Sputnik {Спутник}

Voronezh POLIUS Radio Works

  • Year
  • 1957
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 98292

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 7
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 4 × 1,25 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Power out
  • 0.13 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Various materials
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Sputnik {Спутник} - Voronezh POLIUS Radio Works
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 185 x 125 x 49 mm / 7.3 x 4.9 x 1.9 inch
  • Notes
  • Second portable transitor radio in Soviet Union. Producibled in Voronezh Radio Works from 04/1957. Small serie. Wooden case wreathed in modern plastic.
    Supply: 4×1,25 V Zn+Cd accumulators and removable solar cell block. Two special sockets for solar cell are on radio case top.
    Only 2000 sets producibled, experimental series.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 0.9 kg / 1 lb 15.7 oz (1.982 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 51.00 RUR
  • Source of data
  • -- Collector info (Sammler)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Zenonas Langaitis. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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