• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Kolster Brandes Ltd. (KB, K.B., ITT); Foots Cray; GB

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 151503

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 205; 225; 245 / 7,5 & 90 V Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Rhapsody MP151/3 - Kolster Brandes Ltd. KB, K.B.,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 242 x 173 x 83 mm / 9.5 x 6.8 x 3.3 inch

• Notes

• Chassis very similar or identical to Rhapsody Delux PP251, case similar to MP151/2 (possibly different colours).

  One of the last KB battery valve (tube) portables. The last were probably the similar 1959 PP11 and Rhapsody de Luxe PP21 models. Various Transistor Rhapsody models in case style of Rhapsody Delux PP251 and MP151/2 from 1959 to 1963

  KB service note
  The MP151/3 can be identified as follows; Conventional mains dropper discarded and substituted by individual Welwyn type resistors.

• Mentioned in
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (1960-61 Edition. Refers to PP251 & MP151/2, no circuit.)

• Author
• Model page created by Keith Staines. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 415 models, 372 with images and 253 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Kolster Brandes Ltd. (KB, K.B., ITT); Foots Cray; GB