• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 118735

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• DK1 or 1A7 DF1 or 1N5 DAC1 or 1H5 DL2 or 1C5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1.5; 90 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: All dry Battery Portable 5214 [intermediate] - Ever Ready Co. GB Ltd.; London

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5 x 8.5 x 11 inch / 318 x 216 x 279 mm

• Notes
• Due to material shortage during WW2 the D-type valves were step by step replaced(already in production) by octal types. There are obviously other different states of modification between the early and the late model variant. See there. See also "Forces Entertainment Radio".

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Mentioned in
• Traders 450

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio! Radio!

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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