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This early transistor portable radio, has all its original guarantee card and repair/service receipts from 1964 & 1966.

The radio was first produced by E.K.Cole Ltd in 1960 and costing £10 6s 8d plus tax, so was quite exspensive, but allowing the owner to have a small portable radio of only 8 inches width. The circuit uses the OC range of transistors and now with the standard 470 Khz I.F frequency. It offeres tunuable Medium wave and fixed Long wave reception. The radio is in overall good condition with only wear to the EKCO label on the front case. The radio has had all the de-coubling components repaced including all the electorolitic capacitors as well. Often when a radio in this case 55 years old age related issues start to show. The radio works very well and very selective to the positioning of the Ferrite aerial. The radio originaly would have had a PP4 9.0Volt battery this has been replaced to fit the standard PP3 today.

The radio comes complete with its original presentation box, see photo's as well as original documentation and service history and 1 years gurantee.

The VTR103 was first introduced in 1961, the radio offered VHF as well as the standard Medium and Long wave  stations.

The coverage was from 88 to 100 Mhz and was the first VHF British portable radio. For the first time the AF series of transistors were introduced as these offered improved HF performance over the O.C range, though of course we all know the issues with these Alloy-Diffusion transistors. I find some radio's have real issues while other do not with these and I can only come to the conclusion that production issues were involved. This radio being the C version means it was first introduced in 1964, due to the very low serial number I would say the first week of production, the difference is only in the colour scheme of light Blue/green case and Blue rexin and chrome trim, matching at the time the TR82C model.

The radio works very well and the original telescopic aerial is present with the red tip.The radio has the earphone socket to the side and the tuning dial is very clear, with a perfect body. As always with few exceptions the band select switches have faded due to use, for some reason unlike the 2 band TR series the 3 band VTR switches were not embossed so unless the radio was often used on one band the lettering would wear.

Comes complete with 1 years gurantee and the PP9 battery required.

A very rare find indeed, this was produced on the first day of production

The Bush 82L denotes that the set has a preset 208 metre button for Luxembourg, a popular radio station for the teenager at the time and was preset to (one) aid tuning due to fading after night fall and therefore difficult to tune , but also (two) a good sales idea to market for the listener. The D stands for the colour in this case a light cream case and tan Rexine finish. The radio was only produced for a couple of years , hence not as many of these around compared to the 6 digit standard TR range. The radio has the standard Medium and Long wave broadcast bands and at sometime in the past someone had fitted a battery elliminator to the right hand side, this has been removed and a standard Bush insert has been fitted. Due to its very early serial number and the good condition t would not be right to replace the centre body and re-fit the serial number plate.It also has a good clear tuning dial,another common issue is the imbossed 3 waveband swiches often are worn again a common issue with the VTR103's so these has been re-done. The elctronics are all original with no re-placements needed.

Very nice clean example of the popular Bush DAC range this being the early version in Walnut finish, as it is not in black this must be a later production run as this fits in with the later A version and I would place this around 1948.

The most popular classic radio availible is the Iconic Bush DAC90A. A five valve radio, AC/DC transportable superhetrodyne receiver which has Medium Wave and Long wave switchable from the side. These receivers are small in size 9.25 inches height, 7.5 inches depth and 12.75 inches in width and therefore fit comfortably in any modern home.To ensure reliabilty as standard all the components that would require replacement have been done. The radio had never been opened, and the original light fitting attachment was still connected  to the rear socket, the audio output transformer primary had gone open circuit and the 250 ohm current reducer to the half wave rectifier was also open circuit, so it looks as this fault was resonsible for the radio being stored away sometime in the 60's. The I.F section and RF sections have been aligned and therefore is very sensistive and responsive.

Due to its simple chassis and good design this is a radio you can use and enjoy every day, another added bonus is now the avaliabilty of the original 3.5 Volt dial lamps to improve the tuning dial though still rather dim. This one as can be seen in the photo is finished in a Walnut stylel (Bakelite) though a plastic variation of Bakelite (Catalin) can be found in the Ivory version though, these are in fact trade names of the product, but Catlin is more brittle and models are often shown with either cracks or chips to the body, this model is a perfect example

As with all these models the power supply is a simple half wave rectifier but works very well. These use a UL41 as an audio output valve, if at times you hear a slight mains hum, often the fault will be due to a cathode to heater leak, I have found this on many of these valves hence a new replacement valve has been fitted.

This model is in very good  condition with no  marking to the polished cabinet, the contol knobs are perfect. I haver never quite understood why you see damage to these as often as you do it would be the last thing to get misuse and comes complete with the original 2 pin plug, including the 12 months guarantee, would make either a great present or why not just treat yourself.

This is for the serious early transistor radio collector the Pye P191BQ type chassis , though it is not identical in layout, electronicaly its the same , there is even one at the Science Musuem in London. The radio needed minimum work undertaken to ensure it works to the original specification with just 4 coupling components and all the electrolitics replaced. This must be a mid concept model as the voltage required is the same as the first units, but within 3 years 9.0 Volt was standard

The chassis is different to the first model but still runs on 6.0 Volt

The radio is tuneable on medium wave and  LW . On the broadcast bands the radio work very well and the Ferrite rod aerial is very sensitive in direction.The audio output is very good and clear. The I.F circuit has been re-aligned to peak it to full performance

Overall condition is very good and comes complete with its original battery holder. Comes complete with 4 AA battery's and full 1 years gurantee

Another early portable transistor radio, the specification is identical to the previous model shown above. The radio has had all the work required to ensure it works well on both Medium and Long wave. The transistors are all original and this runs off from a 9.0Volt PP3 supplied.

General condition is good, with slight ware to one of the rear press studs, the only difference is the leather case is in red.

offered with 1 years gurantee

This is for the serious early transistor radio collector the Pye P191BQ, there is even one at the Science Musuem in London. One of the pioneering models. This radio has had a lot of work undertaken to ensure it works to the original specification with some general coupling components and one audio output transistor where the base lead came off after works were completed replaced.

The chassis is the same as the P160BQ and the radio uses a 6 volt supply, the transistors of this period are identified as to there purpose by just a single number 1 to 6 and the output transistors were supplied by Newmarket Transistor co.

The radio is tuneable on medium wave and preset to LW channel 1500m, which means its slightly off frequency to Radio 4 these days. The local oscillator coil L4 tuning slug has been glued in place, so I'm reluctant to attempt to re-tuning it as damage would mean no replacement possible, though the Pye P123BQ is a similar chassis the oscillator coil though similar is not suitable. On Medium wave the radio work very well and the Ferrite rod aerial is very sensitive in direction. The I.F circuit has been set and interesting that the sensitivity limits to around 80 - 100 micro-volt input, unlike slightly later radio's of the 1960 - 61 period which you can acheive 10 - 20 micro volt sensitivity. The radio general condition is good and good volume is possible from the 50 mm loud speaker.

The radio is part of early transistor design and would have been very exspensive to have purchased, the 6 volt supply is via 4 1.5 volt  AA cells supplied.

The radio comes complete with 6 months warranty