• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-on-Sea

• Year
• 1931

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 77710

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• S4VA S4VB 354V PM24B DW3_Mullard

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-210; 220-230; 240-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: All Electric Consolette RS3 [mahogany] - Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 18 x 10 inch / 445 x 457 x 254 mm

• Notes

• The RS3 was the first British receiver with station names on the dial. It was designed by Ekco's in-house designer, J. K. White.

  Not to be confused with the SH25 (1932) of similar appearance!

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader sheet 735

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Wireless World (The), London (WW, 79) (August 26th, 1931)

Article in Wireless World, August 26th, 1931

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• Documents regarding this model

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 423 models, 308 with images and 255 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-on-Sea