Hi all
I have just acquired an ex RNLI lifeboat type 97/MX radio receiver built by Coastal Radio of Edinburgh circa 1950s.
Looking for any information on these such as which boats they were used on (I assume Watson class?), the model of the matching transmitter, years in service etc.
I have seen an old RNLI film on YouTube from 1952 where one is shown for a few seconds, but the image is naturally quite blurry and impossible to read the makers plate on the transmitter.
Do the RNLI archives in Poole hold old boat inventories perhaps, which might list equipment fitted to a particular boat?
Any help gratefully received!
Jonathan,
M0ZGB
I have just acquired an ex RNLI lifeboat type 97/MX radio receiver built by Coastal Radio of Edinburgh circa 1950s.
Looking for any information on these such as which boats they were used on (I assume Watson class?), the model of the matching transmitter, years in service etc.
I have seen an old RNLI film on YouTube from 1952 where one is shown for a few seconds, but the image is naturally quite blurry and impossible to read the makers plate on the transmitter.
Do the RNLI archives in Poole hold old boat inventories perhaps, which might list equipment fitted to a particular boat?
Any help gratefully received!
Jonathan,
M0ZGB