240
Item nr.
Ship or farm set.
| Production | The Netherlands, 1962.
Price was 225 guilders. |
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| Bands | LW (800-2000m), MW (180-550m), SW (13-49m). |
| Semi- conductors | AF115 (converter), 2x 2SA12 (IF stages), OA79 (detector), 2x 3LR (AF stages), 2x 5LP (ouput). |
| Cabinet | Wood, with plastic front and metal grille. Size 35x18x13 cm. Weight 2.4 kg. |
| Power | Batt 7.5V (5 D-cells). I play it on a small 9V block battery. |
Ten years before, tube radios were still in use in such places, like the Philips LX381B. In the late fifties, transistor radios appeared and although most models were portables, the table top market was also served with models like this Novak. The receiving qualities of this little energy-economic device are impressive. It receives dozens of MW stations even during the day, and tunes LW and SW as well. Short Wave will be of limited use, because the simple dial does not allow accurate and stable tuning.
| Obtained | 5/2004 from Tony Ouwehand. |
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| Condition | 7. |
| Disposed | Sold 7/2014. |
| Sound sample | PLAY SOUND In 1961 the construction of a concrete wall through the big city of Berlin started. Berlin of the sixties, with its Checkpoint Charlie, the exchange of caught spies, and the mine fields, is now considered the hot spot in the cold war. |
I didn't manage to take these parts apart (didn't want to break anything) and therefore I couldn't cleanse the front as thoroughly as I had wished. Also, I couldn't repair the play in the tuning knob. I can't imagine that this radio is very worthy, but I somehow like it a lot and sometimes take it outside in the garden to listen to goldie oldie stations.