NAAFI Welfare Radio Receiver MSQ

Magneta Time Co. Ltd., Leatherhead

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  • Year
  • 1947 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 220916

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC)
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: NAAFI Welfare Radio Receiver MSQ - Magneta Time Co. Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 18.5 x 12.15 x 9.5 inch / 470 x 309 x 241 mm
  • Notes
  • Earlier WWII NAAFI (or UK Army Welfare) sets made by HECL. The GEC NAAFI/Welfare set is likely the predecessor.
    Magneta Time Co. is better known for the mechanical card printing "clock in/out" systems used in factories. The case actually is reminiscent of the "clock-in" system.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 32.5 lb (32 lb 8 oz) / 14.755 kg
  • Mentioned in
  • Owner and notes from previous owner
  • Author
  • Model page created by Michael Watterson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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Forum contributions about this model: Magneta Time Co. Ltd: NAAFI Welfare Radio Receiver MSQ

Threads: 2 | Posts: 3

This is another Magneta Time NAAFI set, but details are unknown. It doesn't match the "unknown" Magenta Time Radio description

 

Probably RAF and Army versions.MW, LW, SW bands and a separate "gram" volume control.

If anyone has more information let us know!

Michael Watterson, 28.Jun.12

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The UK Military "welfare" sets usually painted in colour according Army, Royal Navy or RAF.

Blue would have been RAF.

There is at least one other Magneta Time NAAFI set

"The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) is an organisation created by the British government in 1921 to run recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces, and to sell goods to servicemen and their families. It runs clubs, bars, shops, supermarkets, launderettes, restaurants, cafés and other facilities on most British military bases and also canteens on board Royal Navy ships. Commissioned officers are not usually supposed to use the NAAFI clubs and bars, since their messes provide these facilities and their entry, except on official business, is considered to be an intrusion into junior ranks' private lives."
 

An Officers's Mess would also often have had a Radio set.

Michael Watterson, 28.Jun.12

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