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).
Internal request for advice on choosing between three radio sets (Ekco, Philco, Marconi) for a customer's Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\2\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 7th January 1936 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST. at W. ~6153. Hnl0/MD/7.1.36. Bl6-DK - Mr. Walter Gilling. We have been appealed to by this customer to help him choose a radio set. He wants to know which is the better set of these three:- The Ekco; Philco, and Marconi. He says he understands the Ekco is not affected by overhead tram wires, and that the Marconi outfit does not call for suppressors on the plugs. He suggests that if suppressors are necessary, we may advise the special "radio plugs" made up by Champions. We shall of course, tell Mr. Gilling that we cannot recommend any radio set, but we would like to be able to give him the benefit of the investigations you have conducted in this matter, by telling him which of the three sets mentioned may be expected to give him good service. Will you please tell us which of the three you consider is to be preferred, bearing in mind the limitations in the way of accommodation for the set on a Bentley. We should be grateful for an early reply. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||