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jr_tech

06-17-2012 12:54 PM

GE Transistor Radio Pioneer Passes

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun...stern-20120608

Thanks for the pocket tunes!...RIP.

jr

Anybody got a pix if the early GE transistor radio?

Einar72

06-18-2012 11:28 PM

Here's one on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage...item231e7fa400

and its rare AM/FM cousin:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950...item27c788425d

electroking

06-19-2012 11:37 AM

You got the links in the wrong order, but thanks anyway. Do you know what so-called
special batteries these radios need?

jr_tech

06-19-2012 03:19 PM

The P-780 on eBay (AM only) uses 6 "D" cells... I suspect that the AM-FM version (P-865) uses the same.

The very first GE transistor radio (ca 1955) uses an Eveready #239, which is a 13.5V with a 9V tap...Here "batterymaker" describes the special battery that he made for a GE #677:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwZFu...78B7578A1F537B

jr

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