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julie_m · 25th Mar 2017, 5:06 pm

I remember a radio very similar, if not identical, to the "Flight 4" above; with a colourful tuning scale, and "PB" as a continuation from air band. This must have been the early 1980s (while 405 line TV was still on air) because I remember it could pick up the ITV sound.

My nan also used to have a smaller mains / battery set, with just medium and long waves and a solitary speaker, badged "Clarentone DeLuxe". It used the same covered-cardboard construction, with a false back over the electronics leaving a space for the mains lead and the plastic battery holder. A big round silver knob for tuning and a slider for the volume.

25th Mar 2017, 5:06 pm	#19
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: 1970s Hong Kong radio I remember a radio very similar, if not identical, to the "Flight 4" above; with a colourful tuning scale, and "PB" as a continuation from air band. This must have been the early 1980s (while 405 line TV was still on air) because I remember it could pick up the ITV sound. My nan also used to have a smaller mains / battery set, with just medium and long waves and a solitary speaker, badged "Clarentone DeLuxe". It used the same covered-cardboard construction, with a false back over the electronics leaving a space for the mains lead and the plastic battery holder. A big round silver knob for tuning and a slider for the volume. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.