Vintage Valve Radio Cossor "Melody Master" Model 523

Vintage Cossor "Melody Master" Model 523

Valve Radio Made in Great Britain (UK)

Measures Approx. 

(WDH)  19 1/2" x 8 1/4" x 13" / 500 x 210 x 330 mm

A.C. 200/255 VOLTS/ LW MW SW VHF(FM

Specifications:

Made in Great Britain
Manufactured: by A. C. Cossor LTD
Cossor House
Highbury Grove
London N5 England.

Year of manufacture 1954
No. Valves and Tubes 7 ( 6AQ8 ) 6BY7) (6AK8) (65ME) 
(6BQ5) (6V4)
Main principle Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz
Main principles are: 

Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz

Wave Bands:

Long waveband: 940-2050 metres 320-186 Kc/s

Medium waveband: 187-557 metres  1600-520 Kc/s

Short waveband: 15.8-51.3 metres     19-5.8 Mc/s

F.M. Reception VHF Band 11        87.5-100 Mc/s

 Earth: This receiver should be effectively earthed by means of heavy gauge wire as short as possible and connected to the socket marked "E" on the left-hand side of the cabinet back.

External loudspeaker: Sockets marked EXT.LS are provided at the back of the cabinet for an external permanent magnet moving coil loudspeaker of 3 ohms impedance. The internal loudspeaker can be muted bt removing the two plugs between GRAM and EXT.LS

Gramophone Pick-up:

the socket marked Gram at the Back of the cabinet are for a high impedance of crystal pick-up should the electrical reproduction of gramophone records be desired. The waveband Selector switch should be set to the position marked "G"  This one is still in good working condition.