• Country
• Soviet Union

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Aleksandrov Radio Works (ARZ)

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 91214

• • alternative name: Alexandrov

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6D6 6D6 6A7 6B7 76 53 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 127; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: SVD-1 {СВД-1} - Aleksandrov Radio Works ARZ

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 600 x 380 x 300 mm / 23.6 x 15 x 11.8 inch

• Notes
• First class radio. Radios SVD series - best russian radios till WW2. Prototype SVD construction was RCA radio, model 140(SVD case - from RCA model 10T-1). Total producibled about 7000 SVD-1 sets in 1936. Later - model SVD-M.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 25 kg / 55 lb 1.1 oz (55.066 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Past SU magazine RADIOFRONT Nr.18 -1937

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic

• Author
• Model page created by Zenonas Langaitis. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 39 models, 38 with images and 31 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Aleksandrov Radio Works (ARZ)