WINAGE REDIO Philips BX205 B-01 superhet radio

摘要

I bought this radio a couple of years ago on eBay.It didn't work,and as I couldn't immediately figure out why,I got bored with it.So it sat in a corner(metaphorically speaking)for quite a while.With the previous lockdown in Melbourne,"one of these days"finally arrived,so I decided to resurrect it.Its tuning covers two bands: the usual medium-wave band from 530kHz to 1600kHz,plus a shortwave band from about 5MHz to 16MHz.It uses four battery valves with 1.5 V filaments,but there is no battery compartment.It came with a cord attached,but no plug on the end.Presumably,the idea was that you wired it up to a pair of batteries hidden away in a nearby cabinet.As it has no internal loop or ferrite rod antenna,it requires an external antenna.It doesn't seem to be a model made specifically for Australia as the dial does not show radio station names,just a rough indication of frequency and wavelength.