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Mar 29, 2020 07:12:21   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
I remember them will, and listening to WABC from NYC with Cousin Brucie and Dan Ingram.

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Mar 29, 2020 07:41:55   #
Photocraig
 
CaptainBobBrown wrote:
On a visit to New York City as a kid from Idaho I lusted after a "transistor radio" and thought I'd get a real bargain at a "going out of business sale" on Broadway. Very carefully chose one I could barely afford and it soon gave up the ghost. "All Sales Final!" cuz after all, they were going out of business. Many years later I happened by the same spot, the same going out of business sale, offering great deals on whatever. Sometimes takes a long time to go out of business and maybe Covid-19 which none of us have ever seen will shut them down for real.
On a visit to New York City as a kid from Idaho I ... (show quote)


As a native, thereof, I'm here to tell ya, EVERY trip to NY, even for us Queens Kids, was an educational experience!
The real revelation about transistor radios, or any radios, is how MANY stations there were in NYC!

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Mar 29, 2020 07:46:15   #
Photocraig
 
Which is why it is no wonder they're kicking A$$ in the Camera Biz. So glad you got yours. I was listening to Baseball on one in the late 50's.

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Mar 29, 2020 08:12:03   #
rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY
 
Still have one and still use it while showering and shaving.

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Mar 29, 2020 08:17:16   #
hippi Loc: Sedalia MO
 
I had one we need some Tommy Castro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-6gOuwiiY

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Mar 29, 2020 08:26:36   #
agillot
 
back then , the more transistors , the higher the price , that is why it say 6 transistors .

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Mar 29, 2020 08:32:44   #
aellman Loc: Boston MA
 
tradio wrote:
These all date from the 60's and played a big role in the music revolution. When I was a kid, everyone had one and listened to AM because the few FM stations only had classical music (I have since learned to appreciate classical music).
Originally invented in 1954 as a team effort from two different companies (Texas Instruments and another place out of Indianapolis, maybe Ideal??) they were soon on every kids wish list.
The later versions had FM but with only one speaker, you would not get the stereo effect.
These were replaced by the Sony Walkman in the 1970's.
You can still get a transistor radio today but, they do not have the styling that the originals had.

While on lock down, I was playing around with camera and flash. I'm noticing that the images seem in focus on the right side and soft on the left side...I was shooting at f6.3 from about three foot with a 24-70mm zoomed all the way in. Maybe I should have stopped down a little more or focused a little more into the center of the image. I also could have moved the camera back a little.
Thanks for looking.
These all date from the 60's and played a big role... (show quote)


Of course. At the time we were amazed at the small size.

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Mar 29, 2020 09:00:08   #
tomad Loc: North Carolina
 
Used to go to sleep as a kid with one of those under my pillow and that single ear piece on the end of the twisted pair of wires in my ear... listening to Wolfman Jack.

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Mar 29, 2020 09:25:02   #
davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
 
tradio wrote:
These all date from the 60's and played a big role in the music revolution. When I was a kid, everyone had one and listened to AM because the few FM stations only had classical music (I have since learned to appreciate classical music).
Originally invented in 1954 as a team effort from two different companies (Texas Instruments and another place out of Indianapolis, maybe Ideal??) they were soon on every kids wish list.
The later versions had FM but with only one speaker, you would not get the stereo effect.
These were replaced by the Sony Walkman in the 1970's.
You can still get a transistor radio today but, they do not have the styling that the originals had.

While on lock down, I was playing around with camera and flash. I'm noticing that the images seem in focus on the right side and soft on the left side...I was shooting at f6.3 from about three foot with a 24-70mm zoomed all the way in. Maybe I should have stopped down a little more or focused a little more into the center of the image. I also could have moved the camera back a little.
Thanks for looking.
These all date from the 60's and played a big role... (show quote)


Remember them? Yes, remember them very well. I received one for Christmas in 1959. On the following Memorial Day I spent all afternoon shagging golf balls with that radio plugged into my ear. I listened to something called the Indianapolis 500 and found it to be the most exciting thing I had ever heard. (1960, Roger Ward lost a duel with Jim Rathmann) The next 52+ Memorial Days I spent sitting on my ass at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway watching one of life's most incredible events. As far as the human race is concerned, if it ain't there, it ain't anywhere. Of course, a radio at the track was worthless but I took it anyway. And thus began a 50 year ritual in my life that all began with a tiny transistor radio and an ear plug. One of life's finer moments. Memories!

