Many of us still have working receivers at home, on which the manufacturer's labels say "Рига-103, Рижский радиозавод им. А. С. Попова (RRR), Радиотехника, Рига", or one of the Czech versions. Many of these receivers still have very decent characteristics and, wonder at the world, modern devices manufactured today by the method of consumer "consumable goods" do not even want to compare with their parameters. "Cheap and useless" has become a synonym for practically everything that the electronics market has to offer today.
Radio receivers from Riga…
Podnik Radiotehnika v meste Riga siaha svojou históriou až do roku 1926, when he began to produce under the brand "AL" (Абрам Лейаовиц) about 40 different models of receivers. Receivers from companies such as Telefunken, Kramolin, DeTeWe, Lumophon a podobne, ktorých modely sa stali vzorom nielen zapojením, ale aj vzhľadom.
Over the years, other plants for the production of radio receivers were established in Riga, and the production of more or less successful models gradually grew. In the year 1933 to bol závod „А Апситиса и Ф. Жуковского“, ktorý na začiatku svojej existencie vyrábal asi 20 typov prijímačov.
Keď v roku 1951 došlo k premenovaniu na „А. С. Попова“, závod používal ešte obe logá, a až po roku 1971, so zavedením oficiálneho názvu závodu "Рижский радиозавод им. А. С. Попова (RRR)", sa začalo trvalo používať druhé, známejšie logo s tromi písmenami „R“.
You can find more about the history of radio receiver production in Riga at:http://www.radiopagajiba.latbs.lv/RRR/rrhist.htm
Development and innovation
Over the years, the plants have of course updated their models according to the development of electronics in the world. In the range of products we can find not only tube gems such as Riga 10 – Радиоприемник 1 класса (1952–1958 г.), ale aj tranzistorové prijímače z neskoršieho obdobia, ktoré sa objavovali aj na našom trhu.
Many different types were imported to us, but they were always modified for our market. In some cases, it was detrimental - not only in terms of appearance, but also in wiring modifications.
Medzi známe modely patria napríklad prijímače Riga 101, Riga 102, alebo asi jeden z najznámejších – Rīga 103 (1967–1974, Transistor Radio Receiver – РПП-1).
Modely Selena, which could only be obtained here with luck, are still sought-after devices for radio listeners - primarily due to the high-quality processing of the input circuits and the decent design of the intermediate frequency.
Almost all models produced by the plant from the year 1926 až po súčasnosť možno nájsť na stránke:http://www.radiopagajiba.latbs.lv/RRR/rrrhome.htm,
where there are also diagrams of many receivers and other more detailed information.
73, Petr OK1RP