Military Wireless in the Midlands Museum

The Eddystone page












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and now in greater detail with descriptions


The earliest set here, 1932 ish. The All Wave Four.


The All World Four.


The 358 with plug in coils
edd358
the general coverage S 504, awaiting restoration.
edd504
the domestic version, the S 556, the first pre war set.
edd556
The three band S-640 receiver, general coverage.
s640
The Tea Planters special, the 659, with matching speaker edd659
The four band S-670 receiver, general coverage.
eddy670
The later vesion, the six band S-670C receiver, general coverage.
eddy670c
The 680x general coverage hf receiver.
edd680x
The three band S-710/B receiver (All World Six), general coverage.
edd710
The 730/4 general coverage set, used by the military.
edd730
A special 730 now, a 730 (no /) and serial number 0001.
730_001
The rather nicely coloured S740, general coverage sw rx.
s740
The 750 set now............
edd750
The 770R VHF set now............
edd770r
the general coverage 830 receiver, dual conversion .....
edd830
The Eddystone 840A now.............
edd840a
The 850 VLF rx..............
edd850
Two ham band sets now, first the Eddystone 888A
edd888
and the EA12 receiver .....
eddea12
the general coverage 940 receiver .....
edd940
the general coverage 960 receiver ..... the first transistorised set
edd960
the VHF 990R receiver ..... transistorised 27-240MHz VHF set
eddy990r
the UHF 990S receiver ..... transistorised UHF set
edd990s
The rather super Model 880 now. This is the Marconi badged 880/3
edd880
Some baby Eddystones now .. the 870, the POSH set, Port Out Starbord Home, as used in passenger ships cabins etc.
edd870
and the EC-10 one of the best known of Eddystones sets.
eddec10
and the EC-10A/2 marine version with 2182 tuner.
ec10a_2
and the EB-35 geneal coverage domestic set with FM band.
eb35
and the EB-36 general hf coverage.
eb36
the EY11 as seen on another page, there is a valved version of this as well.
ey11
the Eddystone built Type 31A test set ..........
edd31a
a transmitter built by Stratton, during WWII, VHF Radio Telephone use.
edds440
the Eddystone Receiver 1002, hf and vhf, mains or battery. Nice set but note no bfo ..........
edd1002
The later 1830 receiver, general coverage, high performance.
edd1830
The later 1838 receiver, general coverage.
edd1838
the Eddystone 961 Panadaptor, tunes 500khz to 30 Mhz ..........
edd961
Eddystone 2245 marine rx...............
edd2245
the Bug keys
eddbug
and the famous round loudspeakers
eddspkr

I am always interested in obtaining other Eddystone sets, please get in touch if you have one to dispose of. Many thanks.


Send an e-mail to: Ben Nock, G4BXD

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