1945-1959
Post War Tube Radios-The Baby Boom Years
1945-1959 Post War Tube Radios Table of Contents Links
Page 1: Post War Radios with Prewar Tech (WOOD)
WOODEN CABINET POST WAR RADIOS WITH PRE WAR TECHNOLOGY
Page 2: Post War Radios with Prewar Tech (PLASTIC)
PLASTIC CABINET POST WAR RADIOS WITH PRE WAR TECHNOLOGY
Page 3: Rise of Portable Radios
Page 4: 1950 Color Radios
1950'S PLASTIC COLOR RADIOS AND CLOCK RADIOS
Page 5: 1950 Wood and Non Color Radios
1950'S WOOD AND TRADITIONAL PLASTIC RADIOS
Page 6: Specialty Vacuum Tube Radios
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Wooden Cabinet Post War Radios with Prewar Technology
After the war ended companies had to get back to making radios for consumers. Two major problems immediately arose. First, there was a large inventory of prewar parts, that needed to be used up. Second there was no much time to retool and design circuits using newer technology. Solution was to put old technology into new cabinets. Portables were not affected since by the start of war newer designs were being used. . Photo: Typical Pre-War Technology Design of a Transformerless Table Radio (Sentinel 313)
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Wooden Table Radios 1945-1950
SHOWCASE: End of Farm Radios
The post war brought further electrification of rural areas. Many radios sold as farm radios later had an option allowing it to work as a socket or line operated radio. Think of it as an AC adapter. Below is an RCA 55F Farm Radio (using pre-war tubes) with the CV-42 Electrifier Unit. This is a five tube unit using 3Q5GT, 1A5GT, 2-1N5GT and 1A7GT. One picture shows the radio and the electrifier side by side before installation and photo below that shows how it is mounted in the back to replace the battery.The RCA 55F was made in 1945-46
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