• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• HMV (Brand), His Masters Voice, The Gramophone Company Ltd.; Middlesex

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78856

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X24 Z21 HD24 KT2 KT2

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 108 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: HMV 1406 - HMV Brand, His Masters Voice,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15 x 11 x 7 inch / 381 x 279 x 178 mm

• Notes
• Four pushbuttons for pre-set radio stations. Black leathercloth covered case with ivory coloured lining and controls with a carrying handle on top and a turntable underneath. Same chassis as the Marconiphone 895 model which has the same cabinet but red coloured lining and controls.

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (490)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 421 models, 330 with images and 242 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from HMV (Brand), His Masters Voice, The Gramophone Company Ltd.; Middlesex