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Yes but the fact that one of the cheapest radios around is called a "hi-fi master", shows that although some things have changed, others have stayed the same!
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They did not understand how to manufacture "cheap" back then !
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Ah, those thing bring back memories. IIRC, it was a few days before Christmas 1965 and a fairly large box arrives (our house in S.E. PA) with wrapped presents; I was seven then. Four of them were identical: tagged to me, bothers and sister. This box was from my uncle Gerry in CA (an E.E. for International Rectifier, and pilot, and general know-it-all). Christmas morning and yup each of us got a different color Monarch like that. We had them fail over the next few years, try to fix them, and the last one was finally tossed by the end of the decade or so. I think getting those presents helped set me off in the tracks of my older brothers to pursue electronics and how to fix stuff. Thanks Robb for opening up this time capsule/thread.
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The real low-end models, didn't have any inspection approval labels and the line cord was real thin, like found on Christmas lighting items. |
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Hey rob, any chances we could see the inside?
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This little radio has the type of power cord used on TV's of the time. If anyone is looking for one they have them at Surplus Sales of Nebraska, they used to call them cheater cords. When you take the back cover off the power cord came away with them to service the TV you needed a "cheater cord" to power it back up for testing.
http://www.surplussales.com/Electrical/ElecCords-1.html Last edited by transmaster; 11-20-2014 at 08:43 PM. |
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heres a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlR5...iilZlA6BPw9HFQ
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This is what typical JAA5's look like under the chassis:
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I love those big old clunky resistors. That's like a one watter.
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Well, they WON'T displace my R-389, but they still have a certain charm, I guess, in a weird kinda way..
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