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21st Jan 2004, 4:16 am | #1 |
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Last valve radio ever made?
Hi was just curious if anyone knows what the last british valve radio was?
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21st Jan 2004, 12:49 pm | #2 |
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Re: Last valve radio ever made?
The youngest valve set I have is a generic replacement chassis designed to be dropped into radiograms, and from dates on the components it was made circa 1970. Valve record players and communications receivers were probably made for a couple of years after that. Sets from countries like Poland and Rumania were still available up to about 1972-3.
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21st Jan 2004, 9:55 pm | #3 |
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Re: Last valve radio ever made?
As far as British radio sets are concerned.
The Bush VHF81 ac/dc AM/FM valve table radio was still present in the Bush sales leaflets of 1967. That must be a contender. Dazzlevision |
21st Jan 2004, 11:12 pm | #4 |
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Re: Last valve radio ever made?
My perrents Had A westminster radiogram A 4 valver
Bought in about 1972 . It didnt last long about 3 years (it was A mono set!). |
22nd Jan 2004, 3:02 am | #5 |
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Re: Last valve radio ever made?
What about Rigonda radiograms. They were still being sold new possibly up until the early 80's
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