Ramona 62118 radio receiver

The *Ramona* radio receiver, manufactured in 1960-1964 in Dzierżoniów. The *Ramona*, fondly nicknamed the “piglet”, is a mains-powered superheterodyne, designed to receive long, medium, short and ultra high frequency waves, and was equipped with amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) systems. Design work on the device was done by a team that included metalworker Jan Kowalczyk, who was responsible for designing the appearance of the housing. Its bilaterally convex, lens-like shape created a trend in Polish industrial design of the 1960s. In recognition of its originality, the radio was awarded a gold medal for the most impressive model in the Polish collection at the 30th Poznań International Fair in 1961. That success led to the *Ramona* being exported to the United Kingdom and other European countries. Manufacturer: Zakłady Radiowe Diora, 1961 Inv. No.: MIM 914/V-207 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA