astor: CPN;

If ever any radio can be called a "Transision Model", this would qualify. The Circuit Board is drilled and there is no printed copper, just point-to-point wiring. The larger Astors of this era, E.G. the HPN, used tag strips and point-to-point wiring whilst all the later "pocket" radios that are the same size as the CPN use printed circuit boards. The wiring from the rod antenna to the board is over-long and flimsy. Along with many (most?) transistor radios of this era, my example has suffered from leaking batteries. 

• Point to Point wiring on the reverse (now usually copper) side of the board (177 KB)

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