03-12-2013, 09:39 AM
Even in early 1972, as a then newly qualified Radio Service Engineer I was only earning £25 per week, so prices for items such as those in that PW advert wouldn't have seemed quite the bargains they appear now. One of my early constructional projects was a 2-valve TRF receiver, based on the PW 'Denette' circuit published, IIRC, in 1967. The radio is long gone, but I'd guess the parts for it cost maybe the equivalent of at least £50 in today's money, yet in only consisted of two B9A valves & their bases, plus a couple of variable capacitors, some 'Denco' coils, a pot. and an o/p transformer & speaker, plus, of course, various Rs & Cs and an aluminium chassis.
