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Old 4th Jul 2022, 11:06 am   #7
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Default Re: Help to Identify Marconi 3 valve set "EtherPlus"

The licence plate appeared on just about every manufactured radio and referred to a royalty payment made to the Marconi company in order to make use of the basic patents for radio reception - the patent holders just sat back and gathered in the royalties, it doesn't suggest any design input. I'm not sure, but I've a feeling the plate wasn't used on home constructor sets - someone may be able to confirm this one way or the other - which would point to the radio being marketed as a complete and finished item by M. and A. Wolfe.

Can't be definite about the paper label, but one distinct possibility is its being a serial number for the set. Often in this period the serial number would be engraved on the front panel along with manufacturer details and legends for the controls, but clearly that's not the case here. If it is the serial number it doesn't necessarily mean that 105 radios were made before this one, they may for example have decided to start at 101 to suggest a larger scale than the operation actually had.

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