• Battery: Vidor L5039 (90v HT) & Vidor L5041 (1.5v LT)

• Wavebands: Medium 180-550m, Long 1150-1900m

• Valve lineup: DK91, DF91, DAF91, DL94

• Released: January 1952

• Original price: £9 12s 7d (purchase tax and batteries extra)

This Vidor does not have its original knobs and is the first battery valve portable I bought. It features a lid-mounted on/off switch.

This set uses 50mA valves as opposed to the 25mA versions found in the model 420A.

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Last updated 3rd July 2001