KOLSTER-BRANDES
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KOLSTER-BRANDES |
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Footscray, Sidcup, Kent (1953)
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| KB780 | KB790 |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE |
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| <=Sep38 | KB780 | C | 12" | 19 | £46-4-0 | ||
| <=Sep38 | KB790 | C Mirror-lid |
12" | 26 | Inc. radio | £57-15-0 |
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![Picture of EV40 [5K]](../../dbase/kb/ev40.jpg) |
| CV40 | EV40 |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| <=Apr48 | CV40 | C | 12" Brimar C12A |
19 | 1ch S/Het¹ | Shown at the 1947 Radiolympia. An early example of the use of obtaining EHT from the line drive circuit. |
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| DV40? | S/Het¹ | |||||||||
| EV30? | S/Het | Later available for London ('L' suffix), Birmingham ('B') and Holme Moss ('HM') | ||||||||
| ~Oct49 | EV40 | C | 19 | S/Het (London) |
AC |
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| EV40B | S/Het (Birmingham) |
![Picture of GV40 [6K]](../../dbase/kb/gv40.jpg) |
![Possibly model FV40 [6K]](../../dbase/kb/fv40_maybe.jpg) |
![Picture of JF40 console [8K]](../../dbase/kb/jf40.jpg) |
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| GV40 | Possibly FV40 | JF40 | HF60 | Possibly HT60 |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| EV50? | S/Het¹ | |||||||||
| Nov50 | FV30 | T | 12" Al. Brimar C12B (Alum.) |
18 Brimar |
1ch S/Het | Still on sale January 1953 ! |
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| Nov50 | FV40 | C | Slide-out panel to cover CRT when not in use. |
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| May51 | FT50 | C | 18+Radio | Inc. radio |
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| <=Aug51 | GV40 | T | 14" | 20 | AC |
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| <=Aug51 | GF40 | C | 14" | 20 | AC |
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| <=Aug51 | GF60 | C | 17" | 20 | AC | (?) | ||||
| ~Apr52 | HF40 | C | 14" Al., rect C14BM |
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| HF60 | C+D | 17" Al., rect C17BM |
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| HT60 | C | incl. 6-valve radio. |
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| Nov/Dec52 | HV40 | T | 14" Al. Rect C14BM |
20 (19?) |
S/Het | AC |
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| Nov/Dec52 | JF40 | C |
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![Picture of KV35 [7K]](../../dbase/kb/kv35.jpg) |
![Picture of LFT50 console [5K]](../../dbase/kb/lft50.jpg) |
![Picture of MV50 [7K]](../../dbase/kb/mv50.jpg) |
| KV35 | LFT50 | MV50 / MV60 |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| Nov53 |
KV35³ | T | 14" Al. Rect | 16 | 5ch (diff coils) | AC/DC |
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| Sep54 | LVT30 | T | 14" C14FM | 16 | 7ch (Extra channels could be added later) |
ERT #1060 (8Dec56) |
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| Sep54 | LVT50 | T | 17" C17FM or C17JM | 17 Brimar |
12ch | Basically the same chassis as the LVT30 but with the addition
of flywheel sync (hence extra valve). Trader #1191 |
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| May54 | LFT50 | C |
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| Sep54 | LFT60 | C+D |
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| Feb55 | LFT100 | T | 21" C21HM |
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| MV30 | T | 14" C14FM | 16 | 13ch derivative from KV35. BRT TV91 Aug56 |
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| MV50 | 17" C17FM | |||||||||
| Sep55 | MF50 | C | 17" | 18 | ERT #1042 (4Aug56) |
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| Nov55 | MV60 | T |
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| ? | HF60 | C+D |
![Picture of NV40 [7K]](../../dbase/kb/nv40.jpg) |
![Picture of MV100 [5K]](../../dbase/kb/mv100.jpg) |
![Picture of QV30 [7K]](../../dbase/kb/qv30fm.jpg) |
![Picture of OV30 [7K]](../../dbase/kb/ov30.jpg) |
![Picture of QF80 Majestic [6K]](../../dbase/kb/qf80.jpg) |
| NV40 | MV100 | QV30FM "Queen" | OV30 | QF80 "Majestic" |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| Oct56 | NV40 "New Queen" | T | 17" | 17 | 13ch | ERT #1096 gives release date of september. |
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| NF60 | C |
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| MV100 | T+Legs | 21" C21KM, C21TM or MW53/80 |
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| NF70 | C |
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| Aug57 | OV30 "New Queen Special" |
T | 17" C17PM or C17LM |
13, 14 or 15! | ERT #1152 gives release date of June. |
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| Feb58 | PV70 "Kolstar" | 21" | ||||||||
| Feb58 | PV100 "Regina" | 24" | ||||||||
| Dec58 | OV30/1 | |||||||||
| Jan59 | PV100/1 | |||||||||
| Sep58 | PVP20 "Royal Star" | Transp | 17" C17SM |
14 | 13 | PVP30 is same as PVP20 but in different cabinet. |
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| Jan59 | PVP30 |
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| Mar59 | QV20 | T | 17" Brimar C17SM |
13 | 10(!) | AC Only |
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| QV30 | As QV20 but with push button tome control and on/off switch, and also with built-in aerial. |
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| KV025 and KV125 | TV20 Viceroy |
| DATE | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| Mar60 | QV30FM "Queen" | T | 17" AW43-88 or C17AA |
14v | 14ch plus 4 VHF radio swicth positions |
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| Mar60 | QV70FM "Kolstar" |
Consolette | 21" C21AA |
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| Mar60 | QF80 "Majestic" | C + D |
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| Aug60 | RV20FM "Princess" |
17" AW43-89 or C17AF |
Slim version of QV30FM using 110-degree CRT. |
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| Oct60 | RV30FM "Imperial" |
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| Feb61 | SV30FM "Imperial de-luxe" |
19" |
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| Aug61 | TV15 | T | 19" C19AH |
13 | 13ch rotary tuner |
Provision for UHF tuner. |
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| TV20 Viceroy | 4-button piano key type tuner |
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| TV30 | T+D |
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![Click for larger view [138K]](../../dbase/kb/Ad/fv30_40.jpg) |
![Click for larger view [83K]](../../dbase/kb/Ad/fv30hf60.jpg) |
| FV30 / FV40 Advert from December 1951 Link to larger view [138K] |
FV30 / HF60 Advert from January 1953 Link to larger view [83K] |
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| One of the new seven-ton delivery lorries purchased towards the end of 1954. |
Display item for use by dealers. Circa January 1957 |
| Notes : | 1/ | Models CV40, DV40 and EV50 (London versions) were tuned to the upper sideband. |
| 2/ | Quoted tax may be wrong ? | |
| 3/ | Model KV35, Trader sheet #1140 gives release date of Sep53 as well as different price. |
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