Kudos to Trevor Baylis for being honored as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
BBC News - Wind-up radio inventor gets New Year Honour
Baylis is best known for designing the windup Baygen radio. Back when, for Radio Netherlands I reviewed this portable that brought radio to the African bush. The receiver itself was a circuit board and the mechanism was a large spring wound by an external crank handle that folded into the case. No batteries required, the radio would operate for hours.
The analog dial left something to be desired, but the receiver did a sufficiently decent job to sort out the stronger broadcasters in the 60, 49, 41 and 31 meter bands. The later consumer iteration was overpriced for the NA and European consumer markets when compared to the available digital portable radios. The Baygen more than fulfilled the purpose of bringing radios to back-country places devoid of commercial power or supplies of batteries.
BBC News - Wind-up radio inventor gets New Year Honour
Baylis is best known for designing the windup Baygen radio. Back when, for Radio Netherlands I reviewed this portable that brought radio to the African bush. The receiver itself was a circuit board and the mechanism was a large spring wound by an external crank handle that folded into the case. No batteries required, the radio would operate for hours.
The analog dial left something to be desired, but the receiver did a sufficiently decent job to sort out the stronger broadcasters in the 60, 49, 41 and 31 meter bands. The later consumer iteration was overpriced for the NA and European consumer markets when compared to the available digital portable radios. The Baygen more than fulfilled the purpose of bringing radios to back-country places devoid of commercial power or supplies of batteries.
Trevor Baylis awarded CBE
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