On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:01:31 GMT, d wrote:

If you have not had the pleasure of playing around with a tube-powered
Zenith Transoceanic, boy, are you missing out. Great stuff. I am
starting to feel that there have been no good portable radios available
new since 1962. : )

Anybody else feel the same way?


Yep. They are good radios even after all these years. I've got a 8G005
that never fails to please.

I might be letting the cat out of the bag, but for those that like to
dx the mw band, the Zenith transistor portables, especially the 500H
will hold its own.

Zenith was a great and proud company in those days. It still saddens
me to think of there demise after the Japanese radio invasion.

Have fun with your Zenith. They don't make 'em like that anymore.