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Zenith Trans-Oceanic with manual

What would TSA think of this portable Zenith?

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July 22, 2024July 22, 2024

This portable (luggable?) Zenith radio featured a proprietary antenna that flipped out from the radio to pull in stronger or more distant am radio...

Groovy orange AM radio

Orange music

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January 12, 2024January 12, 2024

I ran across the exact radio I had when I was a kid, for years and years... Until I sort of grew out of it and discovered FM radio.

Zenith Trans-Oceanic with manual

Happy to be playing again

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April 27, 2023

I got caught up in bidding frenzy and wound up buying this old Zenith Trans-Oceanic at the Saturday auction for forty bucks. I figured to...

Lamp Chimney cleaning with bonus annoying sister added for extra misery.

Lamp chimney cleaning beats protesting.

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January 21, 2021October 5, 2021

This coal-oil lamp would give off a lovely glow if I shoved it up your wazoo, thought Billy. This 1951 newspaper comic panel appealed to the...

I bring you… Music! Or… a house fire!

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October 14, 2020February 24, 2022

I would like to see if this old Airline brand portable tube radio from Monkey Wards still works, it uses a D battery but there is a lot of...

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