Compact radio made of
ivory coloured polystyrene with three transparent plastic knobs.
Because of the large dial, the loudspeaker had to move
to the rear of the receiver. A perforated gold coloured
metal sheet is visible behind the scale. Behind the station
names, this sheet is painted black for better visibility.
A scale lamp illuminates the Radialva logo and the
scale.
In order to make these radios work on 220/230
volts, special plugs were made with a built-in wire-wound
resistor.
Medium wave (190-580
meters), long wave (1000-2000 meters), short wave (17-51
meters) and an extra spread 50 meter band (46-51
meters).
Many French radios in
that period had a continental and a colonial
version for the French overseas colonies. In these
models the long wave band was replaced by an extra short
wave band.
The first models were
introduced in 1951. In the 1953 model, a ferroceptor was
added in an area below the chassis.
Listen to "On the
Sunny Side of the Street"
by Don Byas (ts) and his Orchestra with
Christian Chevalier (p), Geo Daly (vib),
Pierre Michelot (b) and Richie Frost (d),
recorded July 12, 1952 in Paris
Back
Upper part of the chassis with the loudspeaker removed
Lower part of the chassis with the loudspeaker removed
Advertisement for the
Radialva Super Clips
Part of a Radialva leaflet with information about
the
Super Clips from 1952.
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