Gerard's Philips L2D22T Nicolette

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Philips L2D22T Nicolette Portable

German Philips portable.

**Data for Philips L2D22T Nicolette**
Production	Germany, 1962.
Bands	LW (150-262 kHz), MW (517-1612 kHz), FM (87.5-104 MHz).
Semi- conductors	AF114 (FM RF stage), AF115 (RF conv.), AF116 (AM conv. and FM IF stage), 2x AF116 (IF stage), OC75 (AF amp), 2xOC74 (output), OA90 (FM mixer), OA79 (AM det.), 2xOA79 (FM det.).
Cabinet	Plastic. Size 17.5x10.5x4.5 cm. Weight 650 gr.
Power	Battery 4xAA, draw 25mA.
Documents	Service documentation.

The Design

In Germany the use of the FM band caught up earlier than in The Netherlands. This is beacuse the Allied forced occupying Germany after the second World War didn't allow MW broadcasts. Philips portable designs of those days were unbelievably crowded: the components are partitioned over three circuit boards (one shielded and serving as FM tuner) in this little radio! The Intermediate Frequency (IF) for the FM band is 6.75MHz, while virtualy all other radios use 10.7MHz here. This German type is similar to the Dutch L2X22T, except on this radio you can see the German Kanäle, and the Dutch radios didn't have the exotic girls' names.

Obtained	3/2001 from Marco van As.
Condition	7.
Disposed	Sold 8/2012.
Sound sample	PLAY SOUND Given the tiny design, the sound quality of this radio is fairly good.

This Object

I got the radio through an exchange against tubes. The German type name is Nicolette, but perhaps Nicotine was more suitable as the radio was covered with brown sticky dirt (see before-picture on the left). I cleaned it, and the battery contacts as well, and the radio works.
The top segments of the antenna are missing.

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