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Item nr.
For some time I had been longing for one of these Russian multiband portables. This one was fairly prices and in good condition.
| Production | USSR, 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. It seems that the design of the VEF204 goes back as far as 1960 (which I find hard to believe actally) and at the other hand, radios like these were sold new in Cuba around 1989, thirty years later. This picture shows the VEF12.
| Obtained | 5/1998 from Rommelmarkt Vollenhove. |
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| Condition | 10. |
| Disposed | Sold 2/2000. |