Burndept BE525.
FM dash Low Band 25 watt mobile for Home Office.
1 OFF bought at
Elevaston Castle Radio Rally June 2003.
Marked Home Office on front.
Type Number: M2010FVL
Serial Number: 5198
3 channel Simplex
working. But it has a 6
5 way tone
lock switch fitted. This model was
used by the Royal
Observer Corp on 80 MHz simplex for post to post communications in the
1980's and later until the ROCS were abandoned. The
frequencies marked on the rear of the radio correspond with known ROC radio
channels.
Two pictures from Pete Baston GW0PJA
Also some older pictures here
Burndept BE458 ROC post Link Base Station
A number of people are looking for BE525's
to use in restoring Royal
Observer Corps posts. Please contact me
if you know of any BE525's looking for a good home.
They are also interested in finding the pump up masts used at the Royal
Observer Corps posts - these might have been sold off at the same time.