Products
Below you will find a complete list of all the various radios, radiograms, etc, (and a few TVs – see bottom of the list) that L McMichael Ltd and subsequently McMichael Radio Ltd produced between 1920 and 1955. As you can see, there are a few unknowns, particularly the dates in the 1920s, so that I would be very grateful for any information which would help to fill in the gaps.
To get some idea of batch quantities, dates and survival rates, I have been recording serial numbers of as many sets as possible – I have collected over 900 so far. I would be very pleased if you could e-mail me the serial number of any sets that you might have.
I haven't given descriptions of the various sets, as most people know what it is that they have… However, if you have a model that is proving to be difficult to identify, please send me whatever details that you can, together with a photo or sketch if possible, and I'll do what I can to tell you what it is, and what servicing information, etc is available for it.
Radio
1920s radios
192- | Crystal Set | 192- | Single Valve Set |
192- | MH1 | 192- | MH2 |
192- | MH2A | 192- | MH2B |
192- | MH3 | 192- | MH4 |
192- | MH4R | 192- | MH4RT |
192- | MH4XR | 192- | MH/TA1 |
192- | MH/TA2 | 192- | MH.LC |
192- | MH.BR2 | 192- | MH.BR2A |
192- | MH.BR3 | 192- | MH.BR4 |
1924 | MH.BR4A | 192- | MH.BR4.DE |
192- | MH.BR.HF | 192- | Loop Aerial |
1925/7 | 7 Valve Superhet | 1926/7 | Supersonic Unit |
192- | Dimic Three | 1927 | Dimic Four |
1928 | Screened Dimic Three | 1928 | 5 Valve Portable |
1928 | Dimic Three | 1929 | HT & LT Mains Unit |
1929 | Mains Screened Dimic Three | 1929 | Super Range Portable Four (1) |
1929 | Super Screened Portable Four | 1929 | Super Range Four |
1930-34 radios
1930 | Mains Three | 1930 | Super Range Portable Four (2) |
1930 | Radio Filter | 1930 | Battery Three |
1930 | Wave Trap for Portables | 1930 | M.H.R.K. Loudspeaker |
1930/1 | Mains Three | 1930/1 | Battery Three |
1931/4 | Colonial Supersonic Four | 1931 | Moving Coil Mains Receiver |
1931 | Super Range Portable Four (3) | 1931 | Radio Gramophone |
1932 | Duplex Four Type C | 1932 | Duplex Four Type S |
1932 | Duplex Mains Four | 1932 | Twin Speaker Radiogram |
1933 | Duplex Four Type CMC | 1933 | Duplex Four Type SMC |
1933 | Duplex Four Type CF | 1933 | Duplex Four Type DS |
1933 | Duplex Super Five (1) | 1933 | Duplex Super Five (2) |
1933 | Twin Supervox | 1933 | DC Twin Supervox |
1933 | Twin Supervox AVC | 1933 | Lodex Five |
1934 | AC Superhet | 1934 | Twin Speaker Superhet |
1934 | Superhet Mains Transportable | 1934 | Duplex Transportable Class B |
1935-39 radios
1935/6 | Model 135 | 1935 | Model 235 |
1935 | Model 335 | 1935 | Model 435 |
1935 | Model 535 | 1936 | Model 135U |
1936 | Model 361 | 1936 | Model 362 |
1936 | Model 362C | 1936 | Model 363 |
1936 | Model 364 | 1936 | Model 365 |
1936 | Model 366 | 1936/7 | Model 367 |
1936 | Model 368 | 1936 | Model 369 |
1937 | Model 137 | 1937 | Model 137U |
1937 | Model 371 | 1937 | Model 371U |
1937 | Model 372 | 1937 | Model 373 |
1937 | Model 374 | 1937 | Model 375 |
