1946

Ekco A23

1946

Ekco A23

Ekco A23, valve table radio, AC mains, brown bakelite case, short wave medium wave long wave and TV sound channel

Type Audio
Decade 1940s
Category Radio
Brand Ekco

Ekco manufactured this 5 Valve Superhet receiver in 1946. Housed in a Bakelite cabinet it was a very advanced design for the time. Incorporating 5 Preset Station selector push buttons that could be individually tuned to select separate stations (3 on MW & 2 on LW). The receiver was also able to manually tune on medium, long and short wavebands. In addition it also featured a band where it could receive TV sound. Around this time some televisions were available as vision only sets and the sound had to be provided by a separate receiver.

The retail-selling price for this model was £25.10s.4d.