Vintage Tech: Tiny Radios

[@billymoretti8437]

Those are cool little radios Kent! Billy

[@8-bitbitsa821]

That little orange Printzronic is a copy (Clone) of the Sinclair Micromatic Radio from the 60’s and 70’s 😉

[@KOVintageTech]

@@8-bitbitsa821 had no idea. Would like to locate a schematic for these.

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

I thought I had seen that before, Sinclair made several one used a button cell and was very thin. Thanks for you comment, good spot.

[@frankowalker4662]

I was going to say that. LOL. I remember it being advertised in Practical Wireless magazine in the early 70's.

[@douglashoff95]

The Printronic radio looks a lot like the Sinclair Micromatic which was seen in an episode of "The Saint". I believe these were featured for sale in an ad of Popular Electronics.

[@KOVintageTech]

Great insight. The micromatic used a different tuning capacitor. And claimed 6 stages rather than the 3 in the printronic. But both the same size.

[@frankowalker4662]

Nice collection.
How are you getting on with the Spectra radio glasses ?

[@KOVintageTech]

It's good they are working fine. The battery connection was the issue. I’ll post the results.