One such series is the Radio Shack Patrolman series. Further, I like to find radios that belong to sets or series.
#Transistor radios at radio shack portable
I like to collect multiband portable radios. A quick search through eBay shows that many of these radios are still available.
It was not hard to find radios with wide frequency coverage. Looking through catalogs, such as Montgomery Ward, Lafayette, and Radio Shack (Allied), provides a look at a wide range of portable radios available from a variety of sources. In addition to AM and FM, this radio tuned the High and Low VHF bands, the VHF Air band, and UHF (450-470 MHz). The first in the series of Patrolman 6 radios was this 12-756 from 1973. Smaller packages could easily accommodate more bands and quality for lower costs.įigure 1. The advantages of transistors had helped change the styles and designs of electronics. By the end of the 1960s, a decade and a half later, one would be hard pressed to find a tube radio, portable or table. This would definitely make "antique" a proper term for those old transistor radios. It is 50 years since the Regency TR-1 transistor radio was sold in 1954. Here he describes the subtle variations in some Radio Shack's Realistic lines from the 1970s and 1980s. In Charles Stadler's case, he has chosen multiband portable radios. Radio collecting is such a broad field that most collectors home in on a particular specialty.
Of Old Radios And Related Items-Published Monthly Antique Radio Classified-With the Collectors stadlerĪ.R.C.-The National Publication For Buyers And Sellers
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