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Someone mentioned that I should check eBay for backissues of Consumer Reports. Well.... I fell into a big stack of them. I've put aside what I've been looking for (radios), and I've come across some that have washer and dryer reviews: July 57 (dryers), February 54 (washers and dryers), April...

Nothing special-- I just use a set of either AA's, C's or D's. The more portable I make the set, the better.

I've done that, but I'd like to have the issues in my own collection.

Batteries You can still get some of the B batteries, although you have to pay dearly for them, somewhere around $30 a pop. On the other hand, I built mine. The A batteries are nothing more than modern #6 cells with vintage covers on the outside. The B pack is really one large masonite box--it...

Here's the insides to that '24....the UV199's aren't in this photo, but a set of those alone set me back $150. And they were USED ones....:-)

Here's one of my collection--my niche is in portable radios, mostly from the '40s and '50s. But I had to have this one, a 1925 Radiola 24. It was sold to me as a "kit,"--the original owner was going to re-cover it, so he tore it down to pieces and never got around to finishing it. It took me...

The ones in particular I'm looking for have articles and reviews on portable tube and transistor portable radios. Anything between 1941 and 1965. I already have July '55, July '58 and November '57. Looks like there's a pattern here--most portable were brought out during summer. Anyone have...