Defiant De Luxe Console Receiver MSH973

Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) - Defiant; Manchester

  • Year
  • 1939 ??
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 331016
    • Brand: Defiant

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 450 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Defiant De Luxe Console Receiver MSH973 - Co-operative Wholesale Society
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • An AC mains 3 band superhet radio housed in a wooden console cabinet. With magic eye, sockets for an extension loudspeaker, terminals for gramophone pickup, earth and mains or external aerial.

    Wave Ranges:
    SW: 13 - 54 Metres
    MW: 180 - 550 Metres
    LW: 900 - 2000 Metres

    A similar chassis is fitted to the Defiant MSH972 table radio and the Defiant MSH980.

  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (CWS Service Instructions Defiant 972, 973 and 980 AC)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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