• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1962 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 89821

• • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

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• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• 2SA132 2SA81 2SA12 2SA12 2SB75 2SB75 2SB156 2SB156 1N34A 1N34A HV16

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / AA: 3 x 1.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 2 band Transistor 8 WH-829 - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 150 x 90 x 30 mm / 5.9 x 3.5 x 1.2 inch

• Notes

• SW: 3.8 ... 12 MHz.

  See also Hitachi WH-829H with SW range 5.8 ... 18 MHz.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1 lb (1 lb 0 oz) / 0.454 kg

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 23, 1963

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 1061 models, 951 with images and 243 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo