I've never really seen or heard a documentary explaining the impact that the portable transistor radio had. Most people attribute the personal audio revolution to the Sony Walkman and a few to Sony's attempts at portable cassette recorders in the late 1960s but transistor radios are often overlooked. Are the 50s so far removed from the modern era that people ignore it?
A really cool looking radio. The dark leather case matches very well with the tuning knob color. Not sure this radio would"ve outperformed the competition with it's only 6 transistors. However the battery compartment indea is genius, providing the option of using either 6 AA batteries or a 9V block battery. Thank you so much for this educative demonstration. My favorite Sunday evening show by far.
This radio was only ever meant for 6 volts. It's an unfortunate issue of using this style of plastic battery holder that it connects to the radio with a typical 9 volt style plug. I have a 1960's Toshiba radio using the same setup.
The fact that this radio uses a reflex circuit likely means that the performance is more like how a 7 transistor radio would perform. I'd need to see a schematic to say more.
@@colintinker7778 I see now, the battery holder is for 4 AA batteries for a total of 6 Volts. Any layperson who would have tried using a 9V battery block would have then damaged that nicely designed radio...Ouch. Perhaps, they had warned about it in the manaul.
Just nice and the right size. Sneak a peek at early 60's car radios for comparison. I have a 1965 Tenna with Tenna and a Bendix transistor. You will also find Clevite ( Cleveland ) transistors. The Americans won't drop out of the race for maybe 15 more years.
Absolutely love the font work on the instruction manual, melds so nicely.
On the instruction manual I didn't see 609. I saw bog!
I've never really seen or heard a documentary explaining the impact that the portable transistor radio had. Most people attribute the personal audio revolution to the Sony Walkman and a few to Sony's attempts at portable cassette recorders in the late 1960s but transistor radios are often overlooked. Are the 50s so far removed from the modern era that people ignore it?
Awesome looking Radio, however, I love the Gold colored cases and boxes.
A really cool looking radio. The dark leather case matches very well with the tuning knob color. Not sure this radio would"ve outperformed the competition with it's only 6 transistors. However the battery compartment indea is genius, providing the option of using either 6 AA batteries or a 9V block battery. Thank you so much for this educative demonstration. My favorite Sunday evening show by far.
This radio was only ever meant for 6 volts. It's an unfortunate issue of using this style of plastic battery holder that it connects to the radio with a typical 9 volt style plug. I have a 1960's Toshiba radio using the same setup.
The fact that this radio uses a reflex circuit likely means that the performance is more like how a 7 transistor radio would perform.
I'd need to see a schematic to say more.
@@colintinker7778 I see now, the battery holder is for 4 AA batteries for a total of 6 Volts. Any layperson who would have tried using a 9V battery block would have then damaged that nicely designed radio...Ouch. Perhaps, they had warned about it in the manaul.
Just nice and the right size. Sneak a peek at early 60's car radios for comparison. I have a 1965 Tenna with Tenna and a Bendix transistor. You will also find Clevite ( Cleveland ) transistors. The Americans won't drop out of the race for maybe 15 more years.
See it, like it ! ❤🎉
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