• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1976

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 108008

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• Number of Transistors
• 5

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2 inch = 5.1 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Realistic 12-171 - Radio Shack Tandy, Realistic,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 112 x 54 x 27 mm / 4.4 x 2.1 x 1.1 inch

• Notes
• Color: black and silver. Slide Rule Dial (Rechenschieberskala / Linearskala).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.180 kg / 0 lb 6.3 oz (0.396 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 7.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Radio Shack Catalog (1979, page 170; 1982, page 142; 1983, page 142.)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. 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