• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1969/1970

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338959

• • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

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• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• 2SA234 2SA352 2SA12 2SA353 2SB75 2SB77 2SB370 2SB370 1N34A 1N34A 1N60

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / C: 4 x 1.5 /DC: 6; 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.5 W (2 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Porta-Car WM-800S - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7.5 x 2.375 x 6.75 inch / 191 x 60 x 171 mm

• Notes

• Porta-Car 8 transistor superheterodyne, tuning range MW 530-1605 kHz, SW1 3.2-7.5 MHz, SW2 7.5-12 MHz, power output - car radio 6 volts - 650 mW; portable 6.6 volts - 800 mW, power source - car radio 6 or 12 volts positive or negative earth, 4" Hitachi dynamic speaker, with mounting brackets, key lock, noise suppressor and condenser, earphone.

  See also Model WM-800L with long-wave.

• Price in first year of sale
• 89.30 AUS $

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1970 & Aug 1970.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Group G6 1969, Page H54.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. 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