In oak box with lid.The controls on the Bakelite front
plate from left to right and from top to bottom: antenna
connection, jumper plug or long wave coil, ground.Below that,
tuning capacitor and coarse tuning with 6 positions,
underneath the open crystal with sensor and at the
bottom the connections for headphones.
The BBC logo is affixed to
the top of the front plate.PMG Reg.No.177.
The operating manual is
mounted on the inside of the lid.
The receiver was
introduced in the fall of 1922.It receives on
medium wave (300-500 meters).
The set cost 4 £ 15s 6d
(plus 7s 6d BBC royalties), including 4000Ω headphones
and antenna equipment, excluding longwave coil for the
Paris time signals at 2600m or the Chelmsford longwave
station, 6s).
Data
Dimensions
(w×h×d):
22.5 × 13.5 × 18 cm (width
and depth including base)
Made in:
1922
Purchased in:
2020
What was broadcast in 1922?
Listen to "Stumbling",
by the orchestra of Jack Derrick, recorded on October 9, 1922
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