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Item nr.
Russian DX-er's paradise
| Production | USSR (Latvia), 1975. |
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| Bands | LW (150-400 kHz), MW (540-1600 kHz), SW1 (1.7-4.5 MHz), SW2 (4.7-7.7 MHz), SW3 (8.5-13 MHz), SW4 (14.8-16.3 MHz), SW5 (17.5-18.7 MHz), SW6 (21.1-22.3 MHz). |
| Semi- conductors | 10 transistors. |
| Cabinet | Plastic. |
| Power | Batt 6xD. |
The VEF radios (predecessor of this machine was the VEF204) were famous for their good reception and low battery consumption.
The dating is a rather wild guess. Clearly this kind of machine was produced during a long period of time. The design of the VEF204 goes back as far as 1960 (which I found hard to believe actually, until I got this Spidola 1) and at the other hand, radios like these were sold new in Cuba around 1989, thirty years later (as Spidola 232). This picture shows the VEF12 (1968-1973).
| Obtained | 4/2005 from Marktplaats (Peter van den Berg). |
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| Condition | 7. |
| Disposed | Sold 12/2005. |