"Last gasp" GE tube/transistor hybrid clock radio

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Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

I see them now! I agree, it's very unusual to see a "hybrid" radio, but if anybody did it GE would.

What shocks me is that GE didn't use a compactron tube or two in this set since they were so hung up on them. I have got an Audiotronics AM/FM "classroom" radio that uses a compactron (6T9) as an audio driver and output tube. The other tubes are regular 7 and 9 pin miniatures.

There were a few battery operated hybrid radios made in the '50's. Most used transistors in the audio output stages while subminiature tubes were used in the rest of the circuit. And, let's not forget about the hybrid auto radios from the late '50's and early '60's. You know, the ones that used low B+ tubes and a big audio output transistor mounted to the rear or the side of the radio.