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"Orbita 2" Pocket Transistor Radio (RRR, Riga) with Leatherette Case — Export Model

Object/Artifact

Small Soviet pocket transistor radio with its black leatherette carrying case and wrist strap. The radio has a cream/ivory plastic cabinet with a gold horizontally-ribbed speaker grille and a black dial face printed with the "RRR" logo, MW and SW bands (scales "×100 KC" and "MC"; SW meter bands 75/49/41/31/25), "ALL TRANSISTOR," the model name "Orbita 2," and a "TUNE" thumbwheel at the side; a sliding pointer travels behind the dial window. The back bears an embossed "SW / MW" slide switch, "FINE TUN[ing]" and antenna arrows, an "EARPHONE" jack at upper right, a sliding battery-compartment door, one screw, and "MADE IN USSR" embossed at lower left. The case is black leatherette with a chrome trim strip, a punched speaker grille, a wrist strap, a snap stud, and a rear window exposing the tuning control; a strip of blue adhesive tape repairs the lower back. All markings are in Latin script — an export model.

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The "Orbita-2" was a small eight-transistor MW/SW superheterodyne produced from 1970 by the Riga Radio Works (named after A. S. Popov), part of the RRR / Radiotehnika production association in the Latvian SSR. As an English-marked "MADE IN USSR" export unit, it represents the Soviet pocket radios distributed widely abroad, including to Cuba.

2025.14

Gift

Rīgas Radio Rūpnīca

1970s

Riga

Latvia

U.S.S.R.

Eastern Europe

Europe

Orbita 2

Manufacturer: Rīgas Radio Rūpnīca (Riga Radio Works im. A. S. Popov) / RRR – Radiotehnika, Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR. Model "Orbita-2." Date: circa 1970s — the Orbita-2 was introduced in 1970; this export unit postdates that.

Inscription

front

ALL TRANSISTOR Orbita 2

English

Inscription

back

EARPHONE FINETUNE MADE IN USSR

English

Front/dial: "RRR" logo; "MW," "SW"; "×100 KC," "MC"; SW meter marks "75 · 49 · 41 · 31 · 25"; "ALL TRANSISTOR"; "Orbita 2"; "TUNE." Back, embossed: "SW / MW" (slide switch); "FINE TUN"; antenna/tuning arrows; "EARPHONE"; "MADE IN USSR." All Latin script (export).

3.5 cm

7.5 cm

14 cm

(1) radio (plastic cabinet, dial, side tuning wheel, rear switches, battery door); (2) leatherette carrying case with wrist strap and snap closure.

Plastic

Leather

Molded plastic (cream and black cabinet); printed/laminate dial; metal (chrome trim and internal parts); leatherette/vinyl (case); textile/leather (strap); blue adhesive tape (repair).

Fair

Rīgas Radio Rūpnīca

producer

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

acquisition

Riga

Latvia

U.S.S.R.

Eastern Europe

Europe

production

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/radiotehni_orbita_2.html

The predecessor "Orbita" was a 4th-class portable transistor radio made by the Riga (Popov) Radio Works from 1965. "RRR" is the trademark of Rīgas Radio Rūpnīca / Radiotehnika, Riga.