VreMax: Shortwave Radio... Veras RP225

Another transfer of a radio related post from my other blog - Vremax.

Soon there will be original content on this blog but for now quoting below.

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Continuing to catalog my shortwave radios... before throwing them all out (just kidding hehe).

Radio No. 3 is this 1999 VERAS RP 225 Radio Receiver, made in Grodno, Belarus.

 

Veras radios made by the Grodno Radio Factory (which is no more, thank you international capitalists) were clones of the famous Soviet-era OKEAN (meaning Ocean) radios. 

Here it is against the original box it came in.

It says Grodno Radiopribor Factory, the maker of this fine radio.

The box also shows the date of manufacture - 05.1996. And I think I bought in early 1999 in Moscow.

It cost me RUB 500, i.e. about 20 in dead presidents which is dirt cheap for a capable post-WWII type analog tuner, though outmoded and outdated at the time, of course. Still that's the way I like them.

Specs

• Year: 1996
• Type: Broadcast Receiver - post WW2 Tuner
• Semiconductors: transistors
• Wave bands: Broadcast, 1 LW, 2 MW, 5 SW and Russian UKW
• Power type and voltage: mains 220 V / 6 x 1.5 V
• Model: Veras RP 225, Grodno, Belarus
• Material: Modern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
• Shape: Portable set with handle (usable without mains)
• Notes: Coverage 2 MW, 1 LW, 5 SW bands and UKW (66-74 MHz)
• Net weight: 2.5 kg

Extra functions - electronic band switching and ability to tune to up to 4 stations and remember them for subsequent quick tuning. 

As regards shortwave reception it was somewhat better than my similar VEF 221.

Well, it's VERAS not BEPAC.

For some reason, I like these time-zone-against-continents schematics on tune dials.

My Sony ICF-SW12 also has it (as do others).

Back to our VERAS.

These are the four things (what do you call them) that allow you to tune in to your favorite station (up to 4), then simply fetch it by pressing a button on the front on the radio to save you the tuning effort and/or time.

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There is still an unbroken seal.

The longest collapsible antenna, almost reaches the ceiling in my flat.

It's plugged in and operating!

I also made a very poor quality mobile phone video just to show that it is capable of working.

VreMax: Shortwave Radio... Veras RP225: Continuing to catalog my shortwave radios ... before throwing them all out (just kidding hehe). Radio No. 3 is this 1999 VERAS RP 225 Radi...