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Originally Posted by Sandy G
You fellers need to invest in a Zenith Trans-Oceanic...Or 2. You get one, most people ain't satisfied w/just one, be it a Tube or Soiled-State-either version. Zenith KNEW how to make a good radio, & the T/O was sort of their "Brag Piece". But oncet you get into Angel Modulation in a BIG way, yr ONLY recourse will be an R-390A. Winter DX season will be here before you know it, but PLENTY of time to score an R-390A, set up an Antenna, & get All Set for an exciting DX season..
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I went to church with a friend that had a 1950s Zenith Transoceanic radio that had the really weird radioactive tubes in it (the 1U4 and the 1U5 tubes if I recall correctly and I actually serviced it for the guy because he was having issues with it not getting stations in.) Anyways I would love to find an original 1950s Zenith Transoceanic Radio but whenever I see one on everyones favorite auction site they are usually going for over $200 or more and I don't have that kind of money laying around to sink into a multiband radio like that.
Interestingly enough these old Royal 500s definitely have a very respectable tuner in them they actually have an RF Stage in them which is rather unusual for a portable transistor radio, which I think is part of the reason why they have such good reception quality and sound quality for a transistor radio, listening to it you would think you were listening to a tube radio from the time period.
