Daventry Portable Five Receiver

Edison-Bell Ltd.; London

  • Year
  • 1927
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 202591

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic.
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Daventry Portable Five Receiver - Edison-Bell Ltd.; London
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Notes
  • Two HF valves, choke coupled, aperiodic, grid leak detector, followed by a transformer which is again is followed by a final resistance-coupled stage.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 22.00 GBP
  • Author
  • Model page created by John Koster. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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