• Year
  • 1964 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 86105

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 2 x 4.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Power out
  • 1 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Caralux PR167 - Perdio Electronics Ltd. /
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 12.5 x 8 x 3.5 inch / 318 x 203 x 89 mm
  • Notes
  • A seven transistor battery portable radio covering MW (190 - 560 metres), LW (1150 - 2000 metres) and MW Bandspread (a high frequency section of MW centred on 208 metres Luxembourg). The cabinet is moulded plastic with a metalised plastic grille. Sockets for tape recorder and car aerial. Elliptical loudspeaker 8 x 5 inch. Uses two 4.5 volt AD28 battery packs.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 6.75 lb (6 lb 12 oz) / 3.065 kg
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Data from my own collection
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • ERT Service Chart 1570 dated December 1 1966

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