Saturday Evening Post

The transistor radio still is one of my favorites, I know there are a handful of gadgets that are smaller and sound so much better. Maybe its all those through hole components planted on the PC board when you pry open the case.  A few still have the old radio smell that's hard to describe. You can't forget the earphone that plugs into the jack for those nights listening when you were a kid and should be sound asleep. If we could only go back in time.

This article in my local newspaper brought back memories of my transistor radio days of the past.

http://www.northjersey.com/community/family/ervolino/202887211_Then_and_Now__Transistor_radios.html?page=all

A few transistor radio commercials and ads of the past.

 

Classic ads.

My first radio dxing was with a transistor radio tuning in distance stations from Canada on cold winter nights in my bedroom. Every now and then I still try and see what I can pick up across the radio dial in the car while waiting for the kids.

The Playboy centerfold of radios!

So break out that beat up AM radio from the basement, put in a fresh 9V, extend the antenna, and you might surprise yourself with a powerhouse station or two from nice distance away. Just don't skip over those far away weak stations, you never know.

Have Fun!

Comic Book Ad Classic

The best thing about reading comic books many many years ago were all those cool ads.

Here is an All Time Classic: The Sea Monkeys.



It is still fun looking at them!

Old Tyme Ads

Here's a classic ad from the the back pages of 101 Electronic Projects, 1973.

A Progressive Home Radio T.V. Course. Build 20 Radio and Electronic Circuits.

A couple of cool AD notes:

Sold in 79 Countries
Free Set of Tools
No Salesman will call
No price in ad
Free literature

Speaking of TV repair, used to be two shops in my area that did repairs, yes now out of business.

Kid Flashback: I remember growing up and the RCA repairman coming to the house to fix our living room TV.

Color TVs were big back than, channels were 2 WCBS, 4 WNBC, 5 WNEW, 7 WABC, 9 WWOR, 11 WPIX, and 13 PBS.

Now with hundreds of channels available and still nothing on.
TVs are HD with 3D starting to hit the store self's.

I still like my standard color set.