RGD manufactured this 5 Valve receiver in 1939. Housed in a two-tone walnut veneered cabinet. Incorporating 9 pre-set station selector push buttons that can be individually tuned to select separate stations. An on/off selector button was also included. This receiver is also able to manually tune on medium, long and short wavebands. A magic eye indicator on the left of the scale assisted tuning. One rotary control knob is used to adjust the volume and gram selection the other control knob is a tone control. Sockets at the rear are provided for gram pick-up, external speaker, aerial and earth connections. This receiver has undergone a complete restoration in our museum workshop and is now in full working order.

The retail-selling price for this model was £16.8s.0d.inc.purchase tax.

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The average working wage in 1939 was £1.19s.5d for a 50.2 hour week.
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