I just won this on eBay this afternoon, it looks like a tube set no? I mostly picked it up because it looks like its really small and it looks like a tube set... Does anyone know what the model number is on it? I would like to do some research, but I get lost in a sea of 50s tube portable sets whenever I try to do any resarch...
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Got one just like it, & ANOTHER one that is branded "Singer", but is the same set, otherwise... Good performers. Think you'll be pleased..

Its early 70's. Good little sets. Dont remember model
## but it starts with AN. And yes its all tubes.

73 Zeno:smoke:

I've got one almost exactly like it, the knobs are a different style though.

Can't help with a model number because all the paper tags have fallen off.

AN-109 I got 2 of 'em.... Yes all tubes.... Great sets... You can use it as a
flashlight the tube is bright and strong....
It would be nice to get a manufacture date, I think it's early 70's like '70-72.
Mine has the original knobs.... There is a picture of it on here somewhere....

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Remember seeing a Panny catalog, & these l'il guys were quite a bit cheaper than their Soiled-State cousins...Matshushita stayed w/Tooobs a lot longer than Sony did, IIRC...

Similar to my AN-82D only mine uses slider controls, has a slide-rule UHF indicator, and is has a wood grain cabinet. Mine is a non-defeatable instant-on set, and the tube is weakish. I think mine must have been a restaurant/bar dwelling set as the inside was dustier than even most 1930's radios I've opened, and it has a rather strong tobacco smell...Might also explain the weak CRT if it was ran long hours every day.

Hmm, Is this set by any chance one of those instant on sets?

Hmm, Is this set by any chance one of those instant on sets?

No, but you can cook on it....

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I bet, if this set is as small as I think it is and with it being an all tube set I but you could fry some toast on those top vents! :jawdrop: I hope the board in mine isn't toast, or did these sets use a "real" chassis?

I just fired mine up using the Agile Modulator for a source and it has a great picture, very sharp with good contrast. It started to roll a little after a few minutes but it locked in with a minor tweak of the control.

As the Squirrel said it has a really bright CRT! I didn't see any tube glow with it off so no Instant On that I can detect.