• Year
  • 1943/1944
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 226633

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • 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.

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