I got this from eBay, it doesn’t make any sound at all. It has a small crack in one corner but the case is otherwise okay. The screw on the bottom is corroded but the battery holder is in halfway decent shape. It needs a bit of cleaning, the metal is a bit tarnished but
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Posted to FB group Building Transistor Radios Jun 15 Months ago I started watching an eBay item of a lot of twenty Hammarlund 3 to 15 pF air variable silver plated ceramic trimmer capacitors. They were made in 1956, NOS / NIB, sealed in their original packaging and individually boxed. For months the seller wanted
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from FB group Building Transistor Radios 2018-12-29 I would choose eBay over Ali-whatever. Amazon is more expensive by far. Walmart is advertising heavily here on Facebutt, but they’re more expensive too. Two alarming things have happened. I ordered parts and had to pay a tariff on them. China is retaliating for this country’s tariffs on
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From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios My comment about a radio for AU$5400 on eBay. Dreaming, or more like wishing and hoping for a sucker to buy it. But at least he had enough sense to add ‘or best offer’. If someone offers a hundred, maybe he’ll take it. I’ve had a few successes with
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