Monday, March 09, 2009

Radio Romania International issues new QSL card series

Radio Romania International is issuing a series of QSL cards on vintage receivers for the
year 2009.

Jan 2009 QSL

PIONIER S 503 A, RADIO POPULAR, ROMANIA, 1950 Pionier S 503 A is a receiver made by Radio Popular, the name given after nationalization to the Romanian Anonymous Society Philips. Pionier is made after a Russian model, being the second type of receiver made in Romania. At
first, the receiver was electrically powered but later Radio Popular had to produce a different type of receiver running on batteries.

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Feb 2009 QSL

BLAUPUNKT 5W641, GERMANY, 1941 5W641 is a Blaupunkt radio receiver. Its design is simple and it was produced during WWII between 1940 and 1942. A small amount of metal was used to make this type of receiver. It was famous for the quality of its sound. The box of the receiver is double the size of the mechanism inside. It is operated on 6 waves, with extended short waves dial.

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Mar 2009 QSL

'RADIO POPULAR' GALENA, ROMANIA, 1949 'RADIO PROGRES' GALENA RADIO, ROMANIA, 1948

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(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

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