CeeBee Crystal Set No. C 3

Fowler & Brigden; London

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  • Year
  • 1922/1923 ?
  • Category
  • Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 261046

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Crystal or Solid State Detector
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: CeeBee Crystal Set No. C 3 - Fowler & Brigden; London
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 8 x 4 x 4.5 inch / 203 x 102 x 114 mm
  • Notes

  • Approved by the Postmaster-General (P.M.G.) and the B.B.C. under GPO Registration No. 249. Features a finely made inductance tube with 20 tappings, a "Detector De Luxe" with micrometer screw adjustment, and twin crystals mounted on a superfine ebonite panel. All internal joints soldered and insulated. Housed in a mahogany cabinet with a side headphone terminal receptacle and an instruction card inside the lid.

    Note on Lineage: As noted in Radio Radio (fig. 75), sets bearing GPO Reg. No. 249 were produced by City Battery & Wireless Co. in late 1922 (featuring both open cat's whisker/galena and Perikon detectors) and distributed extensively through London selling agents Fowler & Brigden (often configured with the Perikon detector).

    Price at Introduction: £3 3s. 0d. (3 Guineas complete with aerial kit and taxes/royalties) or £1 12s. 6d. (chassis/cabinet unit).

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 3.15 £
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Amateur Wireless Jun 23, 1923, p.882.)
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Popular Wireless Weekly Apr 14, 1923, p.324)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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