Here’s another classic all-analog AM only portable from the 60’s. Hitachi described the TH-812 as “Super Sensitivity”, plus, this is the first Hitachi radio I’ve had so I was very interested to learn all I could about it. It was introduced in 1964 and is a 9-transistor design with a tuned RF stage and three gang air variable tuning condenser…old school all the way and highly desirable. It features a 5” ferrite rod of large cross-section, a big slide rule dial, 3 1/2” x 5 ½” (approx.) oval speaker, leather case and gives very long battery life from its 6 D cells.

Let’s take the Hitachi TH-812 for a test drive!

Jay Allen