|
Vintage Radio (domestic) Domestic vintage radio (wireless) receivers only. |
|
Thread Tools |
4th Feb 2020, 11:11 pm | #41 | |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
Quote:
I did remove Q3 at one stage and while out of the set I photographed it. All the transistors are made by CSF and the only difference in markings is the letter on top which is A to F depending on function. That particular transistor tested OK, photo attached.
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS Last edited by Vintage_RC; 4th Feb 2020 at 11:25 pm. Reason: photo added |
|
5th Feb 2020, 5:27 pm | #42 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
The batteries for the Solistor Transistor 8 comprised three 4.5V flat batteries and were inserted in the bottom of the set. There is an arrangement of spring clips into which the battery terminals are inserted. These batteries are getting harder to find and are expensive so I have squeezed in three 3xAA battery boxes and they are wired to the PCB as I didn't want to solder directly to the clips. The battery box cover is aluminium and has an unusual method of attachment, to remove you slide the cover in either direction until the tongue is released and then you slide the other way to remove it. I have attached some pictures which should make all this clearer (I have since removed the rogue red wire).
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS |
6th Feb 2020, 12:58 pm | #43 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
Thanks to a gentleman in France I now have a scan of the article in the magazine Toute La Radio (All Radio) for Dec 1956 introducing the first commercial French transistor radio, the Solistor Transistor 8. For anyone who might be interested I have put together a pdf file containing the original article and my translation plus a few extra notes.
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS |
11th Feb 2020, 8:01 pm | #44 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
Further to the above article in Toute La Radio, further research has turned up a much longer feature about the Solistor in the magazine Le Haut-Parleur (The Speaker) also in their Dec 1956 issue and also on the front cover. It is evident from this article that the arrival of this radio was regarded as a very significant event, it makes an interesting read. Once again I have put together a pdf file which includes the original article and my translation of it.
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS |
11th Feb 2020, 10:08 pm | #45 |
Dekatron
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Derby, UK.
Posts: 7,735
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
I like how they were careful to qualify it as the first mass-produced set with transistors and printed wiring!
It conjures up images of a mob of indignant French experimenters descending on the offices of the paper, clutching their own hand-made transistor radios and demanding to be acknowledged as the real first in France!
__________________
If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments. |
12th Feb 2020, 12:02 pm | #46 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
Yes there is indeed a very careful choice of words. As well as home made sets, there was in fact another French transistor radio released in 1956 but it didn't use French made transistors so it appears that it wasn't regarded as a proper French set.
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS |
15th Feb 2020, 11:18 pm | #47 |
Triode
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ottawa, Canada.
Posts: 26
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
Some info here if you have not already found it.
Regards. David. https://www.doctsf.com/grandlivre/pr...fmonm=solistor |
21st Feb 2020, 9:05 pm | #48 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Twickenham, London, UK.
Posts: 536
|
Re: My next project - the first French transistor radio
I had found that link David but thanks for posting.
__________________
Alan G6PUB, BVWS |