Eddystone Est. 1925 , closed 1995 | United Kingdom

Eddystone Radio started life as Stratton and Laughton a subsidiary of Rainsford and Laughton, Birmingham fancy goods manufacturers, in 1925. Sets were produced by the company in bewildering variety. Eddystone receivers were used by many scientific expeditions of the 1930s, such as the British Arctic Air Route Expedition and the Hudson Strait Settlement Expedition. In 1935 work started on VHF experiments and portable Eddystone five-metre equipment was used by the 1936 Mount Everest Expedition.

In 1965, with the agreement of the Laughton family, Marconi set up a company called Eddystone Radio Limited and bought the assets, goodwill and trademarks of thr radio business from Stratton and Laughtons. The transition to solid state started in this period.

Around 1980 the company entered the broadcast transmitter field in partnership with the BBC. This was very successful and took things into the ‘90s when Eddystone and the BBC pioneered the new Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB).

During the 1990s demand for professional HF sets demised due to the end of the cold war and increasing satellite communication. Eddystone ceased production around 1995. Part of the company still lives on as Eddystone Broadcasting.

Eddystone 358 358
Desktop Shortwave receiver
194x-194x
RX
AM   CW  
40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
TX
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Eddystone 358/I 358/I
Desktop Shortwave receiver
194x-194x
RX
AM   CW  
40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
TX
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Eddystone 400B 400B
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1943-194x
RX
CW  
130-2200 kHz in 4 bands
TX
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Eddystone 504 504
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1946-194x
RX
CW  
0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 556 556
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1946-194x
RX
AM  
580-1340 kHz / 1.34-2.90 / 2.90-6.50 / 6.25-13.40 / 13.20-30.50 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 640 640
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1947-194x
RX
AM   CW  
1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12.6 / 12.6-32 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 670 670
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1948-195x
RX
AM  
0.5-30 Mhz
TX
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Eddystone 670A 670A
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1953-1960
RX
AM  
150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands
TX
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Eddystone 680X 680X
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1952-1962
RX
AM   CW  
480 kHz - 30 MHz in five bands
TX
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Eddystone 700 700
Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54
1952-195x
RX
AM   CW  
15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
TX
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Eddystone 710 710
Mobile Shortwave receiver
1949-195x
RX
AM   CW  
500 kHz - 30.6 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 720 720
Marine Shortwave receiver
1950-195x
RX
AM  
130-3750 kHz in 3 bands
TX
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730/10
Base Station Marine Receiver
1962-196x
RX
AM   CW  
0.5-28 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 730/4 730/4
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1957-1961
RX
AM   CW  
0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 730/6 730/6
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1959-196x
RX
AM   CW  
0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 730/7 730/7
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1959-196x
RX
AM   CW  
0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 730/8 730/8
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1959-196x
RX
AM   CW  
0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 740 740
Communications receiver
1950-195x
RX
AM   CW  
620-205 m / 1.4-3.8 / 3.7-10.6 / 10.5-30.6 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 750 750
Communications receiver
1950-195x
RX
AM   CW  
480-165 kHz / 1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12 / 12-32 MHz
TX
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760
Prototype VHF Receiver
1954-195x
RX
AM   CW  
19-165 MHz in 6 bands
TX
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Eddystone 770R 770R
Desktop VHF receiver
1953-195x
RX
AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
19-165 MHz in 6 bands
TX
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Eddystone 770R Mk. II 770R Mk. II
Desktop VHF receiver
1963-196x
RX
AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
19-165 MHz in 6 bands
TX
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Eddystone 770U / MkII 770U / MkII
Desktop VHF/UHF receiver
1964-1969
RX
AM   FM  
150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 820 820
Desktop LF/MF/VHF receiver
195x-195x
RX
AM   FM  
150-250 / 600-1550 kHz / 87.5-100 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 830/2 830/2
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1965-1969
RX
AM   SSB  
0.3-30 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 830/7 830/7
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1967-1973
RX
AM   CW   USB   LSB  
0.3-30 MHz in 9 bands
TX
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Eddystone 840/A 840/A
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1955-1961
RX
AM   SSB  
0.48-30.6 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 840/C 840/C
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1965-19xx
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 850/2 850/2
Desktop Shortwave receiver
19xx-19xx
RX
-
0.01-0.6 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 850/4 850/4
Desktop LF receiver
19xx-19xx
RX
AM   CW  
10-600 kHz in 6 bands
TX
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Eddystone 870 870
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1957-1959
RX
AM  
0.15-18 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 870A 870A
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1962-1963
RX
AM  
0.15-24 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone 880/2 880/2
HF Receiver
1959-1965
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.5-30 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 880/3 880/3
HF Receiver
1964-196x
RX
AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
0.5-30.5 MHz in 30 bands
TX
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Eddystone 909A 909A
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1964-196x
RX
AM   CW  
1.6-2.7 / 2.7-4.7 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 940 940
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1962-1969
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.48-30 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 960 960
Desktop Shortwave receiver
196x-196x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.5-30 MHz in 6 bands
TX
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962
Desktop Shortwave receiver
196x-196x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
8 fixed crystal positions
TX
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Eddystone 990R 990R
Desktop VHF Receiver
1967-19xx
RX
AM   FM   CW  
27-240 MHz
TX
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Eddystone 990S 990S
Desktop UHF Receiver
1968-197x
RX
AM   FM  
230-870 MHz in 2 ranges
TX
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Eddystone 1830/1 1830/1
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1971-1974
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.12-31 MHz
TX
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Eddystone E958/7N E958/7N
Desktop Shortwave receiver
19xx-19xx
RX
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0.01-30 MHz
TX
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Eddystone EB-35 EB-35
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1965-1970
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
TX
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Eddystone EB-35 Mk II EB-35 Mk II
Desktop Shortwave receiver
196x-197x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
TX
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Eddystone EB-35 Mk III (Statesman) EB-35 Mk III (Statesman)
Desktop Shortwave receiver
196x-197x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
TX
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Eddystone EC10 EC10
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1967-196x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.55-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone EC10 MkII EC10 MkII
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1970-197x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.55-30 MHz in 5 bands
TX
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Eddystone EC10A2 EC10A2
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1970-197x
RX
AM   CW   SSB  
0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz
TX
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Eddystone Orion 7000 Orion 7000
DSP Shortwave transceiver
2014-201x
RX
AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
10 kHz - 30 MHz
TX
CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
1.6-30 MHz
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