• Battery: Ever Ready B136 (combined HT 90v & LT 1.5v)

• Wavebands: Medium 194-550m, Long 1040-1765m

• Valve lineup: DK96, DF96, DAF96, DL96

• Released: June 1953

• Original price: £9 10s - plus taxes and batteries

Ahhh! The Royal Family Of Ever Ready!

The 'Sky Queen' has a common chassis with the 'Sky King' and 'Sky Prince'. The Queen is the most nondescript excuse of a rexine-covered box I have ever seen. It's redeeming feature is decent sound quality and a groovy clear perspex handle.

I have five of these sets - all in various stages of tattiness - and I am thinking of luridly coloured PVC as new covers to jazz them up a little.

Last updated 29th May 2006

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