{"id":48174,"date":"2021-03-13T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T12:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48174"},"modified":"2021-03-13T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T12:08:23","slug":"video-philco-transistor-manufacturing-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/video-philco-transistor-manufacturing-1957\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: PHILCO Transistor Manufacturing (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Transistor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48175\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Transistor.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Transistor.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Transistor-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Transistor-624x435.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following video from the Computer History Archives Project <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BillR7xtTxc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BillR7xtTxc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following video from the Computer History Archives Project YouTube channel:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,304,4796],"tags":[2584,2087,5116,4093],"class_list":["post-48174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-videos","category-vintage-radio","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-philco","tag-transistors","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cx0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7066,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/using-a-1938-philco-receiver-to-decode-a-digital-voa-radiogram\/","url_meta":{"origin":48174,"position":0},"title":"Using a 1938 Philco receiver to decode a digital VOA Radiogram","author":"Thomas","date":"August 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Gerhard, W6XH, recently purchased a vintage 1938 Philco console receiver, then used it to decode a VOA Radiogram. \u00a0Brilliant! 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Managed to add 4 old 1940's 1950's era broadcast band radios to my collection, had a great time.\u00a0[Here is a]\u00a0picture of my 1938 Wards dial tone with tuning eye, $35.00.\" Jerry continues: \"Found this GE-P780 at an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"wardsradio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49071,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/marwan-discovers-this-philco-console-at-a-family-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":48174,"position":4},"title":"Marwan discovers this Philco console at a family home","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marwan Baayoun, who writes: Hello Thomas, I hope this email finds you and yours well and in good health. 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In her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vintage-Philco-Consol-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vintage-Philco-Consol-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vintage-Philco-Consol-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vintage-Philco-Consol-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vintage-Philco-Consol-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/daves-radio-receiver-page-has-a-new-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":48174,"position":5},"title":"Dave&#8217;s Radio Receiver Page has a new home","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just been notified by Dave Zantow (N9EWO) that he has moved his excellent receiver page to a new home on the web. 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