Photos courtesy of Henrich Busch http://www.seefunk.hbusch.de

ABOVE IS THE REDIFON R408 RECEIVER WHICH WAS USED AS THE MAIN RECEIVER ON A LOT OF VESSELS, IT WAS THE START OF A NEW  ERA IN SHIPS RECEIVERS, ESPECIALLY WHERE ACCURACY OF TUNING WAS CONCERNED, WHEN GKB/C SAID ' QTC LSN GKH ' YOU COULD GET THERE QUICKER THAN THE OPERATOR AT GKA , AS OPPOSED TO THE ELECTRA OR ATALANTA, WHERE IN WEAK SIGNAL CONDITIONS IT WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT WITH THE POOR TUNING CALIBRATION TO FIND HIM RIGHT OFF. 'TEXACO HAMBURG' HAD ONE OF THESE AS THE MAIN RECEIVER, AS DID ' ESSO NORTHUMBRIA '