1961 Mellowtone Blue transistor radio
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- čas přidán 11. 11. 2022
- Today I take a look at a 1961 Mellow tone radio that I got at a ham fest.
Let me know if you have any information on this radio, I couldn't fine much online about it.
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That radio is definitely early enough to have been made in Japan. It's in really nice condition. I saw your Cornell Dubiler capacitor box in the corner of the shot! The old factory was close to my home here in NJ.
It’s funny I have the resistor decade box by Cornell Dubiler that I got a few years ago at a ham fest, then last year I found the capacitor box at a ham fest. The funny thing is that I’m sure they came from the same lab because the cal stickers are the same. So the boxes got separated from each other and reunited again.
Hey TheRadiogeek....hope all is well, we miss your videos. Take care, Greg
As a kid I got that exact radio in blue for Christmas.
Very cool Christmas gift. 👍📻
I’ve seen that radio badged wit other brands as well. Definitely a store brand.
Some of those little radios perform pretty well once recapped/realigned.
I do like the style and color.
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Yes I think it’s a nice looking little radio. I’m sure you’re right about it being a store brand of some kind. Thanks for watching. 👍❤️📻
Nice looking radio!
Thanks for stopping by. 👍
I use one of those to communicate with the mothership
I'd keep the original line of components. Radios, reactivated make scratchy condenser and volume noise. All earliest transistor radios are precious, including Jedec products.
A have sanyo transistor radio made in Hong Kong.
My sister had one in White with gold trim.
Do you remember where she got it? I think it was a store brand but I don’t know for what store. Thanks 👍
@@TheRadiogeek I believe it was a Birthday present when she was 10, in 1962. In Connecticut there were several Department stores that sold all brands of radios.
Malleys, Macys, W.T Grant, Woolworths, Kresge, Bradleys. These type of radios were everywhere. She got in trouble with the radio, she was unstacking our dishwasher while listening with the earphone, holding the radio in one hand, dropped and broke a plate. I remember my mother yelling at her to put the radio down.
Also, a teenage neighbor was walking down our street with a 6 transistor radio up to her ear which was common back then. My mother and a nextdoor neighbor thought it was awful to walk around like that.
My how times have changed.
@@barryfleischer6553 thanks for the information on the posable stores that it could have come from. I really enjoy hearing stories about how people used and enjoyed transistor radios. Thanks for sharing your stories. 👍📻