Hacker Sovereign RP25 (1967) 

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  • Model : Hacker Sovereign RP25
  • Transistors : 16
  • Date : 1967
  • Dimensions : 23cm H x 30cm W x 12cm D
  • Working : Yes
  • Wavebands : LW/MW/VHF
  • Controls :
  • Connections :
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A car-boot purchase that I saw quite by chance. Looked grubby but by no means a hopeless case because inside it was nice and clean. When I enquired about the price and the seller quoted £2 my hand thrust the money into his hand faster than lightening. Gave it a quick wipe-over when I got it home and tried a couple of batteries in it. Absolutely dead, not even a switch-on thump, no hiss, must be a dead one I thought. A couple of weeks later I tried again but this time checked for loose wires around the speaker but still nothing. Plugged a set of earphone into its socket and sound, unplug and nothing. Shorted the earphone plug out and it burst into life. Nice radio, very good tone which is just as a Hacker should be.