• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 102632

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• UCC85 UCH81 UF89 UABC80 DM70 UL84 UY85

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)     7 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

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

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: U353 - Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• AM Ferrite Rod aerial mounted in space above chassis.
  Single wire internal VHF aerial, two versions of FM aerial connection.
  Magic Eye (DM70) filament powered from tap on UL84 pair of cathode resistors.
  Consumption: 45W approx

  Bands

  1. LW: 1154 ... 2000 m
  2. MW: 183 ... 555 m
  3. VHF: 85.5 ... 101.5 MHz

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.50 GBP

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1448 May 1960)

• 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