Mike wrote- > Did they have car radios in 1941? In those pre-transistor days, the radio > must have taken up half the dashboard and the tubes would have kept the > car warm in winter. > > BTW, Canada had been involved in WWII for more than two years before Pearl > Harbor.
Hi Mike- Yes they had cars and the cars had radios. They used metal covered tubes and the tubes were black, all had 6 volt filaments. The world even had radar, the battleship U.S.S. TEXAS was one of the first to have radar. They even had television, with football and baseball games. Channel 2 and 4 in New York City came on the air on 4 July 1941. Yes, the world really hasn't changed much since 1940. And no, the radio's did not take up have the dash board, true they were bigger than today radio's but they had to be. They had to have a vibrator and 0Z4 to create the AC to run the filaments. BUT, audio quality was so-o-o-o much better than today's car radio's. If you were not around then you missed a lot of fun. Willis Old fort, TN _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
