• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• ITT-KB; Foots Cray, Kent; (ITT Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. ex Kolster-Brandes)

• Year
• 1968

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 224291

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

• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• AF117 AF117 OC70 AC127 AC128 AC128 AC127

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 0.85 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: KR028 - ITT-KB; Foots Cray, Kent; ITT

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 7 x 3 inch / 305 x 178 x 76 mm

• Notes

• Has Bandspread (200-260 metres), switches for car operation and tone. Eliptical loudspeaker (7 by 3.5 inches). Sockets for external aerial, tape recording and earpiece. Runs from single PP9. Case is padded leathercloth over plywood.
  Available in 5 colours; green, grey, red, yellow, and blue.
  This model can also appear badged as KB.

  In one example of this model the transistors were found to be; AF117 or AF127 AF127 AC151 AC186 AC131 AC131 AC188. There were no obvious signs of the transistors having been changed so it is assumed they were factory fitted.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.15 UK £

• Source of data
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS)

• Mentioned in
• Date and price from Radio Radio, (Hill), page 260

• Author
• Model page created by Mark Hennessy. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 181 models, 152 with images and 73 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from ITT-KB; Foots Cray, Kent; (ITT Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. ex Kolster-Brandes)