In a Hands across the Irish Sea gesture we are indebted to Galway's Tommy Ruddy for the final fifteen minutes of BBC Radio 4's longwave output... and on what looks to be Pye's magnificent 1780 model unless I'm mistaken!
And how easy to operate in contrast to navigating a screen: ON/OFF, volume, tone and band selector besides an auto-tune toggle for wavering FM frequencies.
There again I can't see a means of tuning anywhere... crap these old radios.
Nonetheless let's ignore that for a moment to enjoy 'Sailing By' or the tune that has preceded the late shipping forecast for more than fifty years:
Ed. No aerial required for LW reception... stick that up your modulated frequencies.
