7 Transistor AM Radio Kit

[Gregb]

When I took electronics in 1970 they had us build a small AA5 tube radio from a kit. It was point to point wired and we had to completely assembly it with no solder and to get a passing grade it had to work. The idea was to teach good mechanical connections.
After that was done we soldered them up and the instruction then inspected our soldering job.

Gregb

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Gregb

When I took electronics in 1970 they had us build a small AA5 tube radio from a kit. It was point to point wired and we had to completely assembly it with no solder and to get a passing grade it had to work. The idea was to teach good mechanical connections.
After that was done we soldered them up and the instruction then inspected our soldering job.

Gregb

Was that a Kelvin kit?
It had a cabinet that was identical to a early 50's Tele-Tone 4 tube radio.
It was a common 5 tube superhet with an isolated B-, as it didn't come with a back.
This weekend, I bought two transistor radio kits. One is a Kelvin AC operated, seven transistor. The chassis looks similar to the tube job, but it's stamped for transistor sockets and small IF transformers. According to the instructions, it's built in several stages and tested before going on. The transformer power supply, first.
The second one is an Elenco, PC board job. Battery operated.