From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from EKCO regarding a car radio calibration issue and a lost part for an experimental 40/50 car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\2\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 11th May 1935 | |
| W. S. VERRELLS Chairman & Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} K.{Mr Kilner} COLE Sub-Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} R.{Sir Henry Royce} PRING R.{Sir Henry Royce} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} CORNWALL Directors EKCO ALL-ELECTRIC and BATTERY RADIO TELEGRAMS EKCO SOUTHEND-ON-SEA TELEPHONE SOUTHEND 49491 8 Lines Y6953. RIC/JP E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} K.{Mr Kilner} COLE LTD EKCO WORKS SOUTHEND-ON-SEA 11th May 1935. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. West. Your Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/MA Dear Sirs, We note from your letter of the 8th inst., that the scale on the car radio set on the experimental 40/50 car is not calibrated with the latest station arrangements. This last change in wavelengths was not put into effect until after the receiver was delivered to you. The lock nut for the key switch must have been lost during the installation work at Park Ward's, and we enclose herewith one of the latest scales and a new nut as requested. We do not think you will have any difficulty in fitting these, but think that some difficulty may be experienced in getting the calibration exactly right. If this is the case, we shall be very pleased to exchange the whole receiver for a new one with the latest scale, factory tested. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} K.{Mr Kilner} Cole Ltd., Rex L. Cowley CAR RADIO ENGINEER. IMPORTANT NOTICE. "LIMITED LICENCE" "Ekco products are patented and are supplied upon condition that the recipient accepts a licence under the patents and agrees to sell only at the prices fixed by the Makers. Violation of this by anyone renders him liable for damages." | ||