BELL OAK MANTLE (1954)

The Bell Oak Mantle was manufactured for various retail outlets by Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd in 1954, it was in production for 2 years.

Other radios based on the same chassis:

The Oak Mantle was a 5-valve broadcast band Colt chassis in a solid oak (natural or dark coloured) cabinet. 

This was the predecessor to the Planet model and is typically sighted with a 5B4 or 5B5 Bell Colt chassis fitted.

Bell Oak Mantle
Radio and Electrical Review, June 1955

Technical Information

Valves (5): ( ECH41 or ECH42 or ECH81 ), EF41, EBC41, EL41, EZ40

Intermediate Frequency: 462kc/s

Frequency Bands: 1

Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version) Early versions used all rimlock valves, however later versions replaced the ECH41/42 with a noval ECH81. Some chassis' were stamped with 5B4, but not all of them.

Other documented models using this chassis (2 in total)

YEARMODEL NAME
1954 Bell Colt 5B4