EKCO American Vintage Transistor Radio 1960's (4K)

Video diary on this unusual find. I've seen this radio in a local antique shop a few times and avoided but then I gave in as fairly cheap. I thought it was a bit unusual to see a set with BC on and realised it must be for the American market. I was puzzled as EKCO was a British manufacture. I assume this radio is more Japanese made though. No visible model number is very puzzling. Filmed during lockdown 2.0. Has a strange fault still so may be a part 2! Music from the KZbin Audio library

[@terryblackman6217]

Nice and unusual radio. Very enjoyable video as usual. Thank you for sharing.

[@steelcity321pb6]

Hi Darren, I’ve just discovered you channel, and I have to say, I’m impressed. Phil.

[@darrencoe5795]

Welcome aboard! Glad you have found something of interest.

[@Stuart_Johnson_Solutions]

Nice to hear the improvement in output. The first radio I took to pieces used a battery tube.

[@paulh6591]

Hi Darren, the radio may been made in Japan by Aiwa, as it bears some cosmetic similarities to the Aiwa-made Packard Bell AR-851 (of Gilligan's Island, 1963 fame).

[@GeorgeChristofi]

An interesting little set that. I have a small plastic Japanese AA5 radio with the civil defence markings but made for 240v... There must have been a reason for them being in the UK and it would be interesting to find out

[@zx8401ztv]

Nice and fresh now and it sounds smashing :-D I've never seen one like that before, kenneth williams might of said :-D The scaling reminds me of the american pocket radios. Hopefully the solder will keep that control hardware solid, if it cracks over a few years try a bead of hot glue, i've found it handy for difficult to fix problems. I really do find it odd that a telescopic exists, the magnetic ferrite rod usually works fine on it's own. Ahh the crap-a-citors, never to be trusted. I like the real metal tuning capacitor, quality part.

[@Andrewausfa]

Hi Daz, that's an odd one, certainly not made in Southend! Odd as well as the Ekco name would mean nothing to our cousins.

[@darrencoe5795]

That's a good point as the name wouldn't mean much. Thanks Andrew.

[@davidperret9766]

Tous le temps en anglais

[@davidperret9766]

Toujours en englais