1937 | Model 378 | 1937 | Model 401 |
1937 | Model 401U | 1938 | Model 138 |
1938 | Model 380 | 1938 | Model 380U |
1938 | Model 381 | 1938 | Model 382 |
1938 | Model 385 | 1938 | Model 386 |
1938 | Model 387 | 1938 | Model 388 |
1938 | Model 389 | 1938 | Model 802 |
1938 | Model 803 | 1938/9 | Model 808 |
1939 | Model 390 | 1939 | Model 391 |
1939 | Model 393 | 1939 | Model 394 |
1939 | Model 396 | 1939 | Model 398 |
1939 | Model 399 | 1939 | Model 903 |
1940s radios
1944 | Wartime Civilian Receiver | 1945 | Model 451 |
1946 | Model 451SB | 1945 | Model 452 |
1946 | Model 463 | 1947 | Model 471 |
1947 | Model 471U | 1947 | Model 472 |
1947 | Model 472U | 1947 | Model 475 |
1947 | Model 476C | 1948 | Model 481 |
1948 | Model 481U | 1948 | Model 482 |
1948 | Model 482U | 1948 | Model 483 |
1948 | Model 484 | 1948 | Model 485 |
1948 | Model 486 | 1948 | Model 487 |
1948 | Model 488 | 1948 | Model DL1 |
1948 | Model DL2 | 1949 | Model 491 |
1949 | Model 491U | 1949 | Model 492 |
1949 | Model 493 | 1949 | Model 494 |
1949 | Model 495 | 1949 | Model 498 (Twin Supervox) |
1949 | Record Reproducer | | |
1950s radios
1950 | Model 501 | 1950 | Model 502 |
1950 | Model 505 | 1950 | Model 508 (U) |
1950 | Model 50XT | 1951 | Model 151 |
1951 | Model 251 | 1951 | Model 551 |
1951 | Model 851U | 1952 | Model 352 (Batman) |
1953 | Model 153 | 1953 | Model 553 |
1953 | Model 853 (U) | 1953 | Model 535 (Clubman) |
1954 | Model 154 | 1954 | Model 354 |
1954 | Model 554 | 1954 | Model 545 |
1954 | Model 854 (U) | 1954 | Model TT4 |
1954 | Model 101 | 1954 | Model 102 |
1954 | Model 104 | 1955 | Model 155 |
1955 | Model 255 | 1955 | Model 555 |
1955 | Model 855 (U) | 1955 | Model FM55 |
Television
1936-39 | Model 800T | TV development is mentioned in the blue McM history booklet. The book "Historic Televisions and Video Recorders" by Michael Bennet-Levy refers to a pre-war 10" model costing £63-0-0 which may well be the model 800T. |
1948 | Model DL1 | some fitted with TVs - or were these just protoypes? |
1948 | Radiovision | 12" TV & radio console |
1949 | Model 909 SC | Bookshelf 9" TV |
1949 | Model 912 | 12" TV with legs |
1951 | Model TM51 | 12" TV |
1951 | Model 512 | 12" TV table? |
1951 | Model 512RV or 512R | 12" TV & radio console |
1952 | Model TM52 | 12" TV |
1952 | Model C52 | 12" TV console |
1952 | Model CR52 or C52R | 12" TV & radio console |
[1952 | Model 112 | broadcast unit for CR52 – not sure if this had a separate number] |
1953 | Model TM53 | 14" TV |
1953 | Model C53 | 14" TV console |
1953 | Model CR53 | 14" TV & radio console |
1953 | Model TM317 | 17" TV |
1953 | Model C317 | 17" TV console |
1953 | Model CR317 | 17" TV & radio console |
[1953 | Model 113 | broadcast unit for CR53 & CR317] |
1954 | Model TM54A | 14"? TV |
1954 | Model TM54B | 14"? TV |
1954 | Model C54/54A | 14"? TV console |
1954 | Model CR54/54A | 14"? TV & radio console |
1954 | Model TM417A | 17" TV |
1954 | Model C417/417A | 17" TV console |
1954 | Model CR417/417A | 17" TV & radio console |
[1954 | Model 114 | broadcast unit for CR54 & CR417] |