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![[*]](./images/iconic/default_icon.gif) posted on 7-29-2010 at 07:06 PM |
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Do you still have your old transistor radio?
Check this out!
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/transistor
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Chriskmusic
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| posted on 8-1-2010 at 11:23 AM |
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what's a transistor radio? 
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| posted on 8-1-2010 at 05:06 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Chriskmusic
what's a transistor radio? |
It's a radio that has a transistor. 
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| posted on 8-2-2010 at 09:19 AM |
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what's a transistor ... is that like some kind of trannie? (hehe)
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| posted on 8-2-2010 at 08:42 PM |
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Nope, it's something that transists.
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| posted on 8-2-2010 at 08:52 PM |
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... and no, there aren't transbrothers.
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| posted on 8-3-2010 at 12:59 PM |
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I still have a working GE AM/FM 9 volt pocket transistor radio I bought in my teens. The crystal over the slide dial is a bit clouded and the
on/off/volume control could use a cleaning, but it still plays nice and loud, especially with an earphone which I've replaced about umpteen times now.
Here's the face of one just like it only in newer condition...
"Peace by 2020, with or without people".
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| posted on 8-3-2010 at 04:15 PM |
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Here's my first one, a Personna 6-transistor AM radio My dad bought me when I was 7, in 1959. It came with a red leather case, and had a separate
little red leather case for the tiny white earphone which slipped onto the carrying strap.
Note the little mark on the dial at about 640 khz. There was another one at 1240. These were the "Conelrad" emergency channels everyone was supposed
to tune to for government information in case the Russians attacked.
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