• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sommerkamp

• Year
• 1968

• Category
• Amateur TRX: Transmitter/Receiver (and Transceiver)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 95250

• • alternative name: Sommerkamp El. Schweiz

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

• Number of Tubes
• 19

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BZ6 6BA6 6AH6 6CK6 6KD6 6KD6 6CB6 6CB6 6BE6 6BA6 6BA6 12AU7 7360 12AX7 12AT7 6BM8 6BA6 6U8 12AU7 VR105MT

• Number of Transistors
• 9

• Semiconductors

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FTDX-500 - Sommerkamp

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 400 x 160 x 350 mm / 15.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inch

• Notes
• Sommerkamp HF-Transceiver FTDX-500.
  Covers 80 m to 10 m HAM bands in AM, SSB, CW; 0.5 µV receiver sensitivity; P_in: 500 W PEP.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 22.5 kg / 49 lb 9 oz (49.559 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 2,300.00 DM

• Mentioned in
• Katalog H.Bauer 1968

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 117 models, 104 with images and 47 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sommerkamp