Antique radio

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Antique radios are radio receiving sets that are collectible because of their age and uniqueness. Although collectors may differ on the cutoff dates, most would use 50 years old, or the pre-World War II Era, for vacuum tube sets and the first five years of transistor sets.

Contents 1 Home made and experimental 2 Wooden Consoles 3 Table top wood radios 4 Bakelite 5 The plastic era 6 Early transistor sets 7 Determining values 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Home made and experimental

Regerative receivers

Radiolas

TRF

Superheterodyne receiver

[edit] Wooden Consoles

• Philco
• RCA
• Westinghouse
• Zenith

[edit] Table top wood radios

The "cathedral" style. Combination with record player

[edit] Bakelite

The availability of Bakelite allowed designers to create much smaller and less expensive units, allowing radio to be installed in the kitchen and the bedroom.

[edit] The plastic era

The availability of brightly coloured thermoplastics provided the freedom to produce free flowing designs. Some plastics are slightly translucent and are prized by collectors.

[edit] Early transistor sets

Invention of the transistor.

Early American sets - Regency, Motorola

Sony TR series like the TR-55

[edit] Determining values

[edit] See also

• Vintage amateur radio

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Go2Audio.com Antique Radio Annotated directory of antique radio sites and references.
• http://www.antiqueradio.org/welcome.htm Collection of radio ranging from the floor-standing models of the 1930's to the pocket transistor radios of the '60's.
• http://www.radiolaguy.com/ Large collection of all different types of antique radios.
• http://antiqueradios.com/ Website containing forum, gallery and more.