Турист - Turist ПМП-56 - PMP-56 below serial 140300

VEF Radio Works (Valst Elektrotechniska Fabrika, ВЕФ); Riga

  • Year
  • 1955/1956
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 76669

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Number of Transistors
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Batteries / addl. power jack / 1.5 & 78 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 cm = 3.1 inch
  • Power out
  • 0.1 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Турист - Turist ПМП-56 - PMP-56 [below serial 140300] - VEF Radio Works Valst
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 270 x 180 x 90 mm / 10.6 x 7.1 x 3.5 inch
  • Notes
  • Uses dry batteries 78 V and 1.5 V (2 x R20 parallel). The tubes are equivalent to DF96, DK96, DF96, DAF96 and DL96 except for the heater current.

    The radio can be operated from 110, 127 or 220 V AC mains by use of a bakelite "docking station" that supplies A & B voltage.


    Das Gerät wurde in den russischen Magazinen der Garnisonstädte in der DDR verkauft.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 2.4 kg / 5 lb 4.6 oz (5.286 lb)
  • Mentioned in
  • E.A. Levitin, Spravocnik po radiovesciatelnim prijomnikam, Moscow 1960
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Schematic (Past Soviet Union magazine "RADIO" Nr. 9 - 1957)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Zenonas Langaitis. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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