The Stuff Of Radio

Below is from the 1956 brochure for this radio..

Brighten your days with this newest all transistor (tubeless) radio. It’s a handy portable or—by reversing the dial—a handsome, table model (left). Seven transistors for greater sensitivity and best automatic volume control. Long-lived battery pack, good for a year’s normal use. Luggage-type cabinet in British tan (shown) or brown alligator leatherette. MODEL 9562P

MFJ 9420 20- Meter SSB TRANSCEIVER

QUICKSTART INSTRUCTIONS:

You’ll need three things to get your MFJ-9420 on the air fast:

-12-14 Volt 2-Amp Power Source.

-600-Ohm Dynamic PTT Microphone

-20-Meter Antenna

1. POWER SUPPLY: The I~FJ-4114 AC/NiCd Portable Power Pack or MFJ-4110 AC Wall-adapter Supply are especially designed to run the MFJ-9420. You may also use any 13.8-Volt supply or 10-cell NiCd pack as long as it delivers 2-A on peaks (12-Volt supplies will work fine — but at reduced RF output). Use a 5.5mm OD x 2.lmm coaxial-type power plug (Radio Shack 274-1567) with (+) connected to the center pin:

2. MICROPHONE: The MFJ-9420 speech processor circuit was designed around the companion MFJ-290 600-Ohm Dynamic Microphone. Radio Shack’s 21-1172 replacement microphone also plugs in without modification and works well. If the mike you select requires a plug, install a 5-Pin DIN connector (Radio Shack 274003~ as shown:

Pin 3: PTT Line Pin 4: Mic Line Pin 1,2,5: Ground

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3. ANTENNA: The MFJ-9420 will function with any 20-Meter antenna exhibiting a VSWR of 3:1 or less (your home station antenna or the MFJ-1772 Portable Dipole should work fine). AVOID USING ANTENNAS WITH UNKNOWN OR HIGH VSWR. The MFJ-9420 PA is not protected by high-VSWR shutdown circuitry and you may generate out-of-band parasitics if a high VSWR load is present.

Yaesu FT-897D HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

The FT-897D is a rugged, innovative multiband, multimode portable transceiver for the amateur radio MF/HF/ VHFIUHF bands. Providing coverage of the 160-10 meter bands (include the 60 m band: USA version) plus the 6 m, 2 m, and 70 cm bands, the FT-897D includes operation on the SSB, CW, AM, FM, and Digital modes, yielding the most comprehensive performance package available for field operation.

Designed for use from ( I ) an external DC power source, (2) internal battery (requires optional FNB-78 Ni-MH battery pack), or (3) AC power source (requires optional FP30 External AC Power Supply), the FT-897D provides 100 watts of power output from a 1 3.8-Volt external power supply or AC operation. When using the optional FNB-78 NiMH Battery Pack, the FT-897D automatically switches to 20 Watts (430 MHz: I 0W) of output power.

The multi-function Liquid-Crystal Display includes attractive backlighting, which may be disabled for battery conservation. The display includes bar-graph indication of power output, ALC voltage, SWR, and modulation level. Also include are a number of operating status icons, as well as the function displays for the three operating function keys (A, B. and C).

Among the advanced features of the FT 897D are many incorporated only in large base-station transceivers. These include Dual VFOs; Split-Frequency operation; Digital Signal Processing (Bandpass Filtering, Noise Reduction, Notch, and Microphone Equalizer); IF Shift; Clarifier (“RAT.”); IF Noise Blanker; AGC Fast/Slow/Auto/Offselection; RF Gain and Squelch control; IPO (Intercept Point Optimization) and a receiver front-end Attenuator; Built-in High Stability Reference Oscillator; AM Aircraft reception; AM and FM Broadcast reception; U.S. Weather Band reception; VOX; Built-in Electronic Keyer; Adjustable CW Pitch; Automatic FM Repeater Shift (ARS); Built-in CTCSS Encoder/Decoders; ARTS™ (Auto-Range Transponder System); Smart Search™ Automatic Memory Loading System; Spectrum Scope; 200 Memories plus Home Channels and Band-limiting Memories; Alpha-Numeric Labeling of Memories; Automatic Power-Off(APO) and Time-Out Timer (TOT) functions; Computer interface capability; and Cloning capability.

Nice vintage Radio Speaker …

Wooden case..

14″ wide x 11″ deep x 10″ tall…

Vintage ZENITH Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000 Radio..

Band selector on the side.

Runs on a back-breaking 9 “D” batteries..