The Shortwave listener's pride of the turn of the century.
Data for Philips BX591A
Production
The Netherlands, 1949.
Price was 360 guilders.
Bands
LW MW 4xSW.
Tubes
ECH21 EAF42 EAF42 EBL21 AZ1 EM34.
Cabinet
Wood.
Weight 10,5 kg.
Power
AC 50W.
The Design
Who said the tubes in a single radio have one or at most two different bases? This radio has four different bases, Loctal, Rimlock, Octal, and Side-contact.
Obtained
4/1986
from Queen's Day Market.
Condition
8.
Disposed
Sold 6/1997.
This Object
Once I had a similar type, given to me by a school friend. It became so bad that I disposed it, but later regretted this. Fortunately I found the same radio on a flea market years later and enjoyed it again for over 10 years. Later I had a similar Philips BX594.
Part of Gerard's Radio Corner.
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