1939

Radio Gramophone Devlopment 166AC

1939

Radio Gramophone Devlopment 166AC

Radio Gramophone Devlopment 166AC, AC mains, long wave medium wave and short wave, table model, two tone walnut veneer on wooden case

Type Audio
Decade 1930s
Category Radio
Brand Radio Gramophone Development

RGD manufactured this 5 Valve receiver in 1939. Housed in a two-tone walnut veneered cabinet. Incorporating 9 pre-set station selector push buttons that can be individually tuned to select separate stations. An on/off selector button was also included. This receiver is also able to manually tune on medium, long and short wavebands. A magic eye indicator on the left of the scale assisted tuning. One rotary control knob is used to adjust the volume and gram selection the other control knob is a tone control. Sockets at the rear are provided for gram pick-up, external speaker, aerial and earth connections. This receiver has undergone a complete restoration in our museum workshop and is now in full working order.

The retail-selling price for this model was £16.8s.0d.inc.purchase tax.