Conrad Jutson and General Electric's Radio Receiver Department During the 1950s and 1960s
Mr. Jutson at work on the P925 chassis in the Faraday-shielded Design Lab in 1963.
Identification of the equipment in the photo
 Conrad Jutson played an important role in General Electric's portable transistor radio designs and deployments beginning in the late 1950s through 1969.  GE produced its first transistor radio, the model 675, in 1955, and quickly went on to become a major player in the portable transistor radio market.  Their radios were immensely popular and renown for performance and durability. Mr. Jutson joined the Department in January 1958 as a technician, and later became a design specialist, winning GE's Cordiner Award in 1963 for his work on the P925 and P930, the first MW/SW transistor radios GE produced.  His career later included leading the Multi-Band Engineering Team and Product Planner of all portable radios produced by the Department., finishing his tenure at GE as Manager of International Planning.
This feature consists of two sections.  One is an interview with Mr. Jutson regarding his tenure at General Electric, and the other concentrates on features of the P780, perhaps the best portable AM radio ever made by GE.
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