My Favorit Toot a Loop Radio

Toot-a-Loop-Radio R-72 (R72, R-72S)
This thing was something my parent have when i was a litlle boy, then they give it to me later to use in my childhood room.

This radio is so awesome in shape. It is shaped like a donut with the hole off center.

If twisted, the smaller half does picot and the larger half does separate, forming an "S"-shape
Believe it or not, this was the smallest radio, and the shape was designed to be wrapped around the wrist.
so you can carry it everywhere as a bracelet :p

While the young me, more interested in rolling it on the floor off-course Xp
One side of the radio has a grill for the speaker. There is also a jack for a mono earplug.

The T-72 has to be twisted into the "S" position in order to be tuned, but the volume control is on the outer diameter of the radio and can be adjusted regardless of whether the radio is twisted, open or closed.

And after those so many years being tortures by anxious  kid  like me, i kind of surprise, when i found it again in my parent house, this thing still works.

Off course not as good as new or if being compare to todays radio, the sound it make still have so much noise.

Ah.. this thing sure bring a lot of memories back then :)

Here are the specs:

Manufacturer   : Panasonic / National-Panasonic
Country           : Japan
Year                : 1969-1972
Type               : Radio / Past WW2 tuner with semiconductor present
Principle         : Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); IF-Freq 455 kHz
Wave band     : Broadcast only (MW).
Power             :  Dry Batteries / 2 x 1,5 Volt
Loudspeaker   : Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.5 cm
Material          : Modern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
Shape             : Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
Dimensions     : 152 x 70 x 152 mm / 6 x 2.8 x 6 inch