• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Kolster Brandes Ltd. (KB, K.B., ITT); Foots Cray; GB

• Year
• 1933/1933 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 185902

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• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes
• 5B1 or PM12A HLB1 or PM1HL PB1 or PM2A

• Main principle
• TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 9 & 100 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 24 cm = 9.4 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Masterpiece KB 348 [3 valve] - Kolster Brandes Ltd. KB, K.B.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 342 x 420 x 250 mm / 13.5 x 16.5 x 9.8 inch

• Notes

• Quote Jonathan Hill: "This radio was given away as a "free gift" by the cigarette manufacturers Godfrey Phillips Ltd. in return for their BDV cigarette coupons."

  Voltages; HT1 = 70, HT2 = 100, GB1 = -1.5, GB2 = -3 or -4.5

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio! Radio! (1st ed.,p.125, fig.346.)

• Author
• Model page created by Joe Sousa. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 415 models, 372 with images and 253 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Kolster Brandes Ltd. (KB, K.B., ITT); Foots Cray; GB