Intercontinental FV-1700

• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sharp; Osaka

• Year
• 1965 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 109580

• • alternative name: Hayakawa Electric Co.Ltd.

• Picture
• Schematics

Previous Next

Previous Next

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Transistors
• 17

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, more than 2 x SW plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 8 × 1,5 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Intercontinental FV-1700 - Sharp; Osaka

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 315 x 215 x 120 mm / 12.4 x 8.5 x 4.7 inch

• Notes
• Sharp Intercontinental FV-1700, 6 Band 17 Transistors;
  Multiband receiver, shortwave coverage:
  1.6 - 4.3 MHz,
  3.9 - 12 MHz,
  12 - 26.5 MHz,
  AM-MW: 530 - 1650 KHz,
  LW: 150 - 370 KHz,
  FM: 86.5 - 108 MHz, AFC, CW/SSB (BFO);
  "magic eye" tuning indicator using red and green bulbs, tone control, fine tuning, earphones jack, ext. power in, tuner out, phono in, int. or ext. antenna in, made in Japan.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.8 kg / 10 lb 9.2 oz (10.573 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1333 models, 1203 with images and 517 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sharp; Osaka