Originally Posted by vwnate1

Yes, many had external amplifiers, the cool thing is : they'll still work just fine without that .

I have a box full of 1980's & early 1990's vintage Becker Electronic radios, I use them in whatever old nail I'm driving sans the amplifier .

Mind you hearing ! when it's gone life changes dramatically .

I just bought new fancy-schmancy hearing aids and can hear a whole lot more but most speech is still garbled to me .