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Radio Retro is a personal blog to showcase vintage transistor technology I grew up with. It covers transistor radios from the 50s, 60s and 70s – with iconic designs from Hacker<\/a>, Grundig<\/a> and Roberts Radio<\/a> of East Molesey along with Ever Ready, who’s blue and orange batteries powered many of my\u00a0portable devices. Amplifiers and speakers from the late seventies with Danish designs from Jacob Jensen for Bang and Olufsen<\/a> are also featured along with their classic Beolit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posts capture some of my attempts to restore and fix these technology icons. Many of the radios have been given away for a new life, rescued from the scrap heap – or at least delayed a while. Some have found their way to new owners to delight in retro design. Some are kept as a retro collection and prop up the wife’s books and others are in daily use rubbing shoulders with the iPads and iPhones of the modern tech world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are tempted to repair your retro device please note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warning<\/strong> \u2013 As with any mains powered device always follow manufacturers instructions and Never<\/strong> operate your device with the rear or top open and connected to mains power. I cannot be held responsible for any damage or injury you may sustain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Analogue’s radio days are numbered \u2013 2020 was one such optimistic date the UK Government once decided would be the great turn off. I’m not so sure it will be any time soon. There are far too many signals out there to receive and digital radio \u2013 DAB or DAB+ \u2013 is brain damaged by mean bandwidth allocation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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