06-02-2015, 03:29 PM
Welcome to the forum Barry.
Sorry I can't find a circuit for your Defiant.
However if you search the forum under 'Books & Literature' you'll find 'The Story of Defiants' which explains how and why the Co-Op movement came to market radios under that brand name. Basically, as an act of defiance when the radio manufacturers tried, but failed, to bring the Co-Op to heel to try to stop them paying dividend to Co-Op member as this was seen by the makers as a form of discount on the retail price.
The manufacturers had wrongly assumed that if they refused to supply the Co-Op with radios, the Co-Op would capitulate. The makers hadn't forseen the possibility that the Co-Op would introduce its own range of radios, from which Plessey and Brimar did very nicely. Every Defiant radio sold by the Co-Op was a lost sale to other radio makers so it turned out to be a massive own goal. Just one of a number of monopolistic and anti-competitive practices by radio and valve manufacuers in the 1930s.
The Co-Op was also banned from exhibiting at the Radio Show as that show was arranged by radio manufacturers.
Good luck with your Defiant restoration Barry.
Sorry I can't find a circuit for your Defiant.
However if you search the forum under 'Books & Literature' you'll find 'The Story of Defiants' which explains how and why the Co-Op movement came to market radios under that brand name. Basically, as an act of defiance when the radio manufacturers tried, but failed, to bring the Co-Op to heel to try to stop them paying dividend to Co-Op member as this was seen by the makers as a form of discount on the retail price.
The manufacturers had wrongly assumed that if they refused to supply the Co-Op with radios, the Co-Op would capitulate. The makers hadn't forseen the possibility that the Co-Op would introduce its own range of radios, from which Plessey and Brimar did very nicely. Every Defiant radio sold by the Co-Op was a lost sale to other radio makers so it turned out to be a massive own goal. Just one of a number of monopolistic and anti-competitive practices by radio and valve manufacuers in the 1930s.
The Co-Op was also banned from exhibiting at the Radio Show as that show was arranged by radio manufacturers.
Good luck with your Defiant restoration Barry.
Regards, David.
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