Released in 1962 or 1963 the General Electric P-840/P-875 are the apparent successors to GE’s ground-breaking, tour de force P-780 series of portable AM radios. Interestingly, although the P-840 and P-875 radios look identical and share virtually identical chassis, the P-840 is an 8-transistor design while the P-875 uses 7 transistors. The P-840 has a two-transistor audio driver stage while the P-875 uses a single transistor audio driver. These radios are about two thirds the size and weight of the P-780 series but still share many of the former’s design concepts; heavy steal chassis, beefy speaker, large ferrite rod, tuned RF stage, three gang air variable tuning condenser and a long 7 ½” ferrite rod antenna. I had read some glowing reports about these radios that described them as top performers, so how well do they perform and specifically how do they compare with the earlier P-780?

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Jay Allen