Rewiring a tranny combo so that it can be used as a cab for a valve head?

[danny la rouge]

Tranny has been shorthand for transistor for decades.

Yes. But used by older people for whom transistor radios are a new thing. I wasn’t born before transistor radios existed, so it was never necessary for me to make the distinction.

 

[WouldBe]

Yes. But used by older people for whom transistor radios are a new thing. I wasn’t born before transistor radios existed, so it was never necessary for me to make the distinction.

I'm 60 and my parents have only had transistor radios. It wasn't until I was 13/14 that I got a valve radio so I could listen to short wave radio.

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm 60 and my parents have only had transistor radios. It wasn't until I was 13/14 that I got a valve radio so I could listen to short wave radio.

I’m 58 and a portable transistorised radio was always just a “radio”. We had one in the kitchen when I was growing up. Then around 1978 everyone stop using them and got “ghetto blasters” instead.

 

[danny la rouge]

I hope this will clear things up:

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/what-did-you-call-a-radio-growing-up.383169/

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I recall small personal transistor radios being called 'transistor radios' or trannys.
I'm only 50. I had an orange and blue tranny with white ear buds

 

[8ball]

Tranny has been shorthand for transistor for decades.

Or transformer (as has been said).
Or transmission (marine engineers).

 

[WouldBe]

Or transformer (as has been said).
Or transmission (marine engineers).

Not going to pickup radio Luxembourg on either of those or if you do there's something wrong with them.

 

[8ball]

Not going to pickup radio Luxembourg on either of those or if you do there's something wrong with them.

I miss radio Luxembourg.

 

[xenon]

I'm 60 and my parents have only had transistor radios. It wasn't until I was 13/14 that I got a valve radio so I could listen to short wave radio.

You don’t need a valve radio to listen to short wave radio, I had one back in the 90s. A Sony portable stereo thing.

 

[WouldBe]

You don’t need a valve radio to listen to short wave radio, I had one back in the 90s. A Sony portable stereo thing.

This was back in the 70's and was a freebie.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh. I never finished this thread.
I built my own light weight cab in the end.