• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sharp; Osaka

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 132093

• • alternative name: Hayakawa Electric Co.Ltd.

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

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

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Rocket Transistor 7 "Tranket" BH-351 - Sharp; Osaka

• Shape
• Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 60 x 95 x 205 mm / 2.4 x 3.7 x 8.1 inch

• Notes

• Rocket shaped transistor radio. This Sharp BH-351 operates on both the medium wave and short wave bands. The volume control and band selector are found on opposite sides of the body. The speaker is inside the chrome nose cone. To operate the tuning dial simply turn the nose cone in either direction. Its metal stand screws into the bottom and this must be removed to access the battery compartment. This Sharp uses seven Hitachi transistors. Nicknames: "Rocket radio" and "Tranket"

• Price in first year of sale
• 10,900.00 YEN

• Mentioned in
• Exhibited at the Sharp Memorial Hall museum Tenri City Japan

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1338 models, 1209 with images and 517 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sharp; Osaka