New Franzis shortwave radio kit

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Franz Miller, who writes:

“I’ve pasted a link below to the webpage at Conrad in Germany for yet another Franzis radio kit; no idea how good it is, but it looks neato-retro to me. Covers longwave, medium, shortwave VHF, & UHF, allegedly. Price on Conrad’s website is around 69 Euros.”

Click here to view the new Franzis Radio Kit on Conrad’s website.

I truly appreciate the reminder, too, that I have a previous model Franzis kit somewhere in storage that I need to unearth and build! I assume this new Franzis model also has a cardboard chassis.

Update–Tomas adds the following comment:

Here is a link to the Franzis site where there are several pictures and also a two minute video demonstrating the kit.

http://www.franzis.de/elektronik/lernpakete-elektronik/der-grosse-franzis-radiobaukasten#

Of course, for SW it only supports the 41-meter band.

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5 thoughts on “New Franzis shortwave radio kit”

Dave November 30, 2015 at 2:42 pm

Good news, this kit is available to the USA. Below is a link:
http://www.electronicsontheweb.sitecreatorplus.com/catalog/catalog.html

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Rafman April 19, 2015 at 7:40 pm

One of my readers noticed they will not ship to US or Canada?
If this is true, that is very unfortunate.
There is a growing thirst for nostalgic radios, especially kits…
I would hope they would reconsider offering kits to both, since there are many who want them & would gladly pay shipping to get one!
Afterall, success is driven by sales. Selling more kits is good, for success & for the pocketbook, to make more kits!?!

Rafman

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Tomas April 20, 2015 at 3:49 am

Hehe, now you know how it is for many people in Europe trying to buy from American companies or sellers 🙂

However, you can buy directly from Franzis instead of Conrad.de, they do ship worldwide and accept credit cards. You just have to brush up your german or use google translate.

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