16-06-2017, 12:37 AM
Just think what a blow this was to the Vidor 90 volt 1950's battery portables. They finally got a valve radio that would work on 90 volts, then came a 9 volt alternative. The home based valve sets still had a role but the Vidor sets were rendered pointless. Personally for me the Golden era tranny sets were the chassis mmounted ones. Later I figure the PCB units were destined to become more complicated than the simple, reliable vintage designs. This was the gradual path to the marketing of devices with a limited life-span. I mean my oldest radio is 1947 and it was easily repaired and still tunes in lots of stations..
