Network tube radio receiver `` Leningrad '' (Festival).
Tube radios.DomesticSince May 1957, the Leningrad network tube radio receiver has been produced in an experimental series by the Leningrad Defense Plant No. 794. In mid-1956, the Leningrad Defense Plant No. 794, of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, together with IRPA, began work on the creation of a top-class remote-controlled receiver. Plant No. 794 only in 1958 came under the jurisdiction of the Leningrad Council of National Economy, therefore, the reference refers to the receivers produced since 1958. Since 1965, the plant has been reorganized into the Leningrad plant `` Radiopribor ''. By the beginning of 1957, the receiver was created, its serial production was prepared and pilot production began in May 1957. In the process of release, its design and electrical circuit underwent improvements, in particular, the VHF unit was replaced (originally it was different), with a more sensitive one. And if the passport sensitivity on the VHF-FM subsequently did not change and was 5 μV, then in reality it did not exceed 15 ... 20 μV, that is, the VHF-FM station that was on the old block was bugged on the verge of noise appearance with the new VHF-FM block. were heard by 20-30%. The release of the radio was slow for numerous reasons, one of which was the retail price, which was 3,500 rubles, in the monetary disappearance of those years, and the average salary was then 300 ... 400 rubles per month. In 1957, the documentation for the radio was transferred to the A.S. Popov Riga plant, where it was produced from the beginning of 1958 under the name `` Festival '', and its retail price was reduced to 2,760 rubles. At the Leningrad plant number 794, the production of the Leningrad radio receiver also continued, but in a small series. In total, about 300 copies of the Leningrad radios were produced. Accordingly, with the start of the production of the radio receiver at the A.S. Popov Riga plant, the retail price of the Leningrad radio receiver also decreased to 2,760 rubles.
