This trader advert from
April 1950 highlights the Champion Skymaster portable radio - the mains
capable version of the "Tourist".
Let the Champion Skymaster
Serve you with Sales!
The Mains-Battery Portable
Which Finds Favour Everywhere;
Indoors and Out
Skymaster features:-
4-Valve and Rectifier 2-Waveband Superhet. Weighs only 8½ lbs. (without
Batteries 6¼ lbs). Superbly finished in the new design airplane cloth,
matching knobs and escutcheons in cream urea. Long Range, Perfect Tone,
for indoor and outdoor use. Full details of this and the Champion Range of
Radio and Electrical appliances and accessories, trade terms etc., from:
Champion Electric Corporation, Seaford,
Sussex
Retails at £13 (Inc. Batteries) plus purchase tax £2. 15. 8.
Also advertises:
Venus:
5 Valve Superhet in a beautiful plastic cabinet in a range of lovely
colours. Retail price £19. 2. 4. inc PT.
Meteor:
5 Valve Superhet in Cream Urea. 3-waveband. 10 ½" x 6" x
6". Retail price £12. 2. 2. including PT
Championette:
A masterpiece in miniature. Full rich tone 6 ½" x 4 ½" x 3
½". Retail price £10 including PT.
London Office: 16, Berkeley Street, London
W1. Telephone MAYfair 6774.