Forces Entertainment (late) MW and SW

Ever Ready Co. (GB) Ltd.; London

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  • Year
  • 1944/1945 ??
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 311973

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 4 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 90 & 1.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Forces Entertainment [MW and SW] - Ever Ready Co. GB Ltd.; London
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 340 x 250 x 210 mm / 13.4 x 9.8 x 8.3 inch
  • Notes

  • Appears similar to 1945 or 1946 Model A except with plain military blue shade paint. The Local Oscillator coil unit with LW & MW coils is not fitted, but two trimmers (LF end of band padding?) are visible.

    The audio transformer is mounted as on the Model A, not the 1939 Ever Ready 5214. The aerial and earth sockets are also in the Model A location, but wires go under chassis instead of to the MW frame loop.

    Medium wave as per the 5214 and Model A.  There was no UK Long Wave during WWII, hence logical that the LW was replace by SW for the BBC Overseas.

    Short wave replaces Long wave, about 65m to 18m (approximately 4.6MHz to 16.5 MHz), hence the missing can on the top of the chassis as the MW LO and SW LO coils would take less space than LW. An extra coil is fitted beside the 1A7G.

    There may be a single turn loop aerial for Shortwave around the speaker baffle as there is on some Vidor battery models of the 1940s.

    (Dimensions from eBay)

  • Author
  • Model page created by Michael Watterson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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