by Maurice de la Bertauche by Tom Harrison 88 4
89 20
Scott-Taggart 800 Receiver by Ron 86 10
What are the Right Voltages? by Gerald Stancey 89 27 EQUIPMENT
The following references may be articles,
MUSEUM PIECES illustrations or brief text mentions
Clandestine Sets from Bill MacDonald Collection 86 C2-C4
Crystal Sets from Bill Journeaux Collection 87 C2-C4 -
RECEIVERS Broadcast
Domestic Table and Portable Receivers 85 Cl-C4 Acme Crystal set
HMS Collingwood Museum 88 C244 Aerodyne Swan
Atwater Kent 708
89 Cl-C4
Atwater Kent Model 84
90 C244
Atwater Kent Type 627
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS Belling-Lee Crystal Set
Baltimore Electronics Museum by Derk Rouwhorst 90 12 BTH Type 'C' Form 'A' Crystal set
HMS Collingwood Museum by Michael O'Beirne 89 4 Decca Decola
Museum of Electricity, Christchurch, Dorset 89 3 Ferguson Flight

NEWS & EVENTS J. Mills & Sons Crystal set


Bognor Regis Wireless Museum KB BR20
BT Saves Station X Magnum Braille Crystal set
Defence Electronics History Society Millet Crystal set
Hack Green Nuclear Bunker Murphy A90

RADIO BYGONES No. 9 1, October/November 2004


Philco Model 18
Philco Model 20
Philco Model 70
Philips B5X85A-05
'Phoenix' Two-Valve
Pye P26BQ
Scott-Taggart 800
Sobell 439 'Sobellette'
Vidor Lido
]:I I,AMISN1"I'RANSI~ORhlEIISMains inout. outout 6.3V :I[ 1 .S iirnn.. f5.95. P&P
$2 .00. 6.3V :it I amp, f4.!!5. I'&I' £2.00.
.
M AlNS TRANS1:OIIMERS Type A mains input, output 230V at JSmA, 6.3'4 at
I Li? ilinp, $7.50. P&!' f3.50. Type B mains input, oiltp~~l 21SV ill IOOmA. 0.3V ;it 2
RECEIVERS - Communications 311?p, $9.50. {'&P f4.50.
British WWll Clandestine receiver AtIOlIN VALVldS Type 954. Rri~ndnew i~ndhoxed, fJ.50 e:~cl~. 2 Ibr fX.00.
Eddystone 830 h1ES DIAL BU1.W h.3V 0.3 imp. 10 for E3.
German FE-10 A I)lGl'tXI, HAN1)HIdIJ 1.CR MI11'1SI1 Measuring inducti~nce,cap;tcit:~nceand
re.sist:lncc. 3.5 digit, I'JIJO c11t1n1.1.c.d. display. i~llluct;~nce
r:lngc 21nll to 2011, c:~p:~c-
Marconi B28 it:! Ince range 2000pl; to 20Qil:. rcsistancc range 20052 to 20M62. Brand new and
Marconi CJAICJC hr~xedwith tesr ;~llig:ttorclip Iei~ilsand LIW 1ni111u:ll.f44.00 + 14.00 P&I?
Marconi H2540 I)!OUII1,IS-GANG 50+5011l: AIR-SPACED TUNING CAI'S. S i ~ cI'hin. X 1'Ain.
Marconi H S ll X41.50 e x l ~!'.&P f l . 2 1 b r f l 0 post free.
50IpF POS'I'AGE SL:\MI"I'RlMMIIRS, 2 for f l.
Marconi ICS-3 V/iLVE BASES Octal B7G 139A. All 50p cach. B9C bases for EF50, etc. Top quill-
Murphy 618 it),,1 .7 I'm C A 110
-..v-.

