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13th Dec 2018, 3:24 am | #1 |
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Dynatron Nomad
This radio dates from 1959 and bears a strong similarity to early Roberts models, even using a pair of PP9 batteries and having a rotating cabinet. The Nomad was bought untested and burst into life when power was applied. I was able to tune in stations on both wavebands, however the sound level was a little low and lacking in bass, improving once the radio had been playing for about 5 minutes. I decided to change the seven Plessey red black and yellow electrolytics and this restored normal operation. It's hard to believe these radios are nearly 60 years old now. Those Ediswan top hat transistors are museum pieces in their own right.
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13th Dec 2018, 6:08 am | #2 |
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Re: Dynatron Nomad
!959 puts it a few years after the Hacker brothers sold the Dynatron business to Ekco, and the year they left their directorships to set up Hacker Radio ltd. So it must have been developed while they were still involved in Dynatron. I wonder if this model acted as inspiration for setting up Hacker?
Roberts entered the Dynatron scene by buying the rights to the name long after it had become just a flag of convenience for flogging tarted-up Pye models. I wonder how the timing of the early Roberts portables fit in? I'm wondering if this model came out of early thinking by the Hackers. David
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Re: Dynatron Nomad
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Those Plessey electrolytics are a "change on sight" item as far as I'm concerned. A nice acquisition! Tony. |
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13th Dec 2018, 2:04 pm | #4 |
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13th Dec 2018, 6:13 pm | #5 |
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Re: Dynatron Nomad
I can remember as a child in the early 1960s being fascinated by transistor radios because they didn't need to "warm up".
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