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1957/58 Philips First All-Transistor Pocket Radio in Elegant Black
In a Nutshell Introduction: Europe's first transistor radios arrived late in the game in 1957, compared to US (Regency TR-1) and Japanese (Sony TR-55) brands. They mostly had 7-transistor chassis' with the Ge pnp transistors OC44, 2x OC45, 2x OC71, 2x OC72, the RF transistors often also being country-specific 2N412/410 or 2N219/218. Here we have Philips' first fully transistorized pocket radio L1X75T "Fanette", as opposed to their first portable L1X71T "Evette", also from 1957. Philips radios have unique type code model numbers, but most portables have in addition an alias French female " ...ette" name all along the alphabet: Annette, Babette, Colette, Dorette, Evette, Fanette, Georgette, .... Philips operated production facilities in many countries and also exported country-specific models made in Dutch Eindhoven and Belgium Leuven. Fanette was extremely popular since it was available in almost every country and in a number of colors. Black in my opinion fits best the understating simplicity and elegance of this timeless design. There are a plethora of different dials; my radio has a stationized, obviously European and unusual dial, as it shows no frequencies, but only wavelengths. The chassis does not have a PCBoard but is assembled on a pertinax board with point-to-point handwired connections. A 4-page Service Manual is freely available at ref.2. Like the portable car radio also on sale Fanette is extremely service-friendly. The model number L1X75T/81R is enciphered as follows:
ref.1: https://www.pa3esy.nl/Philips/ontvangers/l1x75t/html/l1x75t_set.html ref.2: https://nvhrbiblio.nl/schema/Philips_L1X75T.pdf (4-page Service Manual) ref.3: https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_fanette_l1x75t.html ref.4: http://www.abetterpage.com/wt/euro/Fanette.html ref.5: https://youtu.be/34jVtA6Us3Q About my Radio: Fanette was designed in 1957, and sold between 1958 and 1960. My radio has serial number A72623 and was made around October 1958, as concluded from the parts used. The radio is in mint and working condition. The cabinet has no cracks, chips, offending scratches or discolorations, and has been painstakingly cleaned, inside and out. The volume pot and tuning cap have been deoxydized and the optimal alignment checked. The radio plays fine with strong volume, no static and no noticeable distortions. Reception was so strong that I did not have to go again to Vancouver to take the youtube video (ref. 5, or click on thumbnail 12) - I took it this afternoon here in Chilliwack. Please e-mail me (Kris) for any questions, ich spreche Deutsch, je parle Français. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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