07-21-2011, 10:06 AM
They did - the all-transistor T-9 "Trans-World":
http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1958.htm#ak
Of course, as so often happened with Philco, they came along with one late in the game.
They also built at least one "Tropic" portable (built for the export market) with two SW bands as well as AM. I have one, a 1952 model with a leather case. I need to get a photo of it put into the Gallery.
Frankly, I think Philco became so preoccupied with being "all things to all people"; i.e. washers, dryers, ranges, freezers, military electronics as well as consumer TV and radio, that they no longer produced well-designed products in any category after awhile. You know the old saying about having one's hands in too many pots. Or pies, if you prefer.
http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1958.htm#ak
Of course, as so often happened with Philco, they came along with one late in the game.
They also built at least one "Tropic" portable (built for the export market) with two SW bands as well as AM. I have one, a 1952 model with a leather case. I need to get a photo of it put into the Gallery.
Frankly, I think Philco became so preoccupied with being "all things to all people"; i.e. washers, dryers, ranges, freezers, military electronics as well as consumer TV and radio, that they no longer produced well-designed products in any category after awhile. You know the old saying about having one's hands in too many pots. Or pies, if you prefer.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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