In
wooden cabinet, covered with brown pegamoid plastic with wood
grain motif. This is the first portable radio that
Philips introduced after WWII.The radio was called
"Picnic" in advertisements.
The knobs from left to right: on/off/volume,
wavelength switch, tuning.
The receiver has a frame antenna, but
and external antenna and earth can be connected as well.
There are three ranges, short wave:
16-51 meters, medium wave: 200-550 meters and long wave:
750-2000 meters. the intermediate frequency is 452 kHz.
The loudspeaker is a Philips 9728, diameter 17 cm.
The radio is powered by two
batteries: a 1.5 volt filament battery
(AD14) and a 90 volt B battery (B126). There are models
with two 45 volt B batteries (B104) as well.
The original price was f 195,-.
The full model number is
LX318B/07.It was available in
various colours.
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