06-13-2025, 11:18 PM
Vlad;
Yes it's very similar, Motorola obviously wanted to get the most use they could out of the dyes used to stamp out the steel cabinets, all they had to do was put a new front panel, and door on to disguise it. I guess you could say that the chassis was a refinement of the 1948 model, electrically they would be very similar, pretty much all "three way" portables from that era are, some would have a tuned RF stage, others not. I think that the largest change was that many started using a 3V4 audio output tube, which gave better performance then the 3S5. There is a green version of your set out there as well, I will have to see if I can find one.
Regards
Arran
Yes it's very similar, Motorola obviously wanted to get the most use they could out of the dyes used to stamp out the steel cabinets, all they had to do was put a new front panel, and door on to disguise it. I guess you could say that the chassis was a refinement of the 1948 model, electrically they would be very similar, pretty much all "three way" portables from that era are, some would have a tuned RF stage, others not. I think that the largest change was that many started using a 3V4 audio output tube, which gave better performance then the 3S5. There is a green version of your set out there as well, I will have to see if I can find one.
Regards
Arran
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