On 14 Jul 2005 14:37:17 -0700, "RHF"
wrote:

FO&A,
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This looks like a GE Pre-Super-Radio for anyone interested
in adding one to their GE Superadio collection.
I had one years ago and it did a good job of bring in those
distant AM Radio Station. It is relatively big and Heavy.
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GE GENERAL ELECTRIC Chrome, Plastic & Leather AM Radio!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6545991354
The classic chrome '60s ancestor of the GE Superadio!
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note - it is not my auction
- but i thought it might interest someone ~ RHF
. . . . .
It is very similar to my first transistor that I bought with my high
school graduation money in 1957! The difference was that it was
powered by two very large batteries with connectors similar to a
modern 9v battery but larger. I believe that they were a pp9 battery,
which are still available in the UK, but not readily available here,
and are very heavy.
There are battery holders (adaptors) available from the UK that hold 6
"C" size batteries, and have snap terminals that fit the old (larger)
terminals found on these older sets. They cost about 5 to 10 GBP.
Some Roberts (UK) radios ues these older batteries.

I wish I would have kept my GE now that these battery adaptors are
available.

Warren