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Why didn't Philco make a multiband portable?
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Hi All;
Here is a question that just popped into my head but it's something I have been wondering about for a while now. Why didn't Philco make a multiband or all wave portable like the Zenith Transoceanic? From what I have discovered over the years RCA had their own version of a T.O, so did Hallicrafters, Stromberg Carlson, FADA, and even Silvertone, G.E had a wetcell portable that was close to a T.O, but not Philco. Was it something that they had no interest in? Was it something that they were developing but abandoned for whatever reason? It's something that I think is odd.
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Arran


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Why didn't Philco make a multiband portable? - by Arran - 07-21-2011, 09:53 AM



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