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Old 04-06-2012, 12:31 PM
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They performed poorly because they were only a crystal set with a two-transistor audio amp. Amazingly enough, they'd suck the life right out of a 9 volt battery in no time.
Hmmm. These radios didn't have much to them, so the amplifier couldn't have been that powerful; I wonder why they would drain a nine-volt battery so fast. If they had large, powerful amplifiers that could blow someone out of a room with the volume just barely cracked open, yes, I could see why they would go through batteries quickly, but with only two transistors?

Doesn't make much sense to me. A two-transistor amplifier, after all, shouldn't draw that much current unless the radio is played at or near full volume most of the time, but then again, maybe that was the only way to hear these sets in most areas.
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