"Instruct-a-Kit" AA5, Japanese style

[mhardy6647]

Found this little guy at the swap pile at the town dump a couple of weeks ago, and had to adopt him. Brought it up on a Variac and it works (actually pretty well). Tiny beastie -- bet it was an 'interesting' kit building effort.

[Chad Hauris]

It seems like all of these mini tube type radios have a similar circuit and parts layout, with one of the IF coils not being in a can. They do always seem to have good performance...the metal can electrolytic seems to stay in better condition longer than the cardboard type many US sets used at the time.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by mhardy6647

Tiny beastie -- bet it was an 'interesting' kit

Curious about the value of that 5-tube bracket vs. its cost to produce: maybe it was needed to stabilize the tubes and maybe act as a heat sink in that small case?