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Old 12-09-2012, 12:35 AM
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Yep, they were designed that way on purpose in order to have a place to hide the batteries, since the lady of the house would probably not tolerate visible batteries. Since these battery radios did not use a power transformer, rectifier tube; and, in many cases, top mounted filter capacitors, they were able to make a smaller chassis. Also, take note that many of the farm radios had bigger cabinets than an AC radio.
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