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Valve Radios
(and a few Record Players)

Mains and Battery Valve Radio's and related Items.

On this Page are the following Radios.

Ever Ready Type N	Ever Ready Sky Queen	Ever Ready Sky Casket	Ever Ready Sky King	Vidor CN429 Lady Margaret	Lissen 8168
Ferguson 346B Flair	McMichael Suitcase	Vidor 396A	Vidor 381	Bush BP81

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Bush DAC70	Pye P43U	A 1947 Strad	Murphy U512	Cossor Melody Maker 568	Pilot Little Maestro T105	Ecko 1950 Car Radio
A Radio Rentals Set	Kolster Brandes GR15	Vidor CN 420	Vidor CN 430	Amplion Portable	Bush DAC10	Marconi P17B
Champion 851	Ultra 50	Ever Ready Model H	Lotus SGP Receiver	Osram Music Magnet	Pye 75B	Ferguson 450
Jewel Radio	Ever Ready Sky Baronet	Marconi T42DAB	Ever Ready C/A	Vidor CN426 Henley	Calypso 62015	Grundig 97WE1
Ever Ready 5214	Murphy A122	Philips B3G75U	Bakelite Speaker Cabinet	Kolster Brandes PUP	Amplion ADP1	HMV 1121
Etronic EPZ 4213	Mullard MBS 6	Pilot Blue Peter	KB Rhapsody De Lux	Baby Bafflette Extension Speaker	Dansette Type M Record Player	Marconi 1960's Record Player
Murphy A242	KB Nocturne	PYE PB	Ormond Loudspeaker	PYE M131MBQ	Bush BAC31	Stella ST105U
Ekco Power Supply	X	X	X	X	X	X

Ever Ready Type 'N'	September 1951.Not working. Case quite good. Top panel of the radio is undamaged. Valves DK91 DF91 DAF91 DL92. Currently awaiting a DL 92.
Ever Ready Sky Queen	July 1950. Now working. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96. Case has a bit of woodworm and it had been badly stored. Took a while to persuade it to work. Waiting for the case to be worked on. This set was the start of my interest in valves after a break of some 40 years.
Ever Ready Sky Casket	Mid 1950's. Not working. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96. Case is in good condition. Output transformer open circuit, valveholder for the DK96 cracked now changed. AF power is now good.
Ever Ready Sky King	1956. Not tried yet. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96. Case is in good condition. Another in the Sky Series of portables.
Bush BP81	1957 Working. Case dirty but will clean ok. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF 96 DL96. Printed circuit board. Needs a good clean and the gold trim refixing on the knobs.
Vidor CN429 Lady Margaret	June 1954. Non working. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96. Valveholders are in a very poor condition and need replacing otherwise it is in quite good conditon.
Lissen 8168 Suitcase Portable	1936. Not tried yet, building a power supply for it. Valves K50 K30C K30C K70D. Case has been painted with black paint as has the control panel. Everything is intact and all valves in place. Speaker panel is good but again painted black and someone has tried to prise the bottom out with a screwdriver, so marks on the woodwork. Further pictures of the current internal state are in the 'My Workshop' section.
Ferguson 346B 'Flair'	1959 Now Working. Clean case and panel. Valves DK96 DF96 DAF 96 DL96. Printed circuit board. The 346B was the printed circuit version of the 344B of 1957. A few marks on the top panel where the paint has been scratched.
McMichael Suitcase	1930's. Not Tested. Building a power supply at the moment. Very good condition. 4 Valves 2 on each side under the alloy flaps at the front. Leather case. No positive identification yet. Harrods label on the front of the speaker housing. Not opened so state of the chassis is unknown.
Vidor 396A	A Mains/Battery model. Valves DK91 DF91 DAF91 DL94.Has been worked on as two diodes 1N series appear to be the rectifiers. Not tried yet. In quite good 'restorable condition.
Vidor 381 NO PICTURE YET.	1948. Repaired electrically and working. Valves: DK91 DF91 DAF91 DL92. Case has had water on its righthand side and the plywood was coming apart with the covering detached. Also the aerial cover on the inside of the lid had buckled badly.