• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sharp; Osaka

• Year
• 1958/1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 103595

• • alternative name: Hayakawa Electric Co.Ltd.

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 × 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.5 inch = 6.4 cm

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Transistor Six TR-180 - Sharp; Osaka

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 5.75 x 3.455 x 1.195 inch / 146 x 88 x 30 mm

• Notes

• Sharp TR-180

   Six transistor battery operated B/C portable with 2.5" PM dynamic speaker. Supplied complete with leather carrying belt and bag, also one earphone, in decorated box. Plastic cabinet. Takes 4 x Eveready Type 915 (AA) batteries.

  Transistor types not mentioned in the schematic. Types most likely to be as follows: 2S45 2S52 2S53 2S54 2S56 2S56 or 2N215 2N217 2N217 2N218 2N218 2N219.

  Also a Type 180A equipped with a different Transistor set known.

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.65 AUS £

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1959 & Aug 1959)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (E Series Handbook Vol. 1, 1962, Page S104.)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. 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