• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX

• Year
• 1955–1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 82652

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / D: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TR-88 - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Notes

• Battery Operated Portable AM Transistorized Receiver Model Hallicrafters TR-88

  Tuning Range:
  AM 540 - 1620 kHz

  One of the first commercial transistor radios.

• Source of data
• Radios by hallicrafters

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 17, 1957

• Mentioned in
• Sams Photofact Folder Date 5-57 Set 357 Folder 3

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 922 models, 472 with images and 520 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX