Songhuajiang 松花江 prototype (of 601)

Harbin 哈尔滨新生开关厂 Harbin Xinsheng Kaiguan Factory; Harbin (Heilongjiang, NE)

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  • Year
  • 1958
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 180934

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 6
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 5 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Songhuajiang 松花江 prototype - Harbin 哈尔滨新生开关厂 Harbin
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 130 x 80 x 36 mm / 5.1 x 3.1 x 1.4 inch
  • Notes
  • The model Songhuajiang 松花江 was the first prototype of the "fully made in China" transistor radio from 1960: Songhuajiang 松花江 601 (Songhua River). The protoype was finished on 28 Sep, 1958 and introduced by the chief engineer, but the first commercially released set was offered in 1960 and received the name Songhuajiang 松花江 601 - with a slightly different case and different inside.

    In Summer 1958, the "Harbin Xinsheng Kaiguan Factory" 哈尔滨新生开关厂 (by the way: 开关 means switch / breaker), a manufacturer in Harbin, North East China, got the job to develop a modern pocket transistor radio with all the parts necessary for producing a full China designed and produced transistor radio. The production then was given to "Heilongjiang Semiconductor-Radio Factory", which has been renamed in 1970 to "Harbin No. 4 Radio Factory". Songhuajiang 松花江 601 won the first price in the China competition for good radios. There is also some followers like 601A etc.

    History:
    This first attempt for a China built transistor radio was a Meiduo 美多 of unknown name as a prototype which was too large.
    The second step was the Transistor Radio model Meiduo 美多 Transistor ST-2-1-1, which was produced in 1959; first series 300 units. The transistors and some parts still came from abroad. The year after model Songhuajiang 松花江 601 was released.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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