Would like Radarange Input

[swestoyz]

House of Chrome

Hey Mike,

As far as I know, there were no chrome cases - just the white/light grey color. The Radarange name has been owned by Raytheon for quite some time. Quite a few months ago I was snipped of an owner's manual from a document that was dated 1957 or '58, pre Amana. The picture on the front of the manual was worth a thousand words. The 'microwave' was comparable in size to a 40 inch Frigidaire Flair with cabinet and range hood! The thing was enormous.

I remember there is a photo gallery in the links section that Greg N took years ago during a visit to a large collection. I think there was a comparable unit in the collection. There wasn't much chrome, lots of white surface area, like the pictures that are provided on the history of microwaves.

Ben

 

[goatfarmer]

ebay

Here's one on EPay,for a buck.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMANA-Microwave...424130646QQcategoryZ20678QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Versatronic]

Thanks for the info Ben

That's facinating.

Goatfarmer, that's much like the one I used own. I know Ben likes the touchpads, but I don't care for them myself. I guess some sellers aren't going to use the term Radaranges in their listings.

 

[maytagbear]

The Amana Radarange,

to the best of my knowledge, was introduced in 1967.

My RR700 is from 1986. I love it almost (ALMOST!) as much as I love my cat.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[dalangdon]

Lawrence, it's OK to love your RadarRange, and OK to love your cat. Just don't try to combine the two ;-)

 

[kenmore1978]

touchpad vs knobs

I've noticed that the early microwaves with knobs had the dial markings spread out in such a way that setting the seconds between 0 and 1 minute was relatively accurate, whereas a modern cheapie microwave with a manual dial is almost impossible to set for less time than a full minute

 

[maytagbear]

Dan-

I would never try to pop popcorn in my cat, nor would I play "Catch the bird on the string" with my Radarange!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[petek]

I prefer the dial radarange to the touchpad models. I was hoping to keep two of them in the kitchen, the dial on the counter and the touchpad on the mw shelf above but because of the drop down door it made using it a bit awkward so the big GE is back there up top. I kept the dial model on the counter and use it the most. Seeing as most uses for the mw are only a couple of minutes or less it's much easier to just twig the dial and press the start button than entering a series of keystrokes. It's also easier to give a quick slide of the power shift lever to slow it down again than pressing a series of buttons.