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I see Rat Shack is not very well supported here. This is the model I remember carrying around in my pocket when I was in Jr High School, 1969. The Realistic 12-1290, I think it sold for $4.95 or $5.95:
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great radio, Blast, especially having the box for it!
Here is my contribution to keep the ole Rat Shack in the public view! Its an older transistor, Realistic model 8 Lets see some more transistors!! ps, how do I make the images smaller? |
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I use Photobucket (a free service) to host my photos. After I upload to PB, I can go in, select 'edit' on any of my photos and scale them down to whatever size I want. They have other 'alterations' you can make but I haven't tried any. You can also use photo editing software on your computer. Like Photoshop, Paint, etc. I like MicroGraphx Photo Magic for doing that kind of stuff, too. Brian |
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I am using a Cannon Power Shot a510 which is now old by todays standards!
It does great and I use the editing software that came with it and then upload it to my website. Sometimes I still can't figure out how large it will show up here tho! Have a good radio collecting weekend and hope you find some somewhere! Might as well put another picture in! Here is a CANDLE PTR-100B |
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Interesting Candle- never heard of that one. What's the little leather case for? Earphone? Brian |
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You are right, the little leather case holds the earphone. We need more pictures of radios, c'mon guys, send them in!
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Well, I hunted my basement, but could not find my RadioShack Realistic Lemon colored Flavoradio to share a pic. Sorry. Anyone out there have (or remember) the lemon, cherry, lime, orange or other flavors that were available in the 70's?
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ah! Flavoradios: Here is the only two I have:
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Perfect! Thanks Gary!
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I also have a Candle portable radio but it is not pocket size. It is a 12 transistor am/fm/sw and is quite heavy. Nice unit and not cheaply made as I guess the company started turning out later.
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I had a blue RS Flavoradio years ago. Nice little set...should have held on to it. Nothing fancy, but it was cute and fit nicely into a coat pocket (it was just a li'l bit too big for a shirt pocket ), or even around one's wrist, as IIRC it had a wrist strap. I wonder how long Radio Shack made these radios, and for that matter, who actually made the sets for them (they were custom made for Radio Shack). I'm sure they aren't available any longer since RS got out of the consumer electronics business to focus on computers and home theater.
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Just found this at a garage sale and couldnt pass it up. Its so cool and I had to figure it out.
Turns out its a Pee Wee pocket crystal set that needs no batteries from the 40's. Clip one wire to ground and the other to a large metal object to act as an antennae. How cool is that! Ooops that means its not transistor
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Neat little radio. I like crystal sets.
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Here's the ad from '78:
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Ross Micro Eight
Anybody seen this one?
Measures 2.25"x2.5" Right now, audio output is extremely low - have to put your ear to the speaker to hear anything & headphone is silent. Hope to get someone to work on it for me - it does have a schematic in the back. |
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