[Milsurplus] Russian radio construction techniques

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Trying to figure out the “why” of a Russian design generally means going back to the various organizations involved. That gets you to people and their relationships. They always put far more effort into materials research than the west did. They had an enormous number of “neat ideas looking for a home”. Each had a patron and a certain amount of pull here or there. Net result, things got tried out. If they worked, they became more popular. If they had no real merit, they vanished, usually to be re-born a decade later with some tweaks. 

Bob



> On Mar 30, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> A friend of mine who collects and restores USA and foreign radios just received a 1958 Russian receiver, model "Iskra 53" and has discovered that in his words, "rather than normal solder all of the component connections are made with brazed copper that must have been done with some sort of hand held copper wire feed arc welder!  In other words, it is impossible to unsolder any joints in the radio!"
> 
> Seems pretty odd.  Dave Stinson has suggested that maybe the Stalinists were running short of lead.  Or maybe the radios were meant to be unmodifiable by the common people.
> 
> Anybody else seen anything like this?  I can send pix to anyone who wants to see the radio's innards.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Clare
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