Sky High Hi Fi

[zeitghost]

Except they hadn't invented "Hi-Fi" at the time.

Doing the washing and reading ancient copies of "Wireless World" whilst enjoying the racket the machine makes.

Currently reading a copy from October 1946 which has already introduced to me the concept, new from America, of the "printed circuit" where components are mounted on some sort of insulating substrate whereupon the interconnection wires are "printed" using a silver based solution. It'll never catch on.

However, even more amazing is the review of the RGD Radio Gramaphone device, model 1046G.

This has a turntable and a radio receiver with LW, MW, and 3 SW bands.

It has an output of some 8W at 3% distortion.

And its price?

A mere £148/1/0, with purchase tax (VAT by another name) of a mere £31/13/4d.

Which adds up to £179/14/4d.

Equivalent to a less mere £6925.64.

Not many would afford such an instrument with the average wage somewhere around £5/wk.

It obviously wasn't made in China.

[expat]

Except they hadn't invented "Hi-Fi" at the time.

Doing the washing and reading ancient copies of "Wireless World" whilst enjoying the racket the machine makes.

Currently reading a copy from October 1946 which has already introduced to me the concept, new from America, of the "printed circuit" where components are mounted on some sort of insulating substrate whereupon the interconnection wires are "printed" using a silver based solution. It'll never catch on.

However, even more amazing is the review of the RGD Radio Gramaphone device, model 1046G.

This has a turntable and a radio receiver with LW, MW, and 3 SW bands.

It has an output of some 8W at 3% distortion.

And its price?

A mere £148/1/0, with purchase tax (VAT by another name) of a mere £31/13/4d.

Which adds up to £179/14/4d.

Equivalent to a less mere £6925.64.

Not many would afford such an instrument with the average wage somewhere around £5/wk.

It obviously wasn't made in China.

I came across a load of old Wireless World in the Barrows in Glasgow when I was young, from 1945 to 1950 complete except for one issue (anyone guess which one?). They were fascinating.

My first radio didn't have a "printed circuit", it was wired up with Radiospares wire, in 2 colours because I couldn't afford any more!

[barrydidit]

I came across a load of old Wireless World in the Barrows in Glasgow when I was young, from 1945 to 1950 complete except for one issue (anyone guess which one?).

Was it the 'Bletchley park secrets' edition edited by A Turing?

[expat]

No, it was the satellites. That edition was famous even then.

When I say "even then", Early Bird had been launched less than 5 years before.

[MicrosoftBob]

Was it the 'Bletchley park secret hamsters' edition edited by A Turing?

FTFY