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It’s been seventy five years sinceRCA introduced the BP-10 radio.At thetime some at RCA thought that the radio would not go over with the public.It was expensive and would only run from aunique high voltage battery.On top ofthat, the BP-10 sensitivity and audio performance were not up to the standardsof console radios.
RCA had invested a lot in thedesign and manufacture of the BP-10 and was not about to waste what RCA upper managementbelieved was a great product.So, theypromoted the BP-10 radio in every media available.Media outlets from Broadway plays tonewspaper columnist were awash with continuous mention of the “new personalradio”.And the public responded.During 1940 and 1941 more than a quarter of amillion BP-10 radios were made and sold.
Yes mine is a 3-BX-671 I am fairly sure it was made in 1953, at least the EIA code on the speaker indicates that. But it would be nice to have a reference. Compared to the Zenith Trans-Oceanic's there is not much info on these RCA-Victor Strato-World's.
With its ties to RKO Pictures, RCA was able to get many celebrityendorsements for the new personal portable.
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RCA went so far as to stage demonstration of the BP-10 at various publiclocations.
When radio production resumed afterWWII the BP-10 personal portable concept was again promoted not only by RCA,but Emerson, Motorola, and many other manufactures.Unfortunately, the public interest was nolonger on radios.It was on television.Portable radios were still selling, but notlike the before the war.Not untiltransistor radios hit the market in late 1954 would the public again befascinated with the small personal portable radio concept.And technology kept the pace up, introducingportable AM/FM radios, tape players, then CD players, followed by digitalplayers.Today it’s smart phones.By the early twenty first century the BP-10was technological ancient history.
Looking back at the last seventyfive years, a lot has happened in portable technology, entertainment, andcommunications.When the BP-10 is viewedin its place in that history it’s obvious that the BP-10 was a seminal force inthe social imperative toward personal electronics of all types.In the1940’s it wasn’t apparent that the public infatuation with the BP-10 and otherpersonal radios would lead to an ever expanding list of personnelelectronics.
Today, the BP-10 is respected by the radiocollecting community as one of the first personal radios.Here are a few aspects of the BP-10 acknowledgedby radio historians:
-A radio envisioned and commissioned byRCA
-RCA’s first commercial use of its newminiature tubes.
-Introduced at the legendary 1939 New York World’s Fair
-The only radio placed in the cornerstoneof the RCA R & D Center.
-A radio in use prior to WWII and carriedto war postings by many servicemen
New radio collectors and people unfamiliarwith radio history rarely heard of the RCA BP-10.But if they research the history of portableradios, they eventually rediscover the BP-10.Despite the technological pace since 1940, the appearance andperformance of the BP-10 radio still surprises people.
Some of the comments of this newgeneration of BP-10 rediscoverers can be found on the web.The Antique Radio Forum started a new topicon May 2, 2015 entitled “RCA Victor BP10”.It can be found at:
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