1958 Constant Personna TR 600
Shirt pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
4 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/8 inches / 117 x 75 x 35 mm
Six transistors (Toshiba), one diode, superheterodyne circuit
Manufactured by Fuji High Frequency Radio Lab. Co., LTD. (Constant), Japan
One of the few transistor radio cabinets I've seen that's truly yellow in color, not a faded white. Its cabinet colors — gold, red and yellow — make for a very pleasing color combination. This radio appeared under a number of different names, including its manufacturer's original marketing name, "Constant."
The outside back face of this Persona TR 600 unit is stamped, "6T-160", the model number of the original Constant model — see photo below.
Collector Joe Haupt has written on Wikimedia Commons, "The earliest newspaper ad I could find for this radio was in the May 23, 1958 edition of the Abilene Texas Reporter-News. The Personna transistor radio was included in a Lester's Jewelry Store ad. It was priced at $29.95 (regular price $39.95)." And on his Flickr page, Joe shares an ad from The Corpus Christi Caller Newspaper, dated August 15, 1958 (see below).
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