- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Abbiphone (Brand), Abbey Industries Ltd.; London
- Year
- 1924 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 372305
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- Brand: Abbiphone
The Radio Times Mar 21, 1924, p. 518.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- TRF with regeneration
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- - This model requires external speaker(s).
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Super-4 - Abbiphone Brand, Abbey
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
- Notes
-
The "Abbiphone" Super-4 was a battery-operated broadcast receiver manufactured by Abbey Industries Limited at Abbey Wood Works. Introduced in early 1924 and advertised in The Radio Times (March 21, 1924, p. 518), it was designed for long-range loudspeaker reception of BBC, Continental, and trans-Atlantic American stations.
The receiver utilised a 4-valve circuit topology (typically 1 H.F., Detector, and 2 L.F. audio stages) with top-mounted valve sockets and panel-mounted plug-in coil holders for waveband switching and reaction adjustments.
Abbey Industries offered the set as a standalone tabletop unit (21 Guineas receiver only; £31 19s 6d complete with accessories) or housed in premium floor-standing furniture cabinets 2 ft high Jacobean style at 38 Guineas, or Sheraton style at 41 Guineas). All versions were subject to the mandatory 25/- B.B.C. stamp tax.
- Price in first year of sale
- 31.95 £
- Mentioned in
- -- Original prospect or advert (The Radio Times Mar 21, 1924, p. 518.)
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 8 models, 5 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Abbiphone (Brand), Abbey Industries Ltd.; London