In dark brown
("walnut") Bakelite cabinet with gold coloured
metal grille. This was the best selling valve radio in Great Britain in
the fifties. The radio was also available in a cream
coloured Bakelite cabinet at extra cost. It is a rework
of the earlier DAC90, that used octal valves. The low serial number,
the type of knobs, and the grey
dropper, that was replaced by a green one
in later models, indicate that this is an early version.
The radio has a built-in frame aerial. It was introduced
in February 1950. The design is by Frank Middleditch.
Listen to "Our
love story" sung by Vera Lynn and recorded in
1950.
Back
The radio has a
low serial number
(73/00152). On the left a built-in antenna is visible. The grey
dropper (now brown, because of the heat) is visible behind the UY41 rectifier
on the right.
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