Seventy years ago, the British radio hobbyist with 30 shillings in his or her pocket might want one of these receiver kits. The broadcast portable would allow private listening nearly anywhere, and the other set would inexpensively introduce him or her to the short waves.

According to the Bank of England inflation calculator, that works out to about 30 pounds in 2025 money.

They appeared in the October 1955 issue of Practical Wireless