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Old July 22nd 09, 07:54 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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I'm now the happy owner of a Lloyd's 8N55B

http://pikespeakradiomuseum.com/images/VMuseum Pics/Set 3 450s/set3 024.jpg

or, if you are cursed by Microsoft's URL wrap 'feature',


http://tinyurl.com/r9ao2h



It was almost free. A fifteen transistor radio, with very, very nice AM
reception at night. The frequency scale, as is to be expected, is far
from accurate.

A good day...


mike






Looks good.

Never had one of those, but I had several other Lloyd's multiband
portables. One of them was sold under an amazing number of brand names,
including Philco, Realistic, and others. Identical except for case
leather color, and in some cases, the metal trim color, gold or
silvertone. They seemed to hold up better than the other "off brand"
stuff, like Alaron, Arvin, Juliette, and Raliegh. My dad sold almost all
the off brands that were around back in the 60's and early 70's.

I had some great CB walkie talkies that had solid aluminum cases on them
and they worked great. They sold the same ones, in a different color, at
RS, and at Olson in yet another color.
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