#Smallest transistor radios of 1930 how to#
I could tell you how to spot each and every variation but it would read like a complete nerdfest. It must be like playing Top Trumps for transistors. Enthusiasts have devoted their life’s work to seeking out each and every version and just when they think they have a complete set, another one surfaces. As testimony to its appeal, since the late 1950s to the present day, there have been at least 16 different models and variations of this very same radio charting the development of portable radios and broadcasting from the earliest beginnings at the end of the fifties to the emergence of DAB today.
The BUSH TR82 is the iconic transistor radio designed by David Ogle. There is no damage to the leather case, the stitching and the strap are completely intact and the radio itself has minimal signs of wear and tear. It’s very rare to find a radio like this in such good condition. The heyday of the transistor only really spanned from the late fifties to the seventies but if you owned one then you were hip and happening.
These little radios were manufactured in their billions for a market of post World War II baby-boomers with disposable income, a love of this new fangled rock and roll and a desire for independence from their parents. The invention of the transistor enabled radios to be developed which were small, portable and battery powered, in a dramatic contrast to the size and weight of the radio used in the family home. Amongst our radio treasures we have a working Dansette Capri transistor radio manufactured in the UK in 1963 by a company better known for its record players.Īlthough the popularity of the transistor radio was short lived, the transistor radio remains an important part of radio history.
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