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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 7:52:06 PM on 11 January 2019.
	Crackle Location: Basildon, UK Member since 11 January 2019 Member #: 2320 Postcount: 8
Hi, I have just joined to see what is happening in the vintage radio world "down under". My name is Mike, I specialise in collecting STC, Kolster Brandes (KB) and ITT radios that were sold in the UK. Here is a link to my website where you can see my collection and other items of interest about KB http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/ thanks Mike

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 8:06:07 PM on 11 January 2019.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6763
Welcome to V-R. Your website is a credit to you. I was not familiar with Kolster Brandes. Are all of those radios pictured in your personal collection? If so, then it's very impressive!

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 8:59:59 PM on 11 January 2019.
	Crackle Location: Basildon, UK Member since 11 January 2019 Member #: 2320 Postcount: 8
Hi Yes every thing is in my collection unless the image is a smaller B&W one, I think there are about 4 radios where I have used a B&W image to link to the Radio Museum. I wonder why my link does not work in my first post, Mike

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 10:56:19 PM on 11 January 2019.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6763
I wonder why my link does not work in my first post URLs on here take some time to become clickable. I gather it's a security feature.

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 11:02:23 PM on 11 January 2019.
	Crackle Location: Basildon, UK Member since 11 January 2019 Member #: 2320 Postcount: 8
KB started in the UK as Brandes around 1924 and changed name to Kolster Brandes around 1928 Just before the war KB became part of Standard Telephones & Cables (STC) which in turn was part of the massive ITT organisation. KB made specific radios for export to places like Africa, India the Far East and Americas. I would be interested to know how many of these made it to Australia and which models. I know STC was fairly big in Australia, although your STC was almost certainly owned by ITT, the same as many of the companies bearing the name Standard, your STC models did not seem to be duplicated much here in the UK. I have one of your STC models in my collection. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/stcaus_capri_5101.html Mike

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 2:48:45 PM on 12 January 2019.
	Jimb Location: Kanahooka, NSW Member since 18 November 2016 Member #: 2012 Postcount: 712
Hello Mike. Thank you. What a great collection!

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 3:04:49 PM on 19 January 2019.
	Ian Robertson Location: Belrose, NSW Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2491
Yes Crackle, that STC would have been one of the last made by STC when they got out of consumer radio and TV in the early '60s. It looks like a "bits and pieces" model, that dial surround first appeared on a radiogram. The last STC "Bantam" is much more interesting with its intersecting box shape. At about that time STC made a range of TVs with PCBs, simplified design (and poor performance) in an attempt to survive the Credit Squeeze that killed off a number of manufacturers. Forgettable designs they were.

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