Gerard's Sokol 308

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Item nr.

Sokol 308 Portable

Russian portable with low FM

**Data for Sokol 308**
Production	USSR, 1976.
Bands	LW, MW, FM (66-73MHz).
Cabinet	Plastic. Size 24x14x7 cm .

The Design

The 66 to 73 MHz range has been in use for FM broadcasting in Eastern Europe, but now a switch to 88-108 has been made. The band was hardly used in Western Europe, only for some company communications. Thus, the Eastern FM radios can be hardly of use anymore.

Obtained	11/2007 from Bazar Kosice.
Condition	6.
Disposed	Sold 7/2014.
Sound sample	PLAY SOUND We have no transmitters in the 66 to 73 MHz range, but the band is not completely silent because of mirror frequencies. I think Sokol used a 10.7 MHz intermediate frequency, because I hear Radio 2 (92.6 MHz) with the dial at 71MHz. Today's speaker takes us back to the sixties.

This Object

Usually I find repairs or modifications in my radios quite

well done, but this radio had a built in power supply that worked badly, was lousily done, and presented dangers of both shortcircuiting and electrocution. Several jacks had been removed to accomodate this supply. Some time ago I had bought an almost infinite surplus of 9V power supplies, in the form of these bad Hape Intercoms. I sacrificed one to give Sokol a decent power supply.

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