1958 Philco Trans-World Model T-9 Shortwave Portable Radio Part 2

Philco's entry into the transistor shortwave portable market. Large heavy wooden cabinet covered in genuine cowhide. This uses a large slide-rule dial with a unique logging scale ruler. It moves down underneath each selected band. It has excellent tone, about as good as the Zenith Royal 1000. Battery complement is unique--there are four D cells in the upper compartment, two in the lower. The lower cells power the oscillator transistor, the remainder power the rest of the circuit. All the cells are wearing reproduction Philco P-920 covers.

This video shows the logging scale function and the radio operating on shortwave. The signal is weak, as I'm playing it in a metal building.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• antique
• radio
• battery
• portable
• transistor
• tubes
• old
• shortwave
• philco

[chairdude1]

Never seen one ever,amazing radio for a american radio

[Doom61000]

I have the same exact one found it in a dumpster one day but the part where you open it with the globe is missing. I didnt even know what it was till now thanks

[ruzgar1212]

very very nice and good

[retrochad]

I like the way that dial indicator moves, never have seen one like that before!