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I do like the practical simplicity of the station selector, plain but effective and easy to use....
Something about this receiver which took my eye recently, March 2005. Made around 1946 and I quote from
Robert Hawes's superb book Radio Art the following regarding this wireless..
" This early British battery valve personal portable, made by PAM, was a crude forerunner of the Walkman,
having a pair of lightweight earphones instead of a loudspeaker. The thick walled bakelite case, approximately 15.2cm x 20.3cm
x 20.3cm ( 6 x 8 x 8 inches ) has the quality of a wartime instrument case perhaps obtained as government surplus after the
War. It is thought to date from the 1940's period "
thanks to Radio Art for this quote.
Many small wireless manufacturers took advantage of the vast amount of surplus materials and stock made
available and sold off cheaply at the end of WW2..... this resulted in the manufacture of some very unusual and sometimes
innovative sets, of which in my opinion the P.A.M certainly falls into this category. Very thick bakelite casing has been
cleverly adapted to hold the complete works, valves etc in a confined space.
Contex Mechanical Adding Machine 1950's Sterling model
IT'S BAKELITE YOU KNOW !!!! ( WWW.BAKELITEMAN.COM )
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