Network tube radio receiver `` KIM ''.

Tube radios.DomesticSince November 1940, the network tube radio receiver "KIM" has been producing the Minsk Radio Plant named after Molotov. On December 23, 1940, by the 23rd anniversary of the revolution, one of the country's largest radio plants, the radio plant named after V.I. Molotov. The design department of the plant under the leadership of designer V.M. Shulkin, the KIM radio receiver was prepared for production. The receiver had a solid design for that time and good technical characteristics, was assembled on 6 radio tubes and had the ranges of DV 150 ... 430 kHz, SV 520 ... 1500 kHz and survey HF from 6 to 20 MHz. IF 128.5 kHz. Sensitivity 40 μV. Selectivity on the adjacent channel is not less than 26 dB, on the mirror channel 36 ... 55 dB. The nominal output power of the amplifier is 2 W. Audio frequency band 50 ... 5000 Hz. Dimensions 530x350x270 mm. By the end of 1940, 96 receivers were produced. The receiver also had the name `` KIM-6 '' according to the development number. '' KIM '' means '' Communist International of Youth '', since the core of the staff of the radio plant was made up of young people of various nationalities under the age of 30. Later, on the basis of the receiver, the models Pioneer, Marshal, Minsk and others were mass-produced.