• Year
  • 1969
  • Category
  • Citizen Band Equipment
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 341111
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 26
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Transceiver; ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Wave Bands given in the notes.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12,6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Power out
  • 1.8 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Transceiver Telsat 150 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 204 x 63 x 165 mm / 8 x 2.5 x 6.5 inch
  • Notes
  • This device has two functions: CB band transceiver, 27 MHz with 23 channels and an input power at the final stage of 5 Watts. It is also a VHF receiver with receivable frequencies from 147.500 to 174.500 MHz in FM.
    Transmitter: Only CB band with 8A3 emission.
    CB receiver: Double conversion superheterodyne. Sensitivity 0.7 µV for 10 dB of ratio (S+N)/N. Audio output 1.8 on 8 Ω.
    VHF receiver: Frequency range tunable manually or with quartz: 147.500 to 174.500 in FM mode. The VHF receiver uses the receiving part of the CB.

    26 Transistors (1 FET), 1 IC and 9 Diodes. 

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 2.115 kg / 4 lb 10.5 oz (4.659 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 199.95 USD
  • Mentioned in
  • "CQ Elettronica" Italy, CD editor, number 2 February 1973, article by Mr. Adelchi Anzani.
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Lafayette Radio Catalog (Catalog 694, Summer 1969, page 99, "NEVER BEFORE...TELSAT 150")
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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