Realistic 12-636
Radio Shack (Tandy, Realistic, Micronta); USA
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Radio Shack (Tandy, Realistic, Micronta); USA
- Year
- 1986–1988
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 223015
- Number of Transistors
- Semiconductors present.
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- 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 12-636 - Radio Shack Tandy, Realistic,
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 3 x 5.3125 x 1.25 inch / 76 x 135 x 32 mm
- Notes
-
Realistic 12-636 featured in the catalog Radio Shack 1987 under the slogan "On-The-go" listening - portable radios. It was already listed in catalog 1986 for $ 15.95 and sells in 1987/88 for $ 14.95. It has a side-mounted rotary controls for one-hand operation, slide-rule dial. Telescoping antenna, earphone for private listening. Pocket radio, wrist strap. FM: 88 - 108 MHz, AM: 520 - 1.620 kHz, made in South Korea for Tandy.
- Price in first year of sale
- 15.95 $
- Mentioned in
- Radio Shack Catalog (1987, No. 406, page 82)
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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