SHOWCASE
4
German Wehrmacht Radios
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WR 1 - Wehrmacht troops entertainment receiver
(WR =
Wehrmacht-Rundfunkempfänger). Frequency
bands: LW (150…425 kHz), MW (517…1540 kHz) and SW
(5.9…15.5 MHz). Powered by 2B38 lead storage battery and 90 VDC dry battery. Using loctal glass tubes DCH 25, DF 25, DAC 25, DC 25, DDD 25 and DF 26. To
be continued after the picture set...
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WR 1 was manufactured by "Blaupunkt" from late
1941. Previous model, WR 1/T, was manufactured
by "Blaupunkt" from 1940 using metal tubes DCH 11,
DF 11, etc. Despite
letter "T" in model designation, all of WR 1/T
receivers have been manufactured by "Blaupunkt",
not by "Telefunken". And they always had the
"WR 1" designation on their metal labels, never
"WR 1/T". Yet manuals for the first WR 1 model of
1940 listed it as "WR 1/T"… Shortly
after "Blaupunkt" second version of WR 1 receiver
arrived in 1941, "Philips-Valvo" started
production of a similar receiver under the name WR 1/P. There is a sample of WR 1/P receiver in our
Showcase No.9.
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