Show us your vintage pocket transistor radios!

[noveltyradio.co]

I finally found another transistor radio this weekend! Theya re getting way too scarce now. This is an Empire model td-810, made in Japan and included the box. Its rare to find one that has the box too! Its an unassumming little number, but hey, I got it!!
If I have posted this twice I am sorry; still learning the ropes of posting.
If the picture does not show up: someone please tell me how to upload it, I have tried twice!

[tune tuner]

Gary,



Nice Empire, that's not a brand name I see often. The trim is even intact. Does it play? I think I'll try to recap a few of my simpler transistor sets and see how that goes. So many radios have lost their volume...would be nice to restore them but I wouldn't wanna ruin them in the process.

I think I've bought a couple of radios from you. Ahhh, yes, what a hobby!

Chuck

[2DualsNotEnough]

Great radios,guys.Here is my little guy.A Panasonic Toot-A-Loop.The first transistor I ever brought home that my wife was jealous of.
Jimmy

[noveltyradio.co]

Thanks for the kind words Chuck! It did play, even tho I had to replace the battery connector! I wish the picture didn't go big sized. I will have to learn how to do the smaller picture posting!
I am up to 611 transistor radios, and over 1520 novelty radios! I am like you, what a hobby!!
Gary

[tune tuner]

Gary, do you have any basic photo editing programs on your computer? I've been resampling my large pics down to more usable sizes...I think most photo editing software lets you do that...

But my favorite radio pics I still do save originals in their large size just so I can study them later...

Chuck

[Blast]

I see Rat Shack is not very well supported here. This is the model I remember carrying around in my pocket when I was in Jr High School, 1969. The Realistic 12-1290, I think it sold for $4.95 or $5.95:

[noveltyradio.co]

great radio, Blast, especially having the box for it!
Here is my contribution to keep the ole Rat Shack in the public view!
Its an older transistor, Realistic model 8
Lets see some more transistors!!

ps, how do I make the images smaller?

[Blast]

Originally Posted by noveltyradio.co

great radio, Blast, especially having the box for it!
Here is my contribution to keep the ole Rat Shack in the public view!
Its an older transistor, Realistic model 8
Lets see some more transistors!!
ps, how do I make the images smaller?

Thanks! I am kind of impressed with that. I'm not usually impressed with my own photos as the camera I used sold for under $200.

I use Photobucket (a free service) to host my photos. After I upload to PB, I can go in, select 'edit' on any of my photos and scale them down to whatever size I want. They have other 'alterations' you can make but I haven't tried any.

You can also use photo editing software on your computer. Like Photoshop, Paint, etc. I like MicroGraphx Photo Magic for doing that kind of stuff, too.
Brian