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This is the Philips PL 75997 or Antoinette Transworld, but
I knew this better as the 22RL798. For a number of years this was my main
short- and medium wave rig. Build in 1970 and not quite up to standard
for the 80s, but nevertheless I heard a lot with this radio. I clearly
remember hearing WRNO for the first
time with this radio, back in 1982 when the station was still kind of a
novelty.
The radio featured almost continuous coverage of short wave, medium-
and long wave and FM. Build in were a ferrite rod, a FM dipole and a loop
for short wave. It also had a RF gain, but no filters apart from the standard
6 or 7 kHz IF filter.
Later on a home build audio notch filter was put before the final audio
amp to improve reception of long wave beacons, which at the time I was
very much interested in. With a one meter square magnetic loop for medium-
and long wave reception was quite reasonable and I also logged a lot of
local British stations and one or two trans-Atlantic stations. FM reception
was also great and with a dipole I could pick up AFN from Volkel. After
heavy use for a number of years and transistors constantly blowing up,
this heafty piece of equipment was finally trashed. By that time I had
bought an ICOM IC-R70. |
