http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/ Transistor Radios Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:59:17 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/140 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/140 Look here for some GE World Monitors- http://www.universal-radio.com/USED/sold185.html I have the big one at the bottom of that page. -FARMERIK Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:45:39 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/139 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/139 Those probably have a chrome 'grill' on the front similar to some autos from Detroit around that time. Something like my big AM FM Zenith. It has 8 D cells Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:49:32 GMT keith beesley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/138 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/138 Farmerik, Somehow I missed this yesterday. The P-780 and P-865 came out around the same time, late 50s-early 60s, and look almost identical, except the 780 is Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:03:52 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/137 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/137 I have a Lloyds AM SW1 SW2 table radio, made to look like a Grundig tube model, but it is transistorized, and powered by C or D cells ONLY. Also a SONY AM SW Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:20:08 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/136 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/136 For some reason my mother's family always bought GE radios, and when they didn't work, all electronics were sent to me. I know the portable GE's from the late Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:44:18 GMT keith beesley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/135 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/135 You'd like a GE P-780 if you don't already have one--AM only but great audio and sensitivity. They come up on ebay once in a blue moon for not much $. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:06:13 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/134 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/134 Thanks Guys - I grew up on tubes, but transistor sets are more compact to store. I noticed some of the late tube portables, and thought maybe I should get one Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:25 GMT keith beesley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/133 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/133 I have no ZTOs yet, but in my Zenith collection, I have tube and transistor sets, table models, portables, even a portable b&w tube TV ;-), made between the Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:55:22 GMT pidgeorige http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/132 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/132 I have both tube and transistor Zenith TO's and they both are capable of about the same reception. Of course, the different era's may have different band Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:30:52 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/131 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/131 Is there much difference in how many stations can be heard on the tube and transistor models of Zenith Trans-Oceanics, or other comparable radios? I have lots Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:08:55 GMT Guido Santacana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/130 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/130 Electrolytic caps are a common fault in older transistor radios. The transistors themselves are very resilient. Nonetheless look for those loose connections Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:44:40 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/129 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/129 I spent hours looking through all the posts on a radio forum I found in the links here. Great information. It looks like electrolytic caps and maybe a Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:05:10 GMT farmerik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/128 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/128 Thanks to both of you. It was well packed, but I only hear a bit of static when the battery connections are made. No signals on either band. Not sure when I'll Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:38:13 GMT RAH1379@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/127 check the solder joints around heavy parts like transformers if it worked before shipping In a message dated 12/3/2009 1:58:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:25:09 GMT Guido Santacana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransistorRadios/message/126 If nothing is broken outside, the insides should be OK unless a cable disengaged from a connection or a switch moved out of place. These radios were made for