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Old 05-19-2011, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by electroking View Post
I don't think anything marketed here (Canada or the U.S.A.) ever used those
batteries, I just saw them in some European magazines. Radios using three
cells were not common either, but I have a modern Grundig crank operated
radio that does use three AA cells as a backup to the rechargeable battery.

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Thanks a lot. I don't think I ever seen an Europeanen radio with those type of batteryes.

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Originally Posted by bob91343 View Post
I think you can replace those with three AA cells. They were indeed rather popular, used more for bias than anything else. I once built a code practice oscillator using one, back about 60 years ago.

The ones that are hard to replace are the high voltage batteries.
You mean 45 V and 90 V batteryes used in portable radios with electronic tubes or tube radios used in places where there it was no electricity network?
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