Vintage electronic · United Kingdom · 1950
Bush DAC90A
Bakelite table radio, AC/DC
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Date
- 1950
- Era
- 1940s–50s
- Condition
- Working, restored
- Rarity
- Common
- Maker
- Bush
- Model
- DAC90A
- Technology
- Valve
- Voltage
- 200–250 V AC/DC
- Operational state
- Working
About this object
The archetypal British valve radio: a brown Bakelite cabinet with a gilt dial and a five-valve superhet chassis. This one has had its wax capacitors replaced and a new mains lead fitted, and pulls in Radio 4 on long wave as it did in 1950.