• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1965

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 115801

• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• AF115 AF117 AF117 AC127 OC81D AC127 OC81

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 6 × 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Vanity PT454 - Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.75 x 6.25 x 3.5 inch / 248 x 159 x 89 mm

• Notes
• Bandspread 184-224 metres MW. Sockets for earphone and external aerial. Released October 1965, price £13 2s 6d. Ferranti model P1148 same chassis but different cabinet.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.3 kg / 2 lb 13.8 oz (2.863 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 13.00 GBP

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 405 models, 284 with images and 254 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