1949 DuMont RA-103D3 12" on Ebay - Videokarma.org TV - Video

#1 02-01-2003, 12:38 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3638

***Eric H*** · #2 02-01-2003, 02:50 AM

Someone mentioned this set over at antiqueradios.com
There was another on eBay a couple weeks ago, it went for pretty big bucks, $300+ I think.

I have a cabinet for one of these that I use for a nightstand.

***Kamakiri*** · #3 02-01-2003, 01:38 PM

I had two of these. Never really impressed me in the styling department.

***grumpy*** · #4 02-01-2003, 02:17 PM

Shoot I guess I shouldnt have passed up a sweet looking one at a Garage sale for 50 bucks

#5 02-01-2003, 07:52 PM

Question. Was FM commercially broadcasted in 1949? Thought I had read somewhere FM was a 50's thing starting in LA.

Steve K · #6 02-01-2003, 10:30 PM

FM was being broadcast prior to WW-ll. The first licensed commercial station went on the air in 1941 but I believe that there were FM broadcasts before that. These stations were were on the old FM frequencies (41 - 50 MC I think). During the war the current freqencies were allocated. Several manufacturers came out with the new FM band radios in 1946.

Steve