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The featured radio for this update is the Toshiba 7TM-352S, an AM/shortwave multiband coat-pocket which appeared in 1961. The aesthetics of the design are apparent throughout. This was a radio designed to be noticed! |
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entire top half of the radio is reverse-painted, with a wonderful asymmetrical
gold trim leading up and around to a cutout for the volume control.
The dial pointer is gold, as well. Located on top of the radio is
a pushbutton for switching between bands. The band selected (MW or
SW) appears in the small window at the left of the AM scale. Directly
behind the pushbutton is a telescoping antenna for SW.
This radio has quite a bit of heft for its size, even without its cylindrical-style 9-volt battery. |
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| The reason for the heft becomes obvious the moment one looks inside--the radio is crammed to the gills with the components necessary for operation on AM and the 5.9 to 18 MHz SW band. These components were almost certainly the smallest available at that time, and this radio represents quite an engineering achievement. | |
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| Finally,
I've enlarged the labels which appear in the radio. The top label
merely describes the radio and names the manufactuer, model number, design,
and coverage. Pretty standard, as is the serial number label with
the production number stamped in. Toshiba was probably a bit optimistic
in leaving room for almost one hundred million different serial numbers!
This radio was also made as the 7TP-352M, identical except that the trim is black instead of gold, and the radio covers the 1.6-5 MHz Marine band as well as AM. |
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