With medium wave, long wave and short wave. The radio was produced for a long period: from 1953 until 1958. The technical design of the radio was a bit old-fashioned for the period (it was based on a 1941 Philips "four tube system" with loctal tubes), but is was quite dependable because of the proven design. Many radios were manufactured (it is estimated that more than a million of them were made) for export to the West as well as to other countries behind the Iron Curtain. The radio has a date stamp with the date 27 IV 1955. The radio, often called "bullet", became very collectable, because of its shape. The colour of the radio is a dark reddish brown with contrasting white knobs (urea formaldehyde on a bakelite core); the scale has 2 colours.