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Item nr.
A radio that opens borders
Production | Albania, 1980. |
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Bands | MW (530-1600kHz), SW (6-12MHz). |
Semi- conductors | 7 transistors (BF255, 2x BF254, 2x EFT322, 2x J7801) and 2 diodes. |
Cabinet | Plastic. Size 27x16x10 cm. |
Power | Batt 4xC. |
Documents | Schema. |
For many decades, until 1993, Albania was a very closed country. It was difficult to get in and difficult to get out. With this little radio, the citizens could at least listen to foreign radio stations. To us the radio looks very much like a sixties model, compare for example the Constant TR-745 on the right, but Albania produced these in the eighties. Short wave reception is not very good, but perhaps this was deliberate, as the great communist leader Enver Hoxha didn't like his people to listen to foreign stations.
Obtained | 6/2006 from Dritan Pajenga. |
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Condition | 7. |
Disposed | Sold 6/2018. |
Sound sample | PLAY SOUND Balkan-style song, recorded November 18, 2006. |
I visited Albania (city of Elbasan) in 2003 and received this Albanian radio a few years later as a present from one of my Albanian contacts.