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Posted 6 months ago
foxbodystang
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I picked this up on ebay a few weeks ago. It's a 1963 AM-62. It was powered by a now obsolete style 9 volt battery. One would normally just add a wiring harness for a new style rectangular 9 volt rectangular and enjoy the radio. This unit is so small that a modern 9 volt would not fit in the case. Having seen this on one of the forums I visit, I purchased some watch/hearing aid 1.5 volt button batteries, connected them together to achieve the required 9 volts and the radio plays like new. You may be able to see them in the picture, partially obscured by electrical tape.
The radio is not a fountain of fidelity given its small size, but it plays loud and clear. Somewhat surprising as radios of this age begin to show issues with the electrolytic capacitors.
Transistor RadiosThe transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Labs in New Jersey. In 1954, Te…