• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1973

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 141496

• • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

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• Number of Transistors
• 13

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 10 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: KM-1500 - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 180 x 50 x 150 mm / 7.1 x 2 x 5.9 inch

• Notes
• 4-Band-Autoradio mit 2xUKW (2 Stationstasten und automatische Scharfabstimmung). DIN-Buchse, Tonblende, AFC, 5 Stationstasten.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.5 kg / 3 lb 4.9 oz (3.304 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 258.00 DM

• Source of data
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Author
• Model page created by Franz Scharner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1057 models, 947 with images and 242 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo