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Silicon Chip
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+61 2 9939 3295
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From time to time, "replicas" of early radio sets appear in catalog advertisements from various electronics and electrical retailers. Consoles and cathedral sets seem to be the favourites but of course, they’re not true replicas. First, the cabinets are nothing like the those from the 20s, 30s and 40s, usually being made from cheap ply or particle board with a lacquer finish of some sort. Second, a glance at the front panel reveals that these sets can receive FM transmissions as well as AM. In reality, FM didn’t get under way in Australia until well after the era that the "replica" is supposed to represent.