Golborne Vintage Radio

I am embarking on a radio restoration of the above set but wondered what the differenced were between the U319 and the U319A?

Regards Nick

Trader 1416 covers the U319. Fairly standard live chassis design. Trader sheet available here: https://elektrotanya.com/ekco_u319_am-fm...nload.html

I can't find service data for the U319A. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ekco_u319a.html

It's easy to find other people's accounts of doing work on a U319.

Jeff, thank you - I do have the 'trader' printout 1416 which covers the U319, however, as you say there does not seem to be any info on the U319A - this later model could be a colour edition - I understand that at some point Ecko produced a bright red edition in order to keep up with fashion trends! so it could as simple as a colour change, It is likely I will be getting an example of both models - to make one good radio from the two - so if I can see any differences between them I will post these on here.

Regards Nick

It's quite a decent set (it's Ekco by the way, not Ecko - common mistake!).

The relatively large cabinet does mean the dropper resistor runs cool, and the sound quality is helped by the large cabinet.

I do find on VHF that the tuning drifts over the first 10 minutes though.

The "A" version seems to use a ribbon/twin feed for the connection to rear panel built in aerial instead of a single wire.
Likely some other minor changes.
I have an earlier wooden Ekco set in the attic using a DM70 magic eye with filament powered from O/P valve cathode.

Edit
This one
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ekco_u243_u_243.html

Likely one of the first Ekco models with FM. Likely very similar to the U319/U319A.