Trans-Oceanic Portable Radio R-8000
Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1982/1982
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 286674
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- alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab
- Number of Transistors
- Semiconductors present.
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage
- Wave bands
- Wave Bands given in the notes.
- Power type and voltage
- Line / Batteries (any type)
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Trans-Oceanic Portable Radio R-8000 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Notes
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The R-8000 never made it past the drawing boards, no prototype is known to have been built. The apparatus would have featured a digital tuning display.
The project came abruptly to an end with the decision by Zenith in 1982 to stop all further design and production of radios.
- Mentioned in
- The Zenith Trans-Oceanic (pg. 39)
- Author
- Model page created by Michael Gnaedig-Fischer. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 4505 models, 4101 with images and 3631 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL