• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Vidor Ltd.; Erith (Kent)

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78659

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• VP1321 SP13C Pen36C 1D5_rectifier

• Main principle
• TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 254 CN245 - Vidor Ltd.; Erith Kent

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.75 x 17.75 x 9.75 inch / 349 x 451 x 248 mm

• Notes

• The same chassis is in the Burndept 252, but the case style is different.

  Wavebands

  • LW:
  • MW:
  • SW1: 48  ... 145 m
  • SW2:  13.5 ... 48.5 m

  On SW V1 (VP1321) is just a buffer, no gain.

  Warning
  Chassis is not isolated and may be live. If used the Aerial and Earth isolation capacitors may need replaced by "safety" types. 1kV Ceramic are suitable.

• Price in first year of sale
• 9.45 GBP

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (155)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (760)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 146 models, 79 with images and 75 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Vidor Ltd.; Erith (Kent)