• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1964

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 102620

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• Number of Tubes
• 0

• Valves / Tubes
• or

• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• AF117 or. NKT677 AF117 or. NKT677 AF117 NKT677 NKT255 or. NKT275 NKT258 or. NKT278 NKT753 or. NKT773 NKT251 or. NKT271

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / PP9: 9 Volt

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Valentine PT426/L - Ekco, E.K.Cole Ltd.; Southend-

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• A battery powered portable seven transistor radio covering MW (200 - 500 metres) and LW (1200-2000 metres) plus a 'LUX' press button preset to Radio Luxemborg at 208 metres MW. Elliptical loudspeaker 7 x 3⅝ inch. Sockets for external aerial and tape recorder. Released August 1964, price £14 9 6d plus Purchase tax.

  Similar to the Ekco PT426 Valentine model which does not have the 'LUX' press button, instead it has an 'OFF' button, the PT426/L has a switched volume control. 

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1691 dated 20 February 1965)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 424 models, 310 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