Gerard's Tesla 306U

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Tesla 306U Talisman

An attractive little bakelite radio from Tesla, the former Philips Elektra plants in Czechoslovakia.

**Data for Tesla 306U**
Production	Czechoslovakia, 1952.
Bands	LW MW SW.
Tubes	UCH21 UCH21 UBL21 UY1N.
Cabinet	Bakelite. Size 26x16x14 cm. Weight 2.5 kg.
Power	ACDC 110/220V.
Documents	Circuit diagram.

The Design

The Talisman series was extremely successful with about a million copies produced between 1949 and 1958. In Czechoslovakia, with no competition and no import-export with competitive countries, innovation was not a major issue, and besides, the radios were actually very good and well built.

Obtained	11/1996 from Rommelwinkel Praag.
Condition	9.
Disposed	Sold 6/2002.

This Object

My Talisman was produced in December 1952. I bought this Tesla in November 1996 in Prague for 700 crowns (50 guilders) and it had to wait until March 1998 for a complete cleanup. The radio suffers low sensitivity, but it receives the local stations very well and found a place in our living where I use it almost daily to listen the news for some time.

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