GE Pre-Super-Radio ?
FO&A,
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FO&A,
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Yes, I had one very much like that. It was battery powered only,
strictly AM. Did a decent job and had a really mellow tone. Got it for $5.00 at an estate sale and used it as a gardening radio. |
FO&A,
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On 14 Jul 2005 14:37:17 -0700, "RHF"
wrote: FO&A, . 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. . 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! . note - it is not my auction - but i thought it might interest someone ~ RHF . . . . . Realistic TRF (12-655) |
David,
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The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture.
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How about this variant. Kind of reminds me of the Sylvania Prospector,
only for a more ominous use. http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/c...726dxradio.htm Lee Richardson Mech-Tech Evansville, Indiana "RHF" wrote in message oups.com... FO&A, . This is a third one that could be added to a Collection of GE Superadios. . General Electric 6-Band AM/FM Shortwave Radio Model # 7-2990A http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5787620433 This GE World Monitor Radio features both an Analog Tuning and Dial Tuning Scale with an LED Digital Frequency Display. . once again this is not my auction ~ RHF . . . . . |
"RHF" wrote in message ups.com... The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture. So just asthetics. |
FDR wrote: "RHF" wrote in message ups.com... The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture. So just asthetics. Yeah, a lot of portables that came out during that era had the handles. Sort of a pseudo military rack handle look to 'em. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
FDR wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message ups.com... The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture. So just asthetics. Not exclusively. The forward handles, were common on radios with a high profile and gross weight. In the event of a tip over, they prevented the knobs/switches from being crushed, broken or the face cracked. |
It doesn't take long for those leather handles and leather radio cases
to rot away either.I have a bunch of radios with rotten handles and a few rotten leather cases. cuhulin |
D Peter Maus ) writes: FDR wrote: "RHF" wrote in message ups.com... The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture. So just asthetics. Not exclusively. The forward handles, were common on radios with a high profile and gross weight. In the event of a tip over, they prevented the knobs/switches from being crushed, broken or the face cracked. Then wouldn't that be a "rollbar" and not a handle? Michael |
Michael Black wrote:
D Peter Maus ) writes: FDR wrote: "RHF" wrote in message groups.com... The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture. So just asthetics. Not exclusively. The forward handles, were common on radios with a high profile and gross weight. In the event of a tip over, they prevented the knobs/switches from being crushed, broken or the face cracked. Then wouldn't that be a "rollbar" and not a handle? Michael Only if you'd pick up a Cobra by the fixture behind the driver's seat. |
There are no bids yet on that GE radio, and I'd buy it in a second, if I
did not already have one of these excellent instruments. I prefer it to any recent Superradio I've seen, and the sound is pwerful and clear. Constructon includes a die-cast frame as a speaer baffle and antenna counterpoise. This is no piece of junk like the new Superradios; tuning is smooth and spread out well, even into theupper end of the (non-expanded) band, and it is stable, not drifting off like the new SR's because of crappy mechanicals and microscopic bandspread. I have had this one for maybe 5 years, bought it at a garage sale for $10 and used it daily ever since (like right now). There was an excellent website telling the development and some design principles of this radio, but I cannot find it right now. It was written by one fthe cheif designers and also tells of the state of GE at the time. Very interesting. This radio was intended from the start to be a classic for its time and beyond. If anybody has the model number, use that for a Google search and the site will show up. There is no model numer on the radio, but Iran across one on another radio site and went from there. I'd gladly spend $30 or more for this old radio, it is so good. Don't miss your chance (no, that is no mine on ebay, mine is playing softly on the table on my back porch, like it is every day). And, I am not selling mine, don't ask. |
cuhulin wrote:"It doesn't take long for those leather handles and
leather radio cases to rot away . . ." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ How long,35 or 40 years? I'fd write a letter. |
The very last issue of "White's Radio Log" I ever saw (which I bought
at a newstand in May, 1986) has that radio on the cover. It was a classic - used to see them frequently. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
I don't know,but I read years ago the first so-called GE "super radios"
were the best ones. cuhulin |
I never bid on anything on ebay or any online auctions.Now,if a seller
on ebay has something I am interested in and if he or she includes his or her email address,I might,just might,email that person and make an offer,take it or leave it.Actually,I despise auctions. cuhulin |
I own an old Sears Travler big old heavy,and I do mean heavy,multiband
radio that is outstanding at picking up long distance AM radio stations.I bought that radio for $2.00 at a Goodwill thrift store store about eight years ago.Trouble is,the on/off/volume control has just about gone bonkers.I can get it to work,but I have to mess around with it for a hundred years.I am hell when I am well,trouble is,I stay sick all the time :{) cuhulin |
Is this the website? http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/details.html
"There was an excellent website telling the development and some design principles of this radio, but I cannot find it right now. It was written by one fthe cheif designers and also tells of the state of GE at the time. " Lee Richardson Mech-Tech |
http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/details.html
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yes, that is the one, thanks! |
Here are a few more, I knew there was more last time I saw it.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ral+Electr ic |
http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/p865.html
========================== this is also excellent |
FDR wrote: "RHF" wrote in message oups.com... FO&A, . This is a third one that could be added to a Collection of GE Superadios. . General Electric 6-Band AM/FM Shortwave Radio Model # 7-2990A http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5787620433 This GE World Monitor Radio features both an Analog Tuning and Dial Tuning Scale with an LED Digital Frequency Display. . once again this is not my auction ~ RHF . . . . . What are the handles for? The handles on the GE (and it's brothers from Panasonic) actually had a very practical use. Those radios were somewhat prone to falling over when bumped. The handles extended far enough to protect the knobs. And the chrome handles made the radio look like a rack-mount "professional" radio for an instant. |
On 14 Jul 2005 14:37:17 -0700, "RHF"
wrote: FO&A, . 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. . 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! . 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 |
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