• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-on-Sea

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 102616

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• TH30C VP13C PenDD4021 40SUA EM3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 480 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: PBU179 - Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• Color: in walnut or in black and chromium finish.
  Manual and pushbutton tuning. 4 presets for Medium wave:
  button 1 = 200-307 m
  button 2 = 261-391 m,
  button 3 = 267-450 m,
  button 4 = 342-560 m
  and 2 presets for long wave
  button 5 = 1130-1640 m
  button 6 = 1430-1986 m.

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader, sheet 766

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 424 models, 311 with images and 255 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-on-Sea