General Electric (1961) 

  • Model : G-805A
  • Transistors : 5
  • Date : 1961
  • Dimensions : H x W x D
  • Working : No
  • Wavebands : MW
  • Controls : Tuning control, Off/On/Volume control
  • Connections : Socket for earphone.
  • Other : 9v PP7 battery

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Bought from Ebay auction for $5 (+ $15 postage) and all the way from the USA via my good friend Bill Morris who included it in the package when I swapped a Bush TR130 for a Zenith Royal 790. The radio doesn't work but with only 5 transistors there can't be much to go wrong. Interesting in that it has a Class A transformer output stage which can't do much for battery life. Needs a good clean but should scrub up really well. I think this is a classic American design of which there were millions produced.