1960s Swedish Conserton Typ B 1920 T Transistor Radio

reason no one wanted to take a chance on it was because it used special 4.5 volt batteries available only in Sweden. I wasn't making repro's when I purchased it, and since the original holders were missing, I went ahead and wired in two 3-D-Cell holders in their place. It's really a Philips set with a Conserton badge on it, and it's AM, FM (88-100 mHz), SW (30 to 20 meters) and Longwave. The FM and LW-AM-SW dials are independently tuned. I replaced all the electrolytics and tweaked ...

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YouTube | March 12, 2009

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