• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Burndept Ltd. London

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 350010

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• ACVP2 ACTH1 ACVP2 V914 V914 ACSP1 6B5 R3

• Main principle
• ZF/IF 473 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 40-100Hz, 200-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 281 - Burndept Ltd. London

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.5 x 30 x 14.5 inch / 546 x 762 x 368 mm

• Notes

• Burndept 281 

  Console A.C. mains, 200-260 volts, 40 100 cycles. Price, 23 gns.

  DESCRIPTION: Seven-valve, plus rectifier, four-band superhet console

  FREATURES: Console cabinet, with large wavelength scale on top of cabinet Calibration in metres and station names. Two-speed tuning. Wave selection switch operates illuminated indicating panels on scale. Combined volume control and master switch. Switch for inter-station noise suppression. Sockets for pick-up and low impedance speaker.

  Sensitivity and Selectivity

  • SHORT WAVES (13.5-51 and 50-172 metres),--Excellent gain and selectivity. Very easy handling. Gain well maintained.
  • MEDIUM WAVES (170-570 metres). Excellent all-round performance, with local stations spread on adjacent channels only. Well-maintained gain with a good background.
  • LONG WAVES (750-2,100 metres), Very good gain and selectivity. Very slight overlap on Deutschlandsender. All main stations are easily received with a clean background.

   

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Broadcaster, Service Man's Manual

• Author
• Model page created by Trevor Trangmar. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 93 models, 61 with images and 28 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Burndept Ltd. London