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John Smith · October 3rd 10, 06:00 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 10/2/2010 9:50 PM, wrote:

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Portable radios were all made of very light materials. Very few had
aluminum cabinets and those were usually high-end models,like Braun .

Aluminum is just not that expensive. Aluminum is even easy to cast and
machine. And, I for one, would pay the additional cost of having a
metal cabinet ... but we remain stuck with plastic junk ... I have
gotten rid of all my old metal radios, the old tubers and transistor
rigs. I miss the cabinets though ... I am surprised China doesn't catch
on that a radio in an aluminum cabinet would take the country by storm.
They, certainly, could manufacture it cheap enough.

Regards,
JS