- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
- Year
- 1956/1957
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 291081
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- Brand: Musaphonic
- Number of Transistors
- 5
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 742 - General Electric Co. GE;
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 5.375 x 3.1875 x 1.5 inch / 137 x 81 x 38 mm
- Notes
-
5-transistor pocket sized portable radio. Turquoise plastic case.
Same model in black: Model 740.
- Price in first year of sale
- 49.95 $
- Mentioned in
- Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1956/57, page 788.)
- Author
- Model page created by Noemi Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 2909 models, 2133 with images and 2034 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY