1957 Vintage Motorola Ranger 700 Portable Radio

This is a hot receiver.

Hot in terms of sensitivity.

This is a 1957 Motorola Ranger 700, Model 6P34E. It's a five-tube battery and AC radio.

Now, that may not sound out of the ordinary, but the fifth tube is not a rectifier. Rectification
is handled by a selenium job. The fifth tube is an RF amplifier that raises sensitivity to a
remarkable level.

An recepticle for the AC power cord is located on the left rear corner of the cabinet.

The cabinet is typical of 1950s Motorolas--narrow metal box with a rotatable plastic handle that also
houses the ferrite-rod antenna.

It's powered by two reproduction batteries--a 276 9-volt A battery and a 479 90-volt B battery.

The Ranger series was Motorola's version of what would be GE's Superadio line--high sensitivity in a
portable, and this one delivers the goods. An evening's worth of listening from stations throughout
the country is easily tuned by this set.

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• am
• 1950s
• portable
• antique
• old
• Motorola
• battery
• Ranger
• RF
• sensitivity

[quickerNu]

I have one just like it! Where did you find the batteries?

[batterymaker]

@quickerNu I didn't. I made 'em... :-)

[maynardcat]

This 5 tube radio does have excellent sensitivity,.and a unique styling. I have one exactly like it but it quit working due to printed circuit board problems, which are very difficult to resolve. I have another one similar that has 4 tubes, but does not play nearly as well as this 5 tube model.

[breehound]

Just an absolutely beautiful radio, do you ever sells any of your radios? I don't know if I asked you that before or not. I wonder if it rivals my GE P-780. It was made along those lines if I remember right. Great job, I'd be showing that one off, no doubt.:-)