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Old 04-07-2019, 01:12 PM
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Zenith surprise !

My sis called looking for a small radio that sounds good. I remembered
I stashed away a few Zenith R472 series clock radios, this one a K472
from 1979. A little WD40 in the controls & its back in service.
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/zenith...und_k472w.html

Here is the surprise. after I test ran it a few days I threw it in the truck
& delivered it abt 24 hrs later. After 40 years the back up battery
was still good ! Time came back correct !

Anyhows this radio has to be in the top 5 of all clock radios. We used to
buy them by the case. At $75 we made almost $20 on each one.
There are a few other similar ones including a big job with an oval
speaker & a TRF front end on AM & also a stereo one.

73 Zeno
LFOD !
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