Eighty-five years ago, Britain was at war, but that didn’t stop the March 1941 issue of Popular Wireless from carrying instructions for building this 4-tube superheterodyne portable receiver, comparable with commercial sets. The “all dry” designation refers to the battery, which was a dry battery. A single “Type H” battery was used, as it contained one tap for the 1.4 volt filaments, as well as a higher voltage for the B+.

The construction article was to continue in the next month’s issue.