• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ever Ready Co. (GB) Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 201571

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• K50N K30K K30K K70B

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 90 Volt

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

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5041 - Ever Ready Co. GB Ltd.; London

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 285 x 240 x 185 mm / 11.2 x 9.4 x 7.3 inch

• Notes

• Portable valve receiver with an internal frame aerial, a handle on the top and a turntable underneath. Same chassis as the Lissen Sunshine 8409.

  90V HT is Portable 61.

  2V LT is Ever Ready J203 20AH Celluloid cased Gel Lead Acid Accumulator ("jelly-acid").

  No GB battery as it's automatic via resistor in HT - lead like 1950s models.

  Weight excludes batteries. Price new included batteries.

  The next Ever Ready Portable was the 1939 All Dry Portable 5214

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.1 kg / 9 lb 0.5 oz (9.031 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 6.98 GPB

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (321)

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 204 models, 146 with images and 92 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ever Ready Co. (GB) Ltd.; London