Hoffman model KP709XS transistor solar radio

Hoffman Electronics1962

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Washington, DC, United States

Hoffman Electronics manufactured cells for satellites but also introduced a portable transistor radio that could run on sunlight or batteries. Hoffman model KP709XS transistor solar radio, about 1962, gift of Glen E. Swanson. 2016.0054.01

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Title: Hoffman model KP709XS transistor solar radio
Creator: Hoffman Electronics
Date Created: 1962
Subject Keywords: Energy, radio, transistor, solar power, renewable energy, consumer electronics
Publisher: Lemelson Center

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

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