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Originally Posted by decojoe67
The lesser brands often had more appeal. It's like the tops brands (RCA, Philco, GE) didn't need to waste a lot of time on styling, while the competitors had to. I a collector that likes names for some reason. I just like the name "Motorola"! LOL. That actually started from them first producing car radios, hence, "Motor" and then old stand-by "ola".
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Motorola never made the cheapie four tube radio like Admiral, GE, Westinghouse and others using the Autodyne convertor and one IF transformer. They were OK for local reception, but even distant 50KW stations were hard to receive. Some owners didn't care because they only listened to the locals anyway.