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As you’d expect, a transistor radio heading toward its 70th birthday requires a little care to return to its former glory, and while this one is very quiet it does at least work after a fashion.
The invention of the transistor revolutionized radio, allowing receivers to be made far more compact and portable than ever before. In the middle of the 20th century, the devices exploded in popula… ...
MERIDIAN — Philco, RCA Victor, Zenith and Motorola; transistors, shirtpockets, chairsides and portables: These are just a few of the radio brands and styles that collectors Norm and Paula Gunning ...
This video showcases the restoration of an old vintage radio, turning discarded equipment into a fully functioning piece of history. With years of neglect and damage, the radio undergoes a ...
Police officer Michael Capesius holds a new portable two-way radio being field tested for Motorola at East Chicago police station on March 21, 1967, in Chicago. The 4-inch by 10-inch radio could ...
He's radio ga ga! Retired electrical engineer, 85, has £15,000 collection of 200 antique radios that he has been building up for 50 years - including one of the oldest sets in the UK Retired ...
This was one of those phones that heralded Motorola's doom; it was a glaring example of a design division running amok, shackled to a badly aging hardware platform. Yet the V70 is beloved.