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Classic British Radios of the 50s and 60s:
TR28 and TR130 ranges from Bush Radio
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It
may be argued that the 'true story of radio' began with
the creation of the British Broadcasting Company on 18th
October 1922. With their transmitter, the famous '2LO',
broadcasting from studios by the Aldwych in London, they
began the entertainment revolution made possible some 26
years earlier by Guglielmo Marconi. Bush Radio started trading
in 1932 as a subsidiary to the Gaumont British Picture Corporation,
which believed the Cinema industry was going to be associated
with Television in a big way and that the best way into
TV was through Radio. Bush Radio were originally based at
Sherperds Bush in London; the location of their first works
providing the name of the company. Later Bush passed into
the hands of the Rank Organisation and became one of the
major British radio manufacturers, producing a wide range
of valve or "tube" sets. With the advent of portable transistor
receivers, Bush were under serious competitive pressure
to develp a successful range themselves, which they achieved
in 1959 with launch of the TR82 series of transistor radios.
Once more, Bush received critical acclaim from the radio
buying public, and especially from teenagers who were now
proving to be a serious force in the portable transistor
market. Launched in 1966, the next design classic created
by Bush was the TR130 Radio. Both the TR82 and the TR130
from Bush mark a definitive period in British radio history
and we are very pleased to be able to offer the reproduction
models shown below, produced by Bush Radio themselves. |
from only
£ 32.00
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- Authentic reproductions of original Bush transistor radios
- Modern radio electronics inside ensure reliability and function in line with modern standards of product quality.
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All these radios cover FM/MW/LW wavebands, include a
TONE CONTROL, are mains/battery operated (mains lead supplied),
and are fitted with a Headphone socket: |
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A piece of radio history: Transistors
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Transistors were invented by Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
and William Shockley (who shared the Nobel prize for physics
for their invention in 1956), and were first produced commercially
by the American company Raytheon, in 1952. The first transistor
radio, the Regency
TR-1, went on sale in the US in November 1954. In the
U.K. transistor production was led by Mullard who, by the
mid 1950's, was producing its highly successful 'OC' transistor
range, including the OC44, OC45, OC71 and OC72. The first
British all-transistor radio to go into production was the
Pam
Model 710 portable at a retail price of 30 gns. The
set used transistors, manufactured within the Pye group,
and also a printed circuit. Power was supplied by four U2
torch cells. |
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