Portable radio

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Our radios don’t go back quite as far as the 1953 Everest Expedition but they have the pedigree.
Description
Black ‘Pye’ portable radio. Black nylon carrying loop. Speaker and aerial attached with braided nylon rope. Microphone has blue waterproof cover. Black plastic volume knob on side.
Inscription description
On metal label screwed onto back “PYE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD. CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND CAT NO. P500 SERIAL NO. C30 7115” “D/S” painted on back.
Acquisition Method:
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
Object Production
Production Place:
England
Materials:
plastic, metal, nylon
Maker:
Colour:
black, silver
Dimensions:
21(h) x 6(w) x 5( d)cms
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
467.2008.1
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
24/11/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Mountain Rescue
Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007