GEC International 'Supertransistor' radio
model G819

serial no.005202 

GEC International Supertransistor Long medium and short wave portable transistor radio housed in plastic case. It has six transistors, uses four 1.5 Volt cells. made in UK 1964?

The on/off switch on the tone control potentiometer is missing and has been replaced by the previous owner with a slide switch on the side of the case.

This is one of a number of radios which belonged to the late Ron Griffiths which were given to me by his widow in 2013. Ron was was an engineer, working for himself and making parts for other firms. He made some items for the Pastorelli firm - brass cases for surveying equipment that is used in tropical climates - and also brass parts for Cambridge Instruments.