vintage wireless museum radio crystal set valve boatanchor tube graham farish bulgin TCC T.C.C. lightning switch arrestor tester vintage marconiphone gecophone galena gec junior no.1 western electric geiger counter wecovalve hivac xl020v ediswan mullard el34 DER DE5 AR pt625 vcl11 vy2 td03-10e cv2247 cv2255 6l6gt ms4 mh4 mighty atom kleinempfanger dke38 ultra 626 troubadour celestion bc2001 bc2580 horn bc2935 v2a bc3130 v2 v2a 47a 65b Pilot X65 R5V grid leak cosmos telephone distribution board airmax coil modern magic carpet px25 catkin cv57 e1271 PX4 triotron loewe 3nf electromechanical amplifier s.g. brown comptometer model h felt tarrant empiric portable trf wisi ruhmkorff french tm fotos moorhead r red phosphor getter agf a.g.f. a.g. foulds ajs a.j.s. stevens model z 2 3 valve loudspeaking mitchell filings coherer amplifier r.i. radio instruments v4a thorpe k4 four electrode helical anode louden f.e.r.1 fer1

Here are some pictures from my collection of vintage wireless sets, amplifiers, loudspeakers, test equipment, valves (tubes) and other items of interest. If you left click on an image you will see a larger version of the picture and in some cases (those items with a red border) this is accompanied by additional information about the item. Eventually I hope to include additional information for all exhibits.

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Wireless Sets, Amplifiers & Speakers

bc2001+amp02.JPG (30240 bytes)

gecophone headphones and box 04.JPG (40111 bytes)

gecophone horn 02.JPG (33344 bytes)

Western Electric

Crystal Set Model 4001

c. 1922

(pre-BBC mark)

GECoPHONE BC2001 with matching amplifier BC2580

c. 1922

GECoPHONE BC2580 Amplifier

c. 1922

GECoPHONE headphones and box

c. 1922

GECoPHONE horn loudspeaker

c. 1922

gecophone no 1.jpg (92729 bytes)

v2a.JPG (856060 bytes)

Marconiphone V2

2 valve Receiver

c. 1923

Western Electric

3 Valve Loud Speaking Amplifier

c. 1923

GECoPHONE No. 1

Crystal Set

c. 1923

Marconiphone V2A

Long Range Receiver

c. 1923

Arthur G. Foulds

Crystal Set

c. 1923

 

gecophone junior 01.JPG (31741 bytes)

Mitchell crystal set

c.1923

Radio Instruments V4A

c. 1924

BTH Type 'C' Form 'A'

Crystal set

c. 1924

S.G. Brown

Electromechanical

Amplifier

c. 1924

GECoPHONE Junior

Crystal Set

c. 1925

front lid down.JPG (25034 bytes)

inside plan view.jpg (416325 bytes)

front_open._01.JPG (34511 bytes)

A.J. Stevens

Model 'Z' 2 valve receiver

c. 1925

The 'Special 5' Homebuilt Receiver

c. 1925

The 'Special 5' Homebuilt Receiver (Inside View)

c. 1925

Marconiphone

Type 22 receiver

c. 1927

Celestion C12

Reed Loudspeaker

c. 1927

front 03.JPG (200821 bytes)

front elevated view lid open.JPG (42515 bytes)

X65b_01.JPG (36980 bytes)

empiric08_01.jpg (31340 bytes)

GECoPHONE BC2935

c. 1928

GECoPHONE BC3130

c. 1930

Crystal Detector set by Wisi

c. 1932

Pilot

X65B 

c. 1935

'Empiric'

Portable 4v receiver

c. 1935

dke38.JPG (504773 bytes)

ultra 626.JPG (307176 bytes)      

Deutscher Kleinempfänger DKE38 (G. Schaub)

c. 1938

Ultra U626 Troubadour

c. 1949

     

 

Test Equipment etc.

taylor 65B.JPG (628649 bytes)

geiger 02.JPG (169378 bytes)

hickok_I-177_02.JPG (47017 bytes)

Taylor Model 47A

Valve Tester

c. 1947

Taylor Model 65B

'All Wave' Signal Generator

c. 1947

Contamination Meter No. 1

(Geiger counter)

c. 1955

Hickok

 I-177

Tube Tester

c. 1942

Felt & Tarrant

Comptometer

Model 'H'

calculating machine

c. 1920

 

Spark Coils

big_spark_coil_01.JPG (35956 bytes)

Large Ruhmkorff spark coil with elaborate Geissler tube

probably nineteenth century

Small Ruhmkorff spark coil

by the French maker A. Gaiffe

probably nineteenth century

 

