"RFCOMMSYS" wrote in message
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Why would they use tubes? Aren't transistors cheaper and more widely
available?


I doubt the pictured radio has been in production any time in the last 20
years or more. Transistors/ICs are alot cheaper than tubes. North Korea
has some trade relations with China and I'd guess that the few radios
available are imported from China or made with Chinese electronics.

Frank Dresser