• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Eddystone, Birmingham

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 113001

• • alternative name: Stratton & Co.Ltd.; Birmingham

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

• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• EF39 EF39 ECH35 EF39 EF39 EBC33 6V6GT EB34 EM34 5Z4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 450 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110, 200, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 556 - Eddystone, Birmingham

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes
• Communications receiver covering 580 kHz - 30,5 MHz in five bands (580-1340 kHz, 1,34-2,9 MHz, 2,9-6,5 MHz, 6,25-13,4 MHz, 13,2 - 30,5 MHz).
  Similar to 504 but with two integrated speakers and magic eye tuning indicator.

• Price in first year of sale
• 37.00 GBP

• Mentioned in
• Eddystone User Group: Quick Reference Guide

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 235 models, 89 with images and 33 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Eddystone, Birmingham