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Old December 13th 06, 12:17 AM posted to rec.radio.swap
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Default Tube radio question


"egg" wrote in message
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Hi. Anyone know within what time period tube radios stopped being
produced? I came across an am/fm tube radio that isnt real old, but
vintage for sure. there are no dates on the radio. thx


Possible answer at URL:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wa2ise/radios/aa5h.html

Sez
The end of the AA5 radio was in the early 1970's, as stocks of tubes and
related parts were depleted by manufacturers and sellers. By then, many were
made in Japan, and Japanese AA5 tubes were also made in Japan used by
American radio and TV manufacturers. After that, solid state radios, many
using a high voltage audio output resistor and thus were also "hot chassis",
became the preferred technology.
CL