One circuit radio
issued around 1940 under
Hungarian
Regent and Head of State, Miklós
Horthy, and based on the German "Deutscher Kleinempfänger"
DKE38
from 1938. This model was not as popular as the German DKE. The number of radios produced is not exactly known but
must have been in the region of 30,000 to 45,000.
Production period: 1939-1941. There is also an AC/DC
version of this radio: the 011U.
The radio was also made by other makers: these makers used the type numbers 22V/22U
(Philips),
140V/140U/141V/141U (Telefunken) and 2010 (U version) and 2011 AC version)
(Standard).
The reddish brown bakelite casing looks like that of
the German Volksempfänger DKE, but it has more ornaments
and it has a square gap for the loudspeaker. The radio can only receive medium wave
(280-850 meter), whereas
the German DKE receives both medium and long wave.
The left
knob operates the input coils coupling, the right knob
operates the reaction variable capacitor.
In the rim above the speaker the
Hungarian state coat of arms is visible.
A small number of radios were made with
the Orion logo instead of the Hungarian coat of arms.
Listen to "Schön
Rosmarin" by Fritz Kreisler, played by the
Hungarian violist Albert Ferenc, recorded in 1940
Inside
On the left, the
radio before restoration. A number of new components can
be seen. On the right, the radio as it is
now, with restored capacitors and other components.
A remarkable detail: the loudspeaker is made of pressed
cardboard.
On the
right the gold coloured VCL11 valve can be seen,
on the left the smoothing capacitors and the VY2
rectifier. Below the two smoothing condensers a
simple
lever power switch
is situated.
Next to the
transformer, a pertinax plug-pin plate is visible with a
fuse and four sockets. The radio can be used on four
different voltages: 105, 125, 150 and 220 volts.
Below the
transformer a pertinax plug-pin plate with 3 sockets for
antenna and earth.
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Picture from a catalogue
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by Morvai Rádio, Budapest: "The Hungarian provider of culture"
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