[Boatanchors] First American Transistor Radio

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:40:16 -0700

Todd, there was a Japanese radio  called the Vanguard
but if it was an American radio the mfr. was Emerison. they come in many
colors we have a turquoise one  and a white one.  the turquoise  model works
great and  we listen to around the museum it has a little rocket on it.
plays well and loud!

ed sharpe archivist for smecc----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Bigelow - PS" <[email protected]>
To: "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] First American Transistor Radio

> I have an old Motorola 'Pixie' that looks like an early transistor, but
> is actually a battery operated Tube portable. Tiny, too! I'm guessing it
> was a pre-cursor to the next step...transistors. Perhaps an attempt to
> get people used to tiny (for those days) radios?
>
> Somewhere in my 'stuff' is also a pair of tiny (maybe 3" sq) Orion
> transistors with cases, in their original boxes. Certainly early,
> probably not the first, though. They have a very 50s-ish look to them.
>
> Who made the Vanguard? That was an early transistor of US origins,
> wasn't it? Had a green one, sold it at a hamfest maybe 10 years back.
>
> Howard, were those mexican 'super stations' still on the air in the 70s?
> I could swear I picked up some X*** station(s) back then on the cold New
> England nights...
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
>
> Howard L Ritter, Jr wrote:
>
> > As a kid in Oxford, Ohio, in 1958 I was thrilled to acquire a
> > "7-Transistor" battery-operated Motorola AM portable that thrilled me
> > even more by picking up, at night, WFAA in Dallas and the legendary
> > 250KW XERF in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, plus a lot of closer
> > out-of-state stations. That was the start of my lifelong interest in
> > DXing and, indeed, in radio as something other than just a source of
> > music.
> >
> > If this radio wasn't the first, and I suppose it wasn't, it must have
> > been close.
> >
> > --howard n7exn
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 07:15 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>     What American company marketed the firs consumer transistor radio
> >> and what
> >> year?
> >
>
>
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