The plans for this handsome little two-tube set appeared seventy years ago this month in the May, 1953, issue of the British Practical Wireless magazine. The set tuned both long and medium waves, and according to the construction article, it would pull in most of the BBC stations with reasonable volume.

Since the set relied on a transformer to run from the AC mains current, the design was quite safe. Tuning was accomplished by a switch attached to individual trimmers for each station.