c.1959 Pygmy Ultron
Coat pocket / small portable radio, thermoplastic cabinet
6 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 5/8 inches / 175 x 100 x 41 mm
2-band MW/LW, superheterodyne circuit
Seven transistors (COSEM: SFT105, SFT 107, 2x SFT122, SFT152, SFT 153, one unidentified)
One tubular 9-volt battery
Manufactured by Pygmy; Paris
Red front, pale green back — the giant brass-colored thing sticking out of the cabinet's right side is the on/off-volume knob.
The Pygmy Ultron has a tuning dial that differs from most other European
Radios: it shows both frequencies and specific broadcasters on both the MW and LW bands ("PO" is MW and "GO" is LW on French-made radios). And what makes this model especially unique is how it switches between the two bands: turning the tuning dial pointer to the bottom of the MW band knocks a slide-switch to LW, and turning the tuning dial pointer to the top of the LW band knocks the slide-switch to MW (see photos below).
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