Roberts R 500 Radio

Here we have a Red early Roberts R 500 Radio with the 

Serial Number-19008 made by the Roberts Radio Co. LTD. This Radio is a 3 waveband Radio with 7 Transistors, it's portable and was produced about September 1963 and sold for £18. 10s. 6d, which at that time was a lot of money. The Robert R200 was much less costing £14. 6s 0d. That’s about £286 in today’s money. 

It has a built-in ferrite rod aerial for long & medium waves, an output socket to feed a tape recorder, also an external car aerial socket. It has also a 78 cm extending external Brass Aerial which covers the short waves from 50m to 16m (6MHz to 18.75MHz. The Radio is built in a wooden case with a leather cover and a plastic handle; it also has a turntable fitted to the bottom.  This radio shows its 50 year age, its carry handle is cut and the Radio its self is not working, the two control Knobs are working but badly worn, the Dimensions are 27.5 cm X 18 cm X 12 cm. The Golden Roberts Logo is still looking well; it also takes 2 X 9v Batteries. If I am able to get this Radio working again I will let you know in this post.