Vintage 11 / 2023
This Philips 11RL463 portable radio was manufactured by the French Philips factory in Bobigny in 1966. It has three wavebands, MW, FM and LW, which was particularly important in France because the popular stations France Inter, Europe 1, RMC and RTL could be heard well on long wave in large parts of the country and beyond. So this receiver was ideally suited for this, it has a large loudspeaker that sounds good despite its plastic housing, was state-of-the-art with 9 transistors; and its 4 large "D" type batteries were absolutely long-lasting. Today, it can still keep up well on FM, while the era of transmitters on medium wave and long wave is coming to an end, at least in central Europe. It still works very well and it's such fun to use it!
Vintage 11 / 2023
This Philips 11RL463 portable radio was manufactured by the French Philips factory in Bobigny in 1966. It has three wavebands, MW, FM and LW, which was particularly important in France because the popular stations France Inter, Europe 1, RMC and RTL could be heard well on long wave in large parts of the country and beyond. So this receiver was ideally suited for this, it has a large loudspeaker that sounds good despite its plastic housing, was state-of-the-art with 9 transistors; and its 4 large "D" type batteries were absolutely long-lasting. Today, it can still keep up well on FM, while the era of transmitters on medium wave and long wave is coming to an end, at least in central Europe. It still works very well and it's such fun to use it!