LW-MW-FM 3-Band Car Radio. KM-1003

Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

  • Year
  • 1978 ??
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 352417
    • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • Semiconductors present.
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and 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).
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: LW-MW-FM 3-Band Car Radio. KM-1003 - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 180 x 170 x 60 mm / 7.1 x 6.7 x 2.4 inch
  • Notes
  • 3-Band, Mono car radio.

    Hitachi KM-1003 car radio with 3 wavebands, Long, Medium, and FM.  Manufactured in Japan in the mid to late 1970s for the UK market.

    Although FM, this is a mono radio and features an On/Off Volume knob on the left hand of the front face with infinitely variable tone control behind this.  On the right hand of the front face is an infinitely variable tuning knob.  The front centre beneath the tuning scale is 6 preset station buttons with one for LW, 2 for MW, and 3 for FM.  FM has noise-cancelling circuitry.

    12 V, negative earth-only power.

     

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 1.1 kg / 2 lb 6.8 oz (2.423 lb)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Nicholas Swift. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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