Small and Cute Radios

[Jon A.]

I just stumbled on the following listing. Maybe I have been flying blind, but I had never heard tell of such a thing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage...item4174693251

[jr_tech]

Another "small but cute" radio that turns up once in a while is this small AC-DC (but not battery powered) tabletop Zenith K-412 series. It is very small and almost totally enclosed... the trick; it uses low voltage portable radio tubes rather than the typical AC-DC "All American 5". Very cute, hard to find in good condition at a reasonable price.

http://www.radiophile.com/k412.htm

jr

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Another "small but cute" radio that turns up once in a while is this small AC-only tabletop Zenith K-412 series. It is very small and almost totally enclosed... the trick; it uses low voltage portable radio tubes rather than the typical AC-DC "All American 5". Very cute, hard to find in good condition at a reasonable price.

http://www.radiophile.com/k412.htm

jr

It is next to impossible for me to believe this radio worked at all if the tubes had no cathodes, as the description of the set at radiophile.com states -- unless these were special tubes designed exclusively for battery-operated radios.

[Reece]

The set used 1-volt and 3-volt filament tubes like those used in tube-type portables. These tubes do not have separate indirectly-heated cathodes surrounding the filaments. That's why the note says the tubes have no cathodes: he means no separate cathodes. The filaments themselves serve as the cathodes.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Those Emersons breed like rabbits here:

Nice collection of Emersons there , wa2ise !

I would like to expand this photo collection by one that I did not see in your pics. This is my 707 B model , which I have seen referred to as "sunburst" or "sunrise" in some ads I saw on the 'Bay . I don't know if that's really Emerson's name for it , or just old radio collector slang like how Zenith never made a model that they sold as a "Walton" , that set famously being given the name long after being out of production . This one is recapped , has all 5 original Emerson branded tubes , and no cracks in the plastic . I bought it specifically for it's tiny stature , figuring it would make a good shelfmate for some of my bigger stuff . It kinda looks like your 713 but without the woodgrain outer case and different knobs , at a close glance