Telegraphy

 

Filings coherer, evacuated tube,  brass and glass supports, mounted on a mahogany base

c. 1915

 

Valves (Tubes)

Royal Ediswan AR.jpg (503978 bytes)

Fotos TM

( French)

c. 1917

Moorhead 'R'

( USA)

c. 1917

Cryselco

'R' (triode)

c. 1917

GEC

"OSRAM"

RAF 'C' (triode)

c. 1918

Royal Ediswan

AR (triode)

c. 1922

Unknown pip.jpg (404653 bytes)

wecovalve01.JPG (37389 bytes)

DER.jpg (498658 bytes)

Unknown maker

similar to AR

c. 1923

Marconi-Osram

'R' (triode)

with deep red phosphor getter

c. 1923

Western Electric 'WECOVALVE' (triode)

c. 1923

Marconi-Osram

DER (triode)

c. 1923

Marconi-Osram

LS5 (triode)

c. 1923

triotron_type1.JPG (31227 bytes)

triotron_type2.JPG (29799 bytes)

Louden 6V bright emitter.JPG (21203 bytes)

Triotron

'R' type triode

c. 1924

Triotron

'R' type triode

c. 1924

Marconi-Osram

R.5V (triode)

c. 1924

Louden

F.E.R.1 6V (triode)

c. 1924

Thorpe

K4 (4-electrode)

c. 1924

DE5 nikel base.jpg (501377 bytes)

Marconi U5.jpg (549041 bytes)

loewe_3nfbat.JPG (34715 bytes)

PT625 carton.jpg (652885 bytes)

PT625 + card.jpg (33229 bytes)

Marconi

DE5 (triode)

c. 1925

Marconi

U5 (FW rectifier)

c. 1928

LoeweRadio

3NFBat

Multi-valve hybrid

c.1929

Marconi

PT625 new in original box

(pentode)

c. 1930

Marconi

PT625 new with instructions

c. 1930

catkin01.JPG (8019 bytes)

Osram

MS4

(screened grid)

c. 1930

Marconi

MH4 (triode)

c. 1930

Osram

'CATKIN'

MH4 (triode)

c. 1932

Hivac

XL020V

min. triode

c. 1935

 Hivac

min. pentode

c. 1935

PX25.JPG (87764 bytes)

px4_01.JPG (37834 bytes)

Osram

PX25 (triode)

c. 1935

Osram

PX4 (triode)

c. 1938

Telefunken

VCL11 (triode/tetrode)

front view

c. 1939

Telefunken

VCL11 (triode/tetrode)

back view

c. 1939

Tungsram

VY2 (rectifier)

c. 1939

cv57_02.JPG (11762 bytes)

Brimar

6L6GT

(beam tetrode)

c. 1940

CV57

(E1271)

Radar modulator Triode

c. 1942

Unknown maker

CV2247

Geiger Müller Tube

c. 1955

Unknown maker

CV2255 Thyratron

c. 1955

Mullard

TD03-10E

(coaxial transmitting triode)

c. 1961

       

Mullard

EL34

(audio pentode)

c. 1961

       

 

Components

mighty atom tin open 01.JPG (196531 bytes)

selector cap 01.JPG (346304 bytes)

bulgin_lightning_switch_01.JPG (50582 bytes)

farish_vholder_01.JPG (46612 bytes)

lissen_coil_mount.JPG (14806 bytes)

'Mighty Atom' galena crystal, cat's whisker & tweezers

c. 192?

GECoPHONE variable capacitor 500pF

c. 1928

Bulgin

 Lightning Switch

c. 1936

Graham Farish

 Valve Holder

c. 1920s

Lissen

 Coil Holder

c. 1920s

tcc_cap_02.JPG (14544 bytes)

tcc_cap_03.JPG (15063 bytes)

tcc_cap_04.JPG (15223 bytes)

Airmax_coil_01.JPG (34008 bytes)

Cosmos_phones_panel_01.JPG (31905 bytes)

TCC

Fixed Condenser

S/P 2x0.0005mF

c. 1920s

TCC

 Fixed Condenser

0.05mF

c. 1920s

TCC

 Fixed Condenser

0.0005mF

c. 1920s

Airmax

Plug-in Coil

c. 1920s

Cosmos

 Telephone (Headphone) Distribution Board

c. 1920s

Mcmichael_grid_leak_01.JPG (32818 bytes)

McMichael

2M  Grid Leak

c. 1920s

 

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