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Mar 29, 2020 09:33:40   #
Dannj
 
I stlll have a couple of them. Nice to have around if the power goes out.

I took one of them to the beach a few years back and my grandkids loved it...don’t know if they’ve ever seen a radio outside the car. They had a ball turning the dials, playing with the antenna and moving to different spots on the beach to get better reception 😊

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Mar 29, 2020 09:39:45   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
I certainly do. I used to fall asleep listening to mine.
--Bob
tradio wrote:
These all date from the 60's and played a big role in the music revolution. When I was a kid, everyone had one and listened to AM because the few FM stations only had classical music (I have since learned to appreciate classical music).
Originally invented in 1954 as a team effort from two different companies (Texas Instruments and another place out of Indianapolis, maybe Ideal??) they were soon on every kids wish list.
The later versions had FM but with only one speaker, you would not get the stereo effect.
These were replaced by the Sony Walkman in the 1970's.
You can still get a transistor radio today but, they do not have the styling that the originals had.

While on lock down, I was playing around with camera and flash. I'm noticing that the images seem in focus on the right side and soft on the left side...I was shooting at f6.3 from about three foot with a 24-70mm zoomed all the way in. Maybe I should have stopped down a little more or focused a little more into the center of the image. I also could have moved the camera back a little.
Thanks for looking.
These all date from the 60's and played a big role... (show quote)

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Mar 29, 2020 09:42:43   #
mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma
 
Yep! Mine was turquoise.

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Mar 29, 2020 10:10:20   #
Dannj
 
kpmac wrote:
I remember them well. The origingal "boombox" with no boom.


🤪🤪🤪

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Mar 29, 2020 10:55:46   #
fetzler Loc: North West PA
 
RCA originally sold transistor radios for $10 but they cost $40 to make. Sarnoff (Head of RCA) was a great business man but perhaps not so great a person.

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Mar 29, 2020 10:57:42   #
xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada
 
tradio wrote:
These all date from the 60's and played a big role in the music revolution. When I was a kid, everyone had one and listened to AM because the few FM stations only had classical music (I have since learned to appreciate classical music).
Originally invented in 1954 as a team effort from two different companies (Texas Instruments and another place out of Indianapolis, maybe Ideal??) they were soon on every kids wish list.
The later versions had FM but with only one speaker, you would not get the stereo effect.
These were replaced by the Sony Walkman in the 1970's.
You can still get a transistor radio today but, they do not have the styling that the originals had.

While on lock down, I was playing around with camera and flash. I'm noticing that the images seem in focus on the right side and soft on the left side...I was shooting at f6.3 from about three foot with a 24-70mm zoomed all the way in. Maybe I should have stopped down a little more or focused a little more into the center of the image. I also could have moved the camera back a little.
Thanks for looking.
These all date from the 60's and played a big role... (show quote)


How can we forget??? What a great "find!" These photos bring back many memories of my very first of many radios...the famous Rocket Crystal Radio! It required no power, was very inexpensive, and yes, I am dating myself, first showed up in the late 50's is my recollection. The pleasure it brought was far more than the pittance my father paid for it. Sitting up next & "plugged-in" to the steam heat radiator in my bedroom well after the family bedded down for the night, tuning into stations oh so distant disc-jockeys. Talk about being "global" at such an early age! It was that little radio that started me down a path to becoming an audiophile later in life. To this day, I enjoy a collection of audio equipment that provides my family with the wonderful music of today and past generations from all over the globe. Little did I know that the little Rocket Crystal Radio would kick-start such a passion in my soul.

Thanks for reminding me of such sweet memories "tradio!"

Cheers!



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