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Anyone who is interested in old transistor radios & televisions will enjoy these links! I'm not an electronics whiz by any stretch of the imagination but even I enjoyed the step back in time. The only thing even remotely close to vintage by way of radios that I have is an old stuffed animal tiger cub that has a little AM radio on his stomach. His pretty striped fur is rubbed off in spots and the radio has long gone kaput but I still have him tucked away in a spare bedroom.

The tvs that my parents had when I was growing up were more like a nice piece of furniture with the tv discreetly embedded inside. I've seen photos of vintage tvs where the owners removed the tv part and replaced it with a fish tank. It actually looked pretty good!

What's the oldest radio or tv that you have?

Sarah's Transistor Radios

Antique Radio & TV Gallery

I have a 1947 Ecko radio that I've had for about 25 years. Picked it up at a boot fair. It takes an age to warm up but has a rich warm sound. It needs some attention now as the chord that operates the tuning has broken. I also have a 70's multi wave band radio made in Russia that, if it were working could probably pick up Voyager. It has a tray in the bottom that accommodates about 30 batteries, or it will run off a 12v car battery. Through the 70's it seemed that the best radios to get your hands on were Russian and I had a few.

1964 Panasonic Radio with 2 small speakers. It used to have a turntable. Radio still very good quality of sound.

I'm with ya on the nice pieces of furniture, Tabby. My Dad still has the tv

that I watched the moon landing on! Doesn't work anymore, but I bet

somebody could bring it back. Or re-purpose it. Then again, Dad also

has the (continuous use except for a couple of moves!) fridge that he

and Mom bought two months before they had me, in 1952!

My oldest tv right now is a 1984 6 inch, works beautifully, I got it

primarily to put in the bathroom for Super Bowl parties. I have a Sony

Trinitron that is beautiful and still works, but it is only a 27" so doesn't

get used. I just can't part with it yet, though. I remember back in '86

when I got it, and btwn making payments on it and paying for cable,

it was costing me around $120 to watch tv every month!!

I went immediately to the "Communications" section to find my old transceiver but the link only had American ones.

It was an ex-army 19 set - mostly used by the tank brigades but, as I understood it, also lugged around the battlefield by the infantry :-

Wireless Set No. 19 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It might not have had that much power in transmit but the reception was wonderful.

Uh oh. Too may of the Hallicrafters and Hammarlund rigs in the communications section looked far too familiar. That brought back some old memories.