circa 1957 Westinghouse H-612P5
Micro-table / coat pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
6 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 inches / 154 x 79 x 40 mm
Five transistors (2N252, 2N254, 2x 2N238, Texas Instruments TI357)
One tubular 9-volt battery
Made by Westinghouse Electric Corp., Metuchen, New Jersey
The second Westinghouse transistor radio produced. Note the "All Transistor" designation on this five-transistor radio's face, always an indicator of a radio with a lower than expected transistor count in its day. Westinghouse radios indicated their transistor count in the numeral following the "P" in the model number: this is an H-612P5.
The first Westinghouse transistor radio was the 1956 H-587P7/H-588P7/H-589P7, a seven transistor model -- so, yes, as with Raytheon and Philco, Westinghouse's first transistor radio incorporated more transistors than its second model.
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