Radio Broadcast Receivers for a Very Different Nation - The USSR

The development of system for radio broadcast reception in the USSR took a remarkably different path from that of western Europe and North America. The coverage area was huge, there wasn't an extensive AC mains network, and before 1953 most people in the USSR listened to the radio over wired, community speaker systems. Join Robert Lozier as he examines the development of a radio receiving system of thermoelectric generators, community speaker systems, importation of East German citizens and their technology, and the use of welding in place of soldering, in pre-1970s USSR. Help us preserve the history of electronic communications by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership/ Subscribe to the Antique Wireless Museum channel and you'll receive news of our latest video uploads.