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A Trans-Oceanic model Y600. Shown on the left is a modern shortwave radio for comparison. The Trans-Oceanic (abbreviated T/O) was a brand of portable radios produced from 1941 to 1981 by Zenith Radio. They were characterized by heavy-duty, high-quality construction and their performance as shortwave receivers. [1] [2]
Following development of several prototypes between 1939 and 1941, Zenith introduced the Model 7G605 Trans-Oceanic 'Clipper' in 1942, an early portable shortwave receiver marketed to consumers. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Shortwave receiver designs had traditionally employed vacuum tubes , but solid state circuit designs began to emerge in the 1950s.
The 1L6 was to be a specialty tube, produced in small quantities by very few manufacturers, mostly Sylvania for use by just a few manufacturers of shortwave portables, such as Zenith - in their Trans-Oceanics - and its short-lived rivals, such as the Hallicrafters TW-1000 and the RCA Strat-O-World and very few others. In fact, Zenith, Crosley ...
A Zenith Model 5-S-220 "cube" radio c. 1937. Among Zenith's early famous products were the "Royal" series of transistor radios and the "Trans-Oceanic" series of shortwave portable radios, which were produced from 1942 to 1981.
Pages in category "Zenith Electronics" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Trans-Oceanic; W. WUSN; Z. Zenith (Basquiat and Warhol)
The Trans-Oceanic is considered by many the best-designed mass-produced portable radio made. Zenith for the most part, until the end of the model line, used the latest cost-effective technology advances and materials in Trans-Oceanics. The Trans-Oceanic model line ran from 1942 to 1982.
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The Zenith Trans-Oceanic 7000 was, until 1970, the last transistor radio manufactured in the US. [ 12 ] Transistor radios were extremely successful because of three social forces—a large number of young people due to the post–World War II baby boom , a public with disposable income amidst a period of prosperity, and the growing popularity ...