• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Berec Radio; London

• Year
• 1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 103176

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• DK96 DF96 DAF96 DL96 UY41

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / Batteries 7.5 & 90; AC 195-215; 216-235; 236-255 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Fiesta - Berec Radio; London

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 308 x 250 x 125 mm / 12.1 x 9.8 x 4.9 inch

• Notes

• Warning: Chassis may be live!  Autotransformer.

  Ferrite Rod Aerial

  Optional Batteries: LT 7.5V AD38 and HT 90V B126

  Weight including batteries 8lb 13 oz (ERT, Net weight below without batteries)

  Unusual features:

  • One of only two Ever Ready models branded BEREC only. (Pioneer is the other)
  • The only Ever Ready / BEREC post 1944 model with A.C. Mains.
  • Wavechange is accomplished by pushing in a twisting tuning knob, indicated by a "red flag" in a window

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.4 kg / 7 lb 7.8 oz (7.489 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.90 GBP

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 30 models, 28 with images and 8 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Berec Radio; London