• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 201577

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• FC2A VP2B_Mullard HL21DD PM22A

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 450 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 108 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CN288 288 - Vidor Ltd.; Erith Kent

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

• Notes

• Portable 4 valve battery receiver with built-in frame aerial. Same chassis as the Burndept 292.

  The LT is a 2V 25AH Lead Acid Gel type.
  The HT is a Vidor 17872. This has at least taps at -3V, -1.5V, 0V, +69V and 105V giving 108V total. (Ever Ready Popular 108GB).

  The scale lamps are 2.5V 300mA MES operated by a button on the wavechange switch.

  There is a turntable and model plate on the base. The short leather strap clips on either side. The lid is fitted with a briefcase style lock.

• Price in first year of sale
• 8.00 gns

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (335)

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. 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)