RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1954
Long and Medium Wave
Valves – UCH42 UF41 UBC41 UL41 UY41
AC/DC Supply

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This 1945 Ferguson is a real beauty. It even has an RF amplifier. However, it’s going to take me some time to restore it to its former glory. A mouse has been in residence inside the cabinet, and he’s chewed the aerial input coil which is now open circuit. He’s also chewed some of the wiring but that’s not a real problem. The cabinet is good and so is the dial glass, but the chassis, which was originally painted blue at the factory, is now somewhat rusty. This will be a major restoration job and you can follow the progress of this lengthy project, step by step, by checking this page regularly. Don’t check too regularly though as it’s going to take me some time to complete the job.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1945
Long Medium and Short Wave
Valves – EF39 ECH33 EF39 6Q7G
EL33 5Y3G
AC Supply

This advert was kindly sent in by Kate Irvine.
Kate is the girl in the advert – taken circa 1949

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RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1953
Long Medium and Short Wave
Valves –
AC Supply

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Ferguson 353A

The Ferguson 353A vintage valve radio, a lovely example from the early 1959s.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1953
Long Medium and Short Wave
Valves – ECH42 EBF80 EL41 EZ40
AC Supply

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Ekco U353

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This radio came in recently and is pretty grubby. It will clean up beautifully, including the speaker cloth.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1957
Long and Medium Wave plus VHF FM
Valves – UCC85 UCH81 UF89
UABC80 UL84 UY85
AC-DC Supply

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The Ekco AC76 is the ultimate radio to own, as far as many collectors’ are concerned. I like the round Bakelite cabinet designed by Wells Coates, but the price of one of these radios in good condition seems to have gone through the roof. Maybe I’m just envious because I don’t own one. Having said that, I do own an Ekco A22, which I’m very pleased with.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1935
Long and Medium Wave
Valves – FC4 AC/VP1 V914
AC/2PEN UU3
AC Supply

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This radio has no dial, no tuning knob, no variable capacitor… There are four preset stations selected by a knob on the side. Three medium wave and one long wave station can be preset through holes in the back cover. Four small indicators on the front of the radio light up to show – Home, Third, Light and Hilversum. I’m not sure whether the idea was to cut cost or make station selecting easy. It was probably a combination of both. The radio certainly looks different without the usual tuning dial.

The radio cost £15/10/8d plus tax in 1949. Although not one of the more expensive sets in its time, there’s a mains transformer and an LF choke in the power supply and the selectivity and sensitivity are excellent. The audio quality is very good, especially with an eight inch Goodmans speaker in the cabinet.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1949
Long and Medium Wave (4 preset buttons)
Valves – ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EL41 EZ40
AC Supply

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Manufactured by Cossor Radio, this is a lovely wireless from the early fifties. Although a table-top model, it has a fairly large speaker which gives plenty of volume and quality audio. This is a nice radio and look lovely and sound great in any room. This radio covers short wave and requires an external aerial (a length of wire).

There is one problem with this series of models, the 500 and 501 Melody Maker etc, and that is the built-in frame aerial. Basically, it’s useless! It was designed for receiving strong, local medium wave stations but it doesn’t receive much at all so you will need an external aerial for decent reception.

Another inherent problem is the gold plastic escutcheon on the front of the radio cabinet… It falls off! However, a little carefully applied glue will solve that problem.

RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
Manufactured from 1950
Long, Medium and Shortwave
AC Supply

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RADIO SPECIFICATIONS

Manufactured from 1946
Long and Medium Wave
Valves – ECH35 EF39 EBC33 EL33 IW4/350
AC Supply
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BUSH I.F. TRANSFORMER PROBLEMS

This type of IF transformer, which was used in many of the early Bush radios, has an inherent problem – the dust iron cores either break or become detached from the brass adjustment studs. Removing the transformer from the aluminum can is bad enough, and effecting a repair is a lengthy process and quite a fiddle. I use Araldite to glue the cores onto the brass studs. Obviously, they must be perfectly lined up and held in place while the glue sets.

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