Ekco AD37 Engels

AC/DC TRF Superferodyne receiver

With black bakelite cabinet and white knobs. Three valves (+ rectifier), French scale. In green: medium wave stations, in red: long wave stations. The receiver has grid-leak detection. In Great Britain this radio was released in March 1936; the radio pictured above was made in Belgium. The radio operates on 110 and 250 volts AC or DC.

Both tuned coils have an iron core; this may explain the name "Superferodyne", used for the radio made in Haren.

To overcome import restrictions on the continent, Ekco set up a small-scale manufacturing and distribution site in Belgium: S.A. Ekco Radio, Avenue de Schaerbeek, Haren (near Brussels), as import duty was levied by weight. The company initially used components shipped over from Southend but gradually began to use locally sourced components.

The factory only had a short existence. Due to the deteriorating Belgian economy, Ekco Service was dissolved on December 30, 1937. Ekco Radio also fell in 1938.

Continental tubes EF5, EF6, CL4 and CY1, heater circuit ballast and capacitors were used in this set. In the English version the tubes VP13C, SP13C, Pen36C and UR1C were used. The dial lamp was also changed in the Belgian model. The English model has a 200V/12W lamp; in the continental version a much smaller lamp in series with the filament circuit was used.

Data

Valves

Serial number:	3313
Dimensions (w×h×d):	38 × 43 × 22 cm
Made in:	1936
Purchased in:	2004
Voltage:	110 and 250 volts ~ or =

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	Circuit

What was broadcast in 1936?

Listen to "Miracles Sometimes Happen" by Caroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, sung by Anne Lenner, recorded on October 26, 1936

Back panel, with the Haren factory text

In middle of the back panel, right above the heater circuit ballast, a rectangular metal heat deflector is visible.

Back.

In the middle the heater circuit ballast is visible.

Dial

An Ekco stand on an exhibition in Brussels in 1936. Left of the bellboy: an AD37.

In 1942 Ekco still advertised for the radio. Radios for the consumer market were virtually no longer produced, but they continued to advertise to hold the brand's reputation.