VEF Spidola (Latvian: VEF Spīdola, Russian: ВЭФ Спидола) was the first mass-producedtransistor radio with short wave band in the Soviet Union (tube short wave receivers were produced for many years before). It was manufactured by the VEF factory in Riga, Latvia, since 1962. A small series under the name "Spidola" (Спидола ПМП-60[1]) was manufactured since 1960.[2][3] It was named after the fictional witch Spīdola from the Latvianepic poem.
VEF Spīdola (1960)Restyled VEF Spīdola-10 (1963)VEF Transistor-10 (1965), export issue of VEF Spīdola-10, with additional short wave band. Also known in UK as Convair-10
In many cases, the Spidola was used to listen to Western stations (such as the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, BBC, Deutsche Welle). The criminal prosecution of at least one Soviet dissident involved confiscation of the Spidola as an "instrument of crime," but without specifying the "crime" committed with the confiscated Spidola.[5]
In Chukchi, the word spidola is generic for any portable transistor radio.[7][8]
There have been cases where, in criminal cases against Soviet dissidents, Spydolas have been confiscated as instruments of crime because they could be used to listen to Voice of America broadcasts (the good selectivity of the jamming stations meant that they had less impact).[9]
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