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In March of 1934, Russia's first domestic television set was produced
at the at the Kozitskogo radio factory in Leningrad. The set
consisted of a mechanical Nipkow scanning disk, a radio receiver for
the visual information, and a synchronizing unit. The set was designed be sold
to radio amateurs to test reception of 30 line transmissions from Moscow. It was
also available as a kit.
The sound of the
telecast was received by the
''ECHS-2''
receiver which had been made in
the Moselektrik plant since 1932. The loudspeaker was a
"Zarya" model, made in the Kalinin plant in Moscow. (The
photograph shows the complete set - audio receiver and speaker on
top). Both video and audio channels were in the medium wave range.
Images were orange in color, since a neon lamp served as the light
source. The size of the image with the magnifying lens was 30 x 40
mm. The television set had tuning knobs for frequency, brightness and
synchronization. The dimension of the receiver was 270 x 320 x 200
mm. It weighed 8 kg.
Additional information is available from this
Russian website,
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