| Lorenz community receiver? [Beitrag #13500] |
Fr., 01 Februar 2019 02:31  |
Thunderpelocho
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Hello members,
This Lorenz radio was found in bad condition in a remote village in Greece. I am seriously struggling to find its origin from my research. Here is what I know.
This radio was given to Greek communities on loan from the USA, in the early 1950s. The loan agreements were signed in 1951.
It is one of 929 Lorenz receivers and 81 RTA receivers given to communities as part of the Marshall plan, entered by greece in 2 July 1948 (UN Treaty 342).
The radios were finally passed over to Greek government from the USA government on 18 August 1954 (Treaty TIAS 3050 or 5 U.S.T. 1725, 1771 (1954)).
I have been in touch with radiomuseum.org who classified this as an unknown model, you can see it here (I created the page). https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/lorenz_community_radio_receive r_eca_da_unknown.html
This radio has similar chassis to Lorenz L45W, Schaub SG42 or 7K7 and Tefag T90W but significantly different power supply, output amplifier and audio input/outputs. This radio has one less AM band (no LW). It accepts a microphone and can be powered by DC.The chassis is metal and very heavy. Besides the Lorenz logo and the chassis number there is no other identification. At the back cover there is writing in English.
I have removed the tubes and stored them separately. 9 tubes in total, EF13 ECH11 EBF11 ECF12 EM11 EF12K EL12 EL12 AZ12.
Was this radio custom-made for this purpose? Was it bought as part of US military surplus? Did C Lorenz AG make it? I have reached a dead-end.
I am perplex and kindly ask for any information/ideas you might have that would help find out more about the origins of this radio.
Here are pictures:
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