Yachtsman EY-11 prototype

Eddystone, Birmingham

  • Year
  • 1968
  • Category
  • Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 89864
    • alternative name: Stratton & Co.Ltd.; Birmingham

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • Semiconductors present.
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 6 x 1,5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Yachtsman EY-11 [prototype] - Eddystone, Birmingham
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 317 x 162 x 203 mm / 12.5 x 6.4 x 8 inch
  • Notes
  • Maritime receiver covering 150-400 / 480-1250 kHz, 1,1-2,5 / 2,5-6,2 MHz.
    Set features DF (direction finding) loop connectors and facility for CONSOL navigation signal reception (MF hyperbolic navigation system based on "Sonne" system developed in 1943 and improved after WW II).
    Probably unique prototype displayed in Marconi Museum.
    A later variant similar to EC10 MkII with coverage 110-550 kHz / 1,5-18 MHz turned up.
  • Mentioned in
  • Eddystone User Group News Letter 59
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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