Bush DAC 10 Radio Restoration - Part 1

I dont know about you, but I find a nice bush difficult to resist so today we will be taking a look at a Bush DAC 10 classic Britsh radio receiver.

The Bush DAC10 radio was introduced in 1950. It uses a chassis similar to the DAC90A, but the DAC10 has push-button pre-set station tuning as well as manual tuning. There are two pre-set buttons for medium wave and one for long wave, making the radio easy to use.

The DAC10 is another classic from Bush. They look good and they sound good, which makes them an ideal radio for every day use around the home.

Original price £14 10s later reduced to £13 19s 8d (purchase tax extra)
Manual tuning on long and medium wave plus three pre-set buttons
Valves – UCH42 UF41 UBC41 UL41 UY41
AC/DC Supply
 
Bush rose from the ashes of Amplion who made speakers for British Gaumont cinemas and thus had links with the film industry.The radios were advertised in Gaumont cinema foyers as "A Gaumont British Product".  Murphy experienced problems keeping at the forefront of technology and lost creditability with their dealers, many of which changed over to Bush. At some point Murphy became part of Bush and the company trade as Bush - Murphy in Chiswick, London. In 1945 because of their links to the film industry, Bush Murphy became part of the Rank empire and changed the name to Rank Bush Murphy (RBM).  A new satellite factory was opened in Plymouth in 1949. During the mid 70's (When they were one of my major customers! I worked then for RCA Solid State having previously been with both Mullard & STC) ) they moved the entire operation to Plymouth.  In 1972 the name was changed again to Rank Radio International (RRI). Following several years of mounting losses  they tied up with the Japanese to become Rank Toshiba in 1978. This lasted just 3 years, and in 1981 finally folded. Toshiba became sole owner of the Plymouth factory. The Bush name now belongs (along with Alba) to an importers in Barking, E London.

Additional Information Sources:

https://www.radio-workshop.co.uk/feat...

http://www.richardsradios.co.uk/bushd...

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