• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• MIM, Marconi International Marine; Chelmsford Essex

• Year
• 1953 ?

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 294393

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• Number of Tubes
• 12

• Valves / Tubes
• KTW61 KTW61 X61M X61M KTW61 KTW61 D63 X61M D63 DH63 L63 VR150-30

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 85 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Powered by external power supply or a main unit. / 24, 110, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.2 inch = 8.1 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Mercury 1017 - MIM, Marconi International

• Shape
• Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18 x 18 x 11 inch / 457 x 457 x 279 mm

• Notes

• Bands:

  1. 15 - 40kc/s

  2. 100 - 250 kc/s

  3. 245 - 645 kc/s

  4. 635 - 1650 kc/s

  5. 1550 - 4000 kc/s

  Single-conversion on Bands 1-3, double-conversion with 1st IF 4500kHz on Bands 4, 5

  The Mercury 1017 is designed to work with Power Supply Units 889A or 966A which operate with supply voltages 24, 100, 110, 200, 220 DC or 230 AC

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 55 lb 0 oz (55 lb) / 24.970 kg

• Mentioned in
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Julian Hardstone. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 19 models, 17 with images and 7 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from MIM, Marconi International Marine; Chelmsford Essex