Year: 2022

The RMB is an early Roberts battery and mains portable radio. It’s superbly engineered and as such was very easy to restore. The outward appearance might be considered a little bit utilitarian by some. The unit just needed a new paper/wax capacitors to be replaced. The power supply which included selenium rectifiers was ok once the contacts on the battery/mains changeover switch were cleaned.

The HMV 444 was a tall floor standing unit, with Art Deco styling from around 1934. It contained a chassis made by EMI and was in my opinion quite over engineered, perhaps that was a way to express quality at the time. I always wanted an early pre-war, I new this one was going to take a lot of effort, but I had time, it was going to be one of those labour of love things, so here goes……….. This unit came to me in really poor condition, with the […]