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    Posted: Jan/09/2022 at 9:48pm
Originally posted by Steve_P Steve_P wrote:

FWIW.  The transistors were also date coded.
All semiconductors are date coded, was back in the 60s, still is today- usually year and week.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steve_P Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Jan/09/2022 at 8:44pm
68-70 AM used one transistor mounted on the RH side; AM/FM used two mounted on the front.  FWIW.  The transistors were also date coded.
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If there are two transistors then the answer is yes, two transistors for one channel of amplification. This is the more typical and preferred amplifier output stage configuration called “ push-pull “. One transistor handles the positive going portion of the signal and the other transistor handles the negative portion. The transistors may or may not be of the same type or part number. A single transistor ( or tube ) output stage design is called “ single ended “ and was used very early on in solid state design or on very low cost amplifier designs. Push-pull design is the better choice and is always preferred. Early Delco transistorized radios used single ended design.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bigbad69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Jan/08/2022 at 3:00pm
Could also be a push/pull configuration. Google "Class B amplifier" if you're curious.

BTW, after re-reading the OP more carefully, I realize the question was with regard to AM/FM radios. The picture I posted was of an AM radio. That may also explain the absence of the aforementioned clip in my radio. Apologies for going on a tangent...
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Originally posted by JGRANTAMX JGRANTAMX wrote:

There would be two output transistors for one speaker?

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Could be a Darlington pair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_transistor
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There would be two output transistors for one speaker?

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The green circled parts are the power output transistors of the radio’s internal amplifier that power the speaker.
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 The radio pictured is a little different than my radio there are two of the parts circled in green on the front of my radio, the loose part is more of a copper color also it doesn't look to have been soldered in.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tomj Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Jan/05/2022 at 11:37pm
I think it should be located at the end of the tuning knob shaft. I drew very thin lines ending where approximately I think the spring clip should live.

That looks like a phosphor-bronze spring clip to me, not plain copper.

Just an educated guess, from taking apart too many radios... I could easily be wrong of course.








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What does the other side of the copper strip look like?
Is it possible its the center contact for the antenna?  I know you said it works, but stranger things happen.
I was also thinking, is there a way it could have gotten into the radio through a slit/opening in the cover?  If yes, maybe it fell from something above the radio.
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