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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Yeah, I've read that the Philco engineers REALLY burned the midnite oil on the Safari, it being the "1st one" & all. Transistors were still a new entity back then, it was one thing to design a shirtpocket AM radio, quite another to do a TV...
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I think even as late as the mid to late 1950's, most transistors did not work very well on VHF/UHF frequencies so I'm sure they really had a challege with the Philco Safari in getting transistors that would work on those frequencies.
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