History of the manufacturer
Colmovox (Brand), Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd.; Sydney NSW
Both will display your name after an officer has activated your content, and will be displayed under «Further details ...» plus the text also in the forum.
| Name: | Colmovox (Brand), Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd.; Sydney NSW (AUS) |
| Abbreviation: | colmovox |
| Products: | Model types |
| Summary: |
Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd. (1924-1931) 4 &10 Rowe Street, Sydney, NSW (1924-1937) Brand: Colmovox, Colvilleco Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd., manufactured radios under the Colmovox brand from 1921 to 1929 followed by Colville-Moore brand till 1940. They also specialised in aeronautical radio, broadcast transmitters and components and transmission equipment. The company was acquired by Pye Industries Ltd., in early 1961. |
| Founded: | 1921 |
| Closed: | 1961 |
| Production: | 1921 - |
| History: |
Sydney Victor Colville (1894-1966) entered the radio field as an experimenter in Brisbane, Queensland with the call sign XQF, in 1911 where he founded the Queensland Wireless Institute in 1914. He moved to Sydney and founded Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies in late 1921 in partnership with Alan Leslie Moore. The company, Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd. was registered in January 1924 with the above gentleman as first directors plus Charles Henry Wayman. [1][2] The company manufactured TRF receivers, components and designed and built the radio transmitter 2MK at Bathurst NSW in 1925.[3] They went on to supply many more broadcast transmitters (4AY, 4IP & 4BU), mainly in country areas. In 1928 Colville was technical advisor to the Siamese Government.[1] In August 1931 Colville designed and manufactured a transceiver for a mining company in search of Lasseter’s lost gold reef.[4] In September 1931 Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd. was liquidated and the business was offered for sale by tender. [5] [6] The radio sets were purchased by Murdoch’s Ltd. and advertised in October 1931. [7] It is not clear if Colville purchased the remainder of the business however he registered the Colville Wireless Equipment Co. at the Rowe Street address, also in October 1931. [8] He advertised in the November 1931 Wireless Weekly as: Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies,
In late 1931 Colville advertised as a consulting engineer and manufactured battery powered kitset radios. which advertised in articles in the Wireless Weekly. He also concentrated on the manufacture and installation of broadcast transmitters. They manufactured, high power tuning coils, transformers and Colvilleco capacitors used in broadcast band transmitters along with transmission and program equipment. They manufactured transmitters under license to Philips Australia.[10] The company is described in the 1938/39 Radio Trade Annuals as designers and manufacturers of broadcast transmission equipment (under license to Philips Radio), communication transmitters and receivers, UHF apparatus, aircraft and portable transmitters and receivers, custom built broadcast receivers and amplifiers, Colvelleco transmitting condensers, HF inductors, power and audio transformers, studio and control apparatus. Australian agents for National Co. Inc., Malden Mass., USA and EF Johnson Co., Waseca Minn., USA.[11] In May 1961, the firm merged with Pye Industries Ltd. as Colville Wireless & Electric Co. Pty., and specialised in induction and die-electric heating.[12][13] The firm later became the "Colville Wireless Equipment Co. Pty Ltd. It was merged with Pye Industries Ltd in 1961 by which time it specialised in induction heating equipment. Syd Colville died in 1966.
[1] Radio Trade Annual 1936, Page 177. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Stuart Irwin.
| Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | 30 | All Electric Three 103 | This model was obtainable with an optional table containing a loud speaker. | |
| AUS | 30 | All Electric Four 104 | This model was obtainable with an optional table containing a loud speaker. | |
| AUS | 30 | All Electric Four console 104C | ||
| AUS | 24 | Colmo Single Slide Crystal Set | Advertised in the “Evening News”, (NSW), December 22, 1924. | |
| AUS | 25 | Colmovox S.U. 19 | Advertised in the “Country Life & Stock & Station Journal”(NSW), January ... | |
| AUS | 24/25 | Little Giant Colmo Single Valve Set | Colville advertised as this set as “manufactured with first-class material, in highl... | |
| AUS | 29 | Colmovox AC Three | 4 valve, AC powered, TRF receiver. Cabinet is ducoed Maple and radio circuit incorporat... | |
| AUS | 25 | Colmovox Junior | Advertised in Wireless Weekly, 13 August, 1926 as a kit set. Basic kit was Aus£6/5... | |
| AUS | 36 | 100 Watt Broadcast Band Transmitter | E424 | TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF 100 WATT BROADCAST TRANSMITTER: The transmitter is a 4-stage c... |
| AUS | 38/39 | Colvilleco Peak Limiting Amplifier | This peak audio limiter was inserted before the transmitter audio input to limit the peak ... | |
| AUS | 22 | Panel Mounted Crystal receiving Set | Panel Mounted Crystal Receiving Set complete with headphones, aerial wire and insulators. | |
| AUS | 24 | Variable Air Capacitors | Variable Capacitors (Condensers) Colville-Moore Wireless Supplies Ltd., manufactured a ... |
Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):
|
Hits: 771 Replies: 0
Sydney Colville''s Experiences, Aug 27, 1935
|
|
|
Gary Cowans
18.Mar.21 |
1
"THE LAST WORD." RADIO STATION 4IP Mr. S. Colville's Experiences "Absolutely the last word in broadcasting."—That is how Mr. Sydney Colville sums up Radio Station 4IP, which will be on the air on Monday. Principal of the Colville Wireless Equipment Company (Sydney), he has had wide and varied professional experience in the field of radio engineering. At present in the city supervising the installation or his equipment in the new Ipswich station, Mr. Colville, who is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, was persuaded to pause in his duties for a while yesterday to relate a little of his interesting career. Long before his 13 years' professional experience commenced, he dabbled in radio, "much to the concern of the P.M.G. Department and Pinkenba," humorously interposed Mr. Royston Marcus (Manager of the new station) who was nearby. Mr. Marcus was referring to the time when Mr. Colville held the only experimental licence in Queensland. He commenced as an amateur (XQF) in Brisbane in 1911. A native of Victoria he came to Queensland at an early age, but for the past 11 years has been in business on his own account in Sydney, his firm for some time having been recognised as one of the leading radio equipment concerns in Australia. Mr. Colville was one of the original directors of Station 2BL, Sydney. In 1928 he was appointed Radio Adviser to the Siamese Government. Since then, Colville equipment has rendered unfailing service in all parts of the Southern Hemisphere. He has supplied stations to the Western Australian Government, the British Government (for use in the Pacific), and even in New Guinea his equipment plays a big part in radio communication. The recently erected Station 4AY, at Ayr, North Queensland, was equipped by Mr. Colville, who also has fitted up every type of expedition that one can think of with radio necessities. His firm supplies the majority of the aeroplane equipment of the Commonwealth. TOOK TO FLYING. Principally with the object of becoming familiar with the radio requirements of aviation, Mr. Colville took up flying in 1928; and went through the whole course, becoming a fully qualified pilot. He has been closely associated with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in many of his big undertakings and has fitted up the Southern Cross for the "Old 'Bus's" big flights, including the round-Australia and Tasman ventures. He was a member of the crew of the Faith in Australia when she went in search of Sir Charles and party on their unsuccessful Tasman trip. For some time, Mr. Colville has been Honorary Radio Instructor to the New South Wales Aero Club, for which he has carried out a considerable amount of research work. INLAND EXPEDITIONS Apart from aviation the Colville Company has equipped several inland expeditions to the heart of the continent, including Buck's search for Lassiter's Reef, and the recent Donald Mackay expedition. Mr. Colville is at present the holder of experimental licences for stations VK2FA, VK2FB, and VK2VX, all of Sydney, thus combining the practical side of radio transmission with the technical, as apart from the actual construction of equipment. Mr. Colville stated that 4IP would be absolutely the last word in broadcasting. It was fitted with the most modern type of transmitter, with an actual output of 75 watts, and a licensed output of 50 watts. Queensland Times (Qld) Aug 27, 1935, Page 8. Text sourced from Trove – National Library of Australia |
End of forum contributions about this manufacturer/brand
| Data Compliance | More Information |