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"Bananas"
The first real handy portables were built resembling the shape of a big handset, most probably imitating
a telephone handset.
The term "banana" was born for this kind of handy portables.
The first radio of this shape was the American one-channel tube radio BC-611 .
The shape existed long into the transistor age. Since these radios appear on my website in different categories,
I combined all the "bananas" of my collection in this page.
"Bananas" in my collection:
"Tube- bananas" :
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BC-611 E (USA) |
It was developed in the USA at the end of WWII, and with the time was built in
Variants BC-611 A to BC-611 F.
[click] for the description of BC-611
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BC-611 F (USA) |
The collection has the US variants BC-611 E und BC-611 F.
[click] for the drescription of BC-611
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BC-611 (F) |
The BC-611 also was licenced an built abroad. Most of the BC-611 that can be got here in Germany, are
BC-611 F from France..
[click] for thr description of BC-611
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Fox |
" Kleinfunkgerät Fox" ("small radio Fox") is the Swiss Version of the BC-611.
Partly it was imported, partly it was built in Switzerland. All these radios were called "Fox".
[click] for the description of Kleinfunkgerät Fox.
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BC-721 |
BC-721 is the glider version of the BC-611. It came in two variants: BC-721 A and BC-721 B.
The radio in the collection is a BC-721 B, unfortunately without mounting.
[click] for the description of BC-721
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PRC-6 (USA) |
The next radio generation, too, was developed and built in the USA; and used in many countries. This is the rounded shape that
is commonly known everywhere. It also uses tubes, and has only one channel, like its predecessor.
[click] zur for description of PRC-6
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PRC-6 (F) |
Many countries built the licensed version, here the French Variant.
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PRC-6 (Israel) |
Das Israel Variant has a Hebrew lettering on the outside, and an English lettering on the inside.
Most probably it was imported and renamed.
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RT-201 by Ducati (I) |
In Italy they built a "Short Banana", with the battery in a different housing, connected by a cable.
[click] for description of the Ducati
The next developments in the USA had different housings; in many countries the proven banana- shape furthermore was
used also for multichannel and transistorized versions.
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PRC-6/6 (D) |
The German Army developed the six- channel PRC-6/6. It still used tubes.
[click] for description of PRC-6/6
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TR-PP-8-A (F) |
The 6- channel French Variant was the TR-PP-8-A
[click] for description of TR-PP-8-A
"Solid state bananas" :
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PRC-6E (GR) |
Greece built a one-channel solid state version: PRC-6-E
[click] for description of PRC-6-E
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PRC-6T (D) |
The German version PRC-6T (1 channel) was built only for export.
[click] for description of PRC-6T
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PRC-6TA (OE) |
Das Austrian PRC-6TA is structurally identical to the PRC-6T.
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PRC-6T / 180 (D) |
There also was a 180- channel German version, the PRC-6T/180. This radio, too, was exported only.
[click] for description of PRC-6T/180
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TR-PP 11 (F)
AVP-1 (Portug)
RV-2 (I) |
France built a slightly different banana shaped radio, the TR-PP-11
(6 channels).
It also was used in adjacent countries using different terms.
[click] for description of TR-PP-11
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PRC-6AK (Korea) |
Korea combined the two-part American radio PRT-4 und PRR-9 to a one-part banana with two channels:
KPRC-6.
[click] for description of KPRC-6
German "BOS- Bananas" :
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FuG 6 (D) |
Also German BOS- radios (for authorities) were built using the popular banana shape. An example is the well- known
tube radio FuG 6 with three channels.
[click] for description of FuG 6
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FuG 6B (D) |
The successor of the FuG 6, the solid state FuG 6B with 40 channels, still had this shape.
[click] for description of FuG 6B
"Civilian" Bananas :
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CB- banana by Sony |
Even for hobby use portable radios were built using the banana shape, here a CB- radio by Sony.
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BC-611- CB- Banane |
Also the world famous BC-611 was built downsized as a CB radio.
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