c.1965 Sanyo 10S-P10 "Transcontinental"
Portable radio, thermoplastic cabinet
9 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 inches / 232 x 114 x 51 mm
3-band MW/SW, ten transistors (Sanyo), four 1.5v "C" cells
Manufactured by Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd, Osaka,, Japan
There were several models made here: 10U-P10, 10L-P10, and this 10S-P10. The 10U appears to be a later model, and the 10L was essentially the same as the 10S with the exception of a LW band exchanged for one of the SW bands. An advertisement from Australia shown below shows a 10A-P10 model that appears to be the same as the 10S.
This 10S-P10 has three bands: MW, 2-6 MHz SW, and 6-18 MHz SW, each "band" contained in a weeny three inches on the tuning dial, not exactly making for a serious SW radio. The tuning dial knob is literally the same size and shape as the volume knob, and there's no band spread tuning or selectivity control. Still, a very pretty portable short wave radio, with a multicolored tuning dial that lights at the press of a button, a battery/signal strength meter, a reverse-painted "world" graphic alongside the tuning dial, and a gold-colored textured aluminum speaker grille. Good luck tuning stations on this.
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