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4-tube subminiature tube radio, date uncertain |
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March '57, first Japanese transistor radio exported to the US |
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first Standard shirt pocket — August '57? |
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September '57, first Hitachi shirt pocket |
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the US export version of the Sanyo 6C-9 |
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(circa '58 — may have been '59) |
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this version of the EB-165 was produced at least through 1959, and an earlier version of this set may have been produced in 1957 |
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Nov '58, world's first FM transistor radio |
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Nov '58, first Japanese large-production transistor radio exported to the US |
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prodution continued into 1959 |
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aka Sharp TR-182 |
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manufactured by Asahi Musen (Crown) |
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may have been 1960 |
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MW / SW portable |
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(possibly '58?) one of the first US transistor radios to be produced in Japan |
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Sony claims this to be the first SW shirt pocket radio |
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may have been produced in 1959 |
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same cabinet and circuit as NEC NT-620 |
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MW/LW version of the T-15 |
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may have been late 1959 |
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A 1960 version of the 1958 TR-712 |
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AM radio and CB walkie-talkie |
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