Mayflower 2 RV20
Hacker Radio Ltd., Maidenhead
- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Hacker Radio Ltd., Maidenhead
- Year
- 1962
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 84902
Front of my Hacker Mayflower 2
Inside my 1962 Hacker Mayflower 2 VHF radio.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 10700 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 11 FM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- FM Broadcast Band Only
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-250 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
- Power out
- 6.5 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Mayflower 2 RV20 - Hacker Radio Ltd., Maidenhead
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 460 x 300 x 200 mm / 18.1 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
- Notes
- High quality, high sensitivity FM only table model with large 10 x 6in speaker and push-pull output. Painted chassis. Volume and tuning controls on side of cabinet. Tone, AFC and sensitivity controls on back. Selenium rectifier.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 8.6 kg / 18 lb 15.1 oz (18.943 lb)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Other Models
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Here you find 56 models, 56 with images and 23 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Hacker Radio Ltd., Maidenhead
Collections
The model Mayflower 2 is part of the collections of the following members.
Forum contributions about this model: Hacker Radio Ltd.,: Mayflower 2 RV20
Threads: 1 | Posts: 5
To any RMorg Hacker Radio Enthusiasts,
I don`t know if anyone amongst the RMorg membership is also a member of the Hacker Group forum as I am, but if anyone is contemplating any major work on one of these truly brilliant valve radios, I did an article on the total re-build from chassis up, and sent the photographs to the Hacker Group.
There is a downside, even if not a major one, if anyone would like access to these photographs - you need to join the Hacker Group, as these are only available to members.
On accessing, because of the security, you will be requested to join the Hacker Group as I said.
There are 20 photographs in total, and show the errors I made when trying to refurbish the wooden case, as well as details which I didn`t cock-up, like capacitor replacement.
You should note that in the last photo` there appears to be a gun under the table in my total mess of a conservatory where the rebuild took place - as a form of explanation, this was only an air rifle which I was simultaneously servicing!
For any American readers of this article, the Hacker Group has recently been in contact with the Grundig Radio Group in the US, where these Grundig enthusiasts have just come across the Hacker radios, and there is cooperation between the two Groups over introducing themselves to one another.
regards
graham guy
Graham GUY, 01.Jul.11