• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1943/1944

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 226633

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1T4 1T4 1T4

• Main principle
• Superhet, IF regeneration; ZF/IF 1700 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Powered by external power supply or a main unit. / AC/DC or Batt.90 & 7.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - only for Earphone!

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: M.C.R.1 Midget Communication Receiver - Philco Radio & Television Corp

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 224 x 54 x 85 mm / 8.8 x 2.1 x 3.3 inch

• Notes

• The Midget Communication Receiver 1 (Radio Biscuit Tin Radio) manufactured in 1943-1944 by Philco GB for SOE/Special force for use as a broadcast receiver by resistance organizations. It covered 100 kHz to 15 MHz by means of four plug-in coil assemblies. Major John Brown of the Royal Signals designed it in a month at the secret HQ of the Special Operations Executive.

  Member of the resistance in occupied countries needed it to receive BBC broadcast 
  and most importantly, for the call-to-action on D-Day.
   
  Hundreds of them, hidden in biscuit tins, were parachuted to Europe and later to Far East.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1 kg / 2 lb 3.2 oz (2.203 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Robert Hawes Radio Art, p.100

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Operating instructions

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original prospect or advert (HRSA Radio Waves #143, January 2017, page 11)

• Author
• Model page created by Mauro Grando. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 256 models, 157 with images and 130 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London