• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Radio Shack (Tandy, Realistic, Micronta); USA

• Year
• 1987–1992

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 140848

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• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors
• 2SC1923 2SC1923 LM1868

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)     7 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1 x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.25 inch = 5.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Realistic 12-719 - Radio Shack Tandy, Realistic,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 3.5 x 5.25 x 1.25 inch / 89 x 133 x 32 mm

• Notes

• The Realistic 12-719, sold by Radio Shack was made in the Philippines. It uses two transistors ( 2SC 192 3-0 and 2SC 192 3-B also written as 2SC1923) plus the IC LM1868 plus 4 diodes.

  Realistic 12-719 featured in the catalog Radio Shack 1987 under the slogan "On-The-go" listening - portable radios. It has a stylish aluminium trom, built-in AFC-FM, high/low tone switch, rotary tuning and volume controls, telescoping FM antenna, earphone for private listening. Pocket radio, wrist strap. FM: 88 - 108 MHz, AM: 520 - 1.620 kHz, made in South Korea for Tandy.
  
  Information by member Günther Stabe: It is a superhet with an integrated FM quadrature demodulator and normal AM demodulator. AM 5 tuned circuits, FM 7 tuned circuits of them are 2 variable. FM has a broadband circuit, 2 variable, 2 normal IF filters and the CF1 as ceramic double filter.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Radio Shack Catalog (1987, No. 406, page 82)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Shack Catalog (1989, No. 432, page 100, 1990, No. 446, page 96.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Shack Catalog (1991, No. 459, page 31.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Shack Catalog (1992, No. 472, page 42.)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1299 models, 1181 with images and 117 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Radio Shack (Tandy, Realistic, Micronta); USA