ENSIGN MODEL 5MO 'PACEMAKER' (1940)

The Ensign model 5MO was manufactured for Electric Lamphouse Ltd by Collier & Beale Ltd in 1940.

Other radios based on the same chassis:

The first-ever Pacemaker, model 5MO - a 5-valve broadcast band mantle radio.

Sold under the Ensign brand, but appears to be absolutely identical to the Pacemaker brand.

Ensign 5MO 'Pacemaker'
Dominion, 13 December 1940

Technical Information

Valves (5): 6A8G, 6K7G, 6Q7G, 6F6G, 5Y3G

Intermediate Frequency: 465kc/s

Frequency Bands: 1

Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version)

Service information (cb-model-5mo-pacemaker-5v-bc-ac-1940.pdf) here

1940 Pacemaker 5MO

1940 Pacemaker 5MO

General Construction Notes for Collier & Beale Ltd:

Model numbering followed no real sensible scheme until around 1940 - and prior to 1934 apparently no model numbers were assigned at all.

From 1940 a 3- or 4-digit system was employed where the first digit indicates the number of valves, the second digit is the number of bands and the third is the year of manufacture.  From 1950 the last digit became two digits, eg: 5151 is a 5-valve broadcast-band only from 1951.

From 1957 model numbers were replaced with model names, ie the Pacemaker Buffalo - which makes the year of manufacture hard to determine unless service info is consulted (although C&B often released service info after the radio, and the date on the service info was for its release, not that of the model.

Other documented models using this chassis (2 in total)

YEARMODEL NAME
1940 Pacemaker model 5MO