So what exactly is a Meissner Signal Shifter? What did it cost? How about a 2 and one half meter transceiver? And where could you buy one in 1946? Guess what? Radio Shack. THEY SOLD RADIOS! And they had a radio shack.

This is a "twofer". Both the 1936 and 1946 Radio Shack Catalogs.

Radio Shack Catalog 1939 (6 MB)

Radio Shack Catalog 1946 (11 MB)