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Marconi Radio Valve Type LP2, by Marconi Company, England, 1930s

Inventory Number: 88183

Number of documents: 3


Document Type: Miscellaneous Note

Document Heading: Historical Background - British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association (BVA)

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The British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association (BVA) was established in July 1926 and was a registered trade union. It had been preceded by the Valve Manufacturers' Association, which had established a 'Memorandum of Sales Plan'. This agreement, which was signed by the seven major British valve manufacturers, secured a uniform practice in the sale of radio valves for broadcasting purposes in the UK. Practical examples included similar discounts and sales conditions, and were considered a form of restrictive practice. This association continued into the 1950s.


Document Type: Miscellaneous Note

Document Heading: Technical Details

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Marconi Type LP2 valve was of equivalent construction to the Cossor VR22 valve, amongst a significant number of others. This type of valve was popular and was used by almost all British armed services in the 1930s. As an audio output valve it produced 0.18 Watts. Power was a wet accumulator for the filament and a dry battery for the anode supply.


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Document Heading: Manufacturer Details

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Marconi-Osram Valve Co. Ltd. was founded in 1919, and took over the manufacture of Marconi valves from Ediswan, the trade name of the Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company Limited. The M-OV, as it was later known, was a joint Marconi-GEC valve-manufacturing company. It produced all of its valves at the Osram Lamp Works at Hammersmith, London.


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