• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ever Ready Co. (GB) Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1961

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79485

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.15 W (0.18 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sky Captain - Ever Ready Co. GB Ltd.; London

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5 x 9.75 x 4 inch / 318 x 248 x 102 mm

• Notes

• Same chassis and similar case used for the BEREC Buccaneer. Released April 1961 price £7 3s 1d plus purchase tax. Battery Ever Ready Batrymax B141 combined 90/1.5V battery pack.

  Fabric/Plastics covered plywood (or possibly hardboard) baffle front panel on a one piece moulded plastic case.

  Probably the last ever UK battery valve radio, definitely the last Ever Ready valve radio.

  • LW 287m to 1070m
  • MW 192m to 545m
  • Consumption: 125mA LT 1.4V, 10.2mA HT 90V and DL96 Ia = 5.3mA
  • Internal Ferrite rod aerial.
  • RF AGC only (no IF AGC)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8 lb 13 oz (8.813 lb) / 4.001 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 7.15 GBP

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 204 models, 146 with images and 92 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ever Ready Co. (GB) Ltd.; London