Murphy B40 l1lGIl VOIXACI? CAI'ACITORS 0.01!iF 2kV plyeste~;size lin. X %in. X %in. 5
sor f3. 0.00-17!iF IOOOV wkg mixed dielectric ;ixial, lin. X 'Ain. diii. 0.lltl: IOOOV
\v kg mixed dielectric axial. O.OSpF6OOV wkg ;~xi;ll.0.68!117 800V wkg Myli~rdipped
National NC-2-40s nx.i:~l.All 60p eilcll. IpF 250V wkg ;1xi:i1 type. 10 for E2.00.
Plessey PR155 11IGH VOIXAGE I<I.EC'L'ROI,YI'ICS Il)rcF 400V wkg axi:~l,22,uF 250V wkp
R208 :l? i;~l. 47pl' 385V wkg r:tdial. All 501)e;~ch.hXlrI'4XOV wkg can electrolytic. ?in. x
R234 Acceptor Unit I - hill, ~ 4 . 5 0e;1cl1. 2 ~ b XX.
r
Racal RA17L
v IN'1XGE CARIION ONK \VA'I"I' RISSIS'I'ORS Uselirl v;~luss.l ? ~ ko f 5 0 f3.00.
VIN'SAGE CAIIIION l/~\VA'l"S IIISSIS'I'OKS Pick of 5 0 f2.25.
Racal RA1772 1.1OG I'O'SS WI'I'II SWITCH 5k. SOOk, IMeg. 2 for W.50.
RCA RBC-1 nUREWOUNI) RI<SISI'ORS IOR to 20k. 3W to IOW, 30 mixed values. f4.00
Redifon CJP P' 61' F1 011
A. --...v.

{A\VA'I"I' Mlb'I'ALIChRRON FILM IIESIS'I'OIIS 250 (br f 1.00.


Redifon R551 l'&[' f 2 under f 12.00, over Vree unless otllerwise slated.
Rees-Mace CAT
Rohde & Schwarz RS1120
SSR-5-A
BOOKS AND MANUALS
l?ARLY \YIIIEI.ISSS hy Anthony Constable. This excellent book retraces the p;~th!
STC RV9A 0 1'Ilistory which ct~lnlin:~ted i n the tinA ilppearilnge ol'the wireless set ns a tangiblt
111mcstic article. Many early sets are illustr;ttetl. Much inforn~ationis provided lion
U-Boat VLF Receiver
\v hich the nod ern srudent of wireless history can prolitahly draw. 167 illustrate(
P' rges including tn:lny 11:11l' tones. A st~perhh;~rdh:lck.f 15 cnrrii~gef 6 . The ;~uthoi
AUDIO f1:wdetl the Britih Wireless Soceity in 1076.
Leak Amplifiers AV 0 V:iI.VII TESTER SIVUCH SELEC'SOR CODIS AND VALVE DATA ANC
Mullard Amplifiers E QUIVA1,EN'I'S 1100K. Coven AV0 testen type LT160 VTI6O. VCM Mkl. VCN
N Ikll. VCM MkIII. VCM Mk IV, V C 1 6 1 . Over 240 pages covering :111 the necescnq
Quad II sc:ttings and d;u:~for testing 1lH)O's of wives. Fxsimilc wprint f 15.lH) P+P £3.75.
Rogers Cadet Ill 'rHIS CHIIONICLE \VIItEI,SS ANNUAL. A 1930's reprint of a manu:d Ibr se
Williamson Amplifier hl ~ildcrs.Contains nunterokls projects on short weve receiver conslruction. (hrend
h1,nnl layout). Cryst:il receivers. Short wnve listenins. Numerous photo's pcrioc
ill Iverts 136: ~ ) ~ gLil~nini~ted
ss covers. fl I .OS including posii~ge,new.
RADlONAVlGATlON C'I,YI)ESI)AI,I< (~OVERNklENrSSURPLUS \VIRI?IJW CA'l"\l,OGUE
Marconi B21 Circa 1950's A hcsimile reprint of the firms l79 page catalogue containing gov-
Marconi Lodestar eriltnent surplus wireless equipment, petrol generators, ex government photograph-
ic equil)rncnt
. . with ohoto's and details of receivers and t~.anmitters. . "euidr oath.,
8

TEST EQUIPMENT 3:ar etc. f11.25 including powge.


