Gerard's Philips 22RL798

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Philips 22RL798 World receiver

Big multiband portable

**Data for Philips 22RL798**
Production	The Netherlands, 1969. Price was 549 guilders (1970).
Bands	LW (2000-725m), MW (580-185m), 4xSW (187-71.4m, 71.4-37.5m, 37.5-18.75m, 18.75-11.1m), FM (87.5-108 MHz).
Semi- conductors	AA119 (limiter diode), AF121 (FM RF), AF125 (FM conv), BA102 (AFC), AF125 (AM conv), AF125 (IF for FM), AF126 (IF), AF126 (IF), AA119 (detector AM), 2xAA119 (det FM), BA114 (control diode), AC126 (LF), AC127 (LF), AC125 (AF), 2x AC128 (output), 2xBA114 (stabiliser).
Cabinet	Plastic. Size 35x25x12 cm. Weight 4.4 kg.
Power	Batt 6xD or adapter.
Documents	Schema, advertisement flier.

The Design

The model is quite prestigeous: it was expensive, big, and has very good audio. There are, however, no special reception tricks to make it a really good receiver. No RF amplification for AM, single conversion on all bands, no BFO. The fine tuning for AM is a nice try, but with over 10MHz on a single band it doesn't help to create a precise shortwave receiver. The sensitivity of the radio is satisfactory, but mirror rejection is simply poor: I receive Radio Nationaal (1296 kHz and not a very strong station) on 400 kHz at LW. In my opinion the radio is nice as a broadcast receiver, but for weak station DX, beacon reception, ham communication and CB (27Mc) the design has simply too many shortcomings. FM is great, though. I receive a great number of stations, also from Belgium (over 100 km away).

Obtained	10/2001 from Second Hand Willy, Eindhoven.
Condition	8.
Disposed	Sold 1/2002.

This Object

Like many world receivers of the era, the radio has a time conversion dial and a world map.

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