1P24B Russian tube

[toptip]

Russan car radio

Thank you very much! Looks right.

I think mine may be made in 1989 — per the barely visible plate on the radio — but i figure, just like the car itself, it was probably produced unchanged over many years.

 

[sser2]

1989 impossible. That time the next car model, GAZ-24, was already discontinued. GAZ-21 was discontinued in late 60s.

Btw, there is no 1P24B in this radio. This tube was not sold to the public, the only civilian gadget using this tube that I know of was MELZ Foton UV light source.

 

[toptip]

Russian radio

That is very possible. I thought 1989 only based on this vaguely legible script.

 

[sser2]

What I see is 1968.

 

[toptip]

Volga radio

So this radio works...kind of.

The speaker output is very weak but that could be something on the radio side, not the transistor amp.

I could not tune in anything on the AM scale.

On FM, using a 70 to 108MHz transmitter on 71MHz, I was able to receive a very weak output. Even with the transmitter antenna touching the radio’s, reception was barely audible, but of good quality.

I will check the B+ which is supposed to be 135VDC but beyond that not sure where to start.

I have to say access is better than many car radios. Case parts come off all sides.