'S WISI,VI< TIdSI'III) WIIUSLESS S I T S AND HO\V 'I'O hlAKETtIEhZ by I'erc!
AT&E Teleprinter Distortion Meter H'arris. Origin:~llypublished i n 1023. l'dl consrruction;~lclet:~ils.1:tyouts for singh
Crystal Calibrator No. 7 illid ~nt~ltih:~nd h~-e:~dho;rrd I-eceivers.includinc ;I "Rein:uii" recsiwr. Mitnv, a nholo:
ill ld illustri~tim.;.I I X pilfies. I.;~minntedcoverb. lircsimils reprint. f 11.50. I'&I' f2.
Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator
V IN'I':\Gl< RAI)IO VAI.V\'E 1,INIGUI' GUlI)1< 1930s-1950s. This inv:~lu;~ble Imol
Philips GM31 558 Oscilloscope c(mains the valve line-up and repl:~ce~nent guide for hundreds of c~dios,pre-war ant
Rohde & Schwarz SDR UHF Signal Generator P1,X-w;lr. 118 1J;Iges. $12.50 including piN.
Rohde & Schwarz WIK Frequency Meter .
A 'I: SAI.I,IS (;OVEIINMI<NrS SUIIPLUS KAI)IO SAI.ISS CA'I'A1,OGUE
Type CRR-74028 Frequency Meter I 959. Contains 200 pl~otosand ileti~ilsof Government surplus wireless ite~s
I ncluding components, receivers, equipment, etc. 92 p;~ges.R~csitnilereprint. $9.7
I
TRANSCEIVERS I
'Mitchell' German B2 copy P
STASl VHF Suitcase Set rxiges of valve d:~ta,hilse connectio~ls,cl~nr:~cteristicsand operating conditions S(
Fncsimile reprint. f 16.50 + $3.50 p&p
bvlullanl v;~l\es2nd their equivalent III;I~L'S.
Swedish RS190 IIDDYSTONE COhlbIUNICA'SIONS RECEIVER 1)A'IX 1950-1970. A licsin
TCS I le reprint of the circuit di:~grmns, general descriptio~lmtl sonie service note
i0 pages. f 11.50.
TRANSMITTERS 1tIANUVACTUIIEI1S COIL 1)A'l'A POR lIAl>10 CONS'I'RUC'SORS. A Iilr~
Ibrmn m:~nualgiving much h t : ~ on coils for conbtructors such ;IS Osmor We;~ritt
5G IIcnco etc.. with as\oci:wd circ~~itry for v;~lvcsand tr;~nsistorrxlios. Ill~rstr:rIe~
Criggion Transmitting Station I%csirnile copy. f'J.05 + f2.00 posti~pc.
Letters 1IItO\VN iIl1OS. 1920s CIRCIIII' I)lh(;lIAhlS. I.;~yout md construction det;~i
l>S crystal, two wlvc, three wlve, f011rV D I V ~ i d live VLIIVL' sets. Plus 011e \ulw :W
Marconi NT204
t wo valve mnplitiers i~nd(111~1vi~lvecryst:~l i1nd crysti~lplus I W O valve sets. 20 lark
RCA ET4336 1'orm:~tpages. Laminared covers. i.'ncsimile reprint. f9.75 + $2.00 I'&I'.
lKCA RliCElVlNG 1'OBES 1)A'I'A. For valves used in military equipment I
Redifon GK203N Driver WWII. Cllnr;~cleristics,pin co~tncctions.15 large forrni~tp:lges. I'xsimile rcprin
Rees-MacelPye CAT dE6.50 including post.
SOE 5111
WIRELESS AND TV SERVICE SHEETS AND MANUALS
.I.hous;~ntls
WS No. 76 in srock from 1930s to I96Os. S A E or telephone l'or cpo(c

MISCELLANEOUS
BID 75011 Mains Filter
Mercury Arc Rectifier
Redifon RTTY Keying Unit Dept (RE) CHEVET BOOK SUPPLIES
'Y' Service Direction Finding Equipment 157 Dickson Road, BLACKPOOL I'YI 2EU VISA
Tel: (01253) 751858. Fax: (01253) 302979. LXZs''rr
References to C l , C2, C 3 and C4 indicate photographs appearing E-mail: clicvct@glol)nlnet.co.uk TELEPHONE ORDERS ACCEPTEC
on the front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover and outside
www.chevets~ipplies.co.uk
back cover, respectively - -
RADIO BYGONES No. 91, October/November 2004

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