Re: Identifying mystery radio
My Grandfather owned a similar 'military styled' but otherwise very domestic AM/FM radio receiver from about the early seventies onwards.
Afraid I can't remember the brand, but it definitely wasn't a mainstream brand like Panasonic otherwise I would have remembered it. It was more the type of thing which would be advertised in a quarter page advert in amongst the classifieds near the back of tabloid newspapers, usually accompanied by some very dubious claims about the origins / performance of the unit. He was a bit susceptible to those.
His was battery or mains powered, with the mains lead stowed away in a rear compartment covered by a flap secured by two press studs. The mains plug was a moulded-on flat two-pin type and so the necessary adaptor, which of course could not be stowed in the compartment, had to be kept around somewhere nearby when the radio was stowed out of use.
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