Canvas on wood cabinet in two colours: lavender
blue and creme white. Gold coloured grill. With medium
wave, short wave and long wave. Switchable antenna input
for use in a car. Connection for earphones. Power
source: 9 Volts (2 4.5 Volts batteries). The model name
is not known. Six
transistors: RCA 2N370, Thomson 36T1 (2 x),
Thomson 965T1, Thomson 941T1 (2 x). The date of the radio is based
on the year code (1A) on the RCA transistor.
The radio was made by Radialva. It
looks very similar to the Transclub portable made in
1959 (picture on the right).
Listen to "Une
boum chez John"
by Johnny Hallyday,
recorded in 1961
Back
Top: built-in antenna, lower left
corner: battery pack with two 4,5 volts batteries.
Transistors by RCA and Thomson; the loudspeaker
(2,5 ohms, diameter 12 cm) is made by Audax.
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