FM Stereo / FM-AM Tuner ST-80F

Sony Corporation; Tokyo

  • Year
  • 1971 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 97498

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 20
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.
  • Details
  • Hi-Fi equipment
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 117; 220; 240 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: FM Stereo / FM-AM Tuner ST-80F - Sony Corporation; Tokyo
  • Shape
  • Book-shelf unit.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 5 x 9.125 x 7.5 inch / 127 x 232 x 191 mm
  • Notes
  • A hi-fi AM/FM stereo solid-state tuner with a circular analogue dial, housed in a compact wooden cabinet with real teak panels. With a tuning meter, rotary tuning control, stereo indicator lamp, push button switches for Band (AM, FM), mode selector (Auto Stereo, Mono) and AFC (On, Off). On the back, an AM ferrite bar antenna adjustable through a slot in the case, terminals for Ground, AM and FM antennae and RCA phono sockets for low and high line output.

    Specification  
    FM Tuner Section  
    Tuning range 87-108MHz
    Sensitivity   2.4µV (S/N=30dB)
    S/N ratio 65dB
    Capture ratio 2dB
    Selectivity 50dB (IHF)
    Image rejection 50dB
    IF rejection 90dB
    Spurious signal rejection 80dB
    AM suppression 50dB
    Frequency response 30Hz-15kHz +0dB,-2dB
    Antenna requirements 300Ω balanced
    Harmonic distortion Mono: 0.5% IHF, Stereo: 0.8% IHF
    FM stereo separation Better than 36dB at 1,000Hz
    Audio outputs
    (at 400Hz, 100% modulation)
    High level : 2V, 10kΩ
    Low level : 700mV, 10kΩ
    AM Tuner Section  
    Tuning range 530-1,605kHz
    Sensitivity 48dB/m, built-in antenna
    10µV, external antenna
    S/N ratio 45dB at 5mV
    Image rejection 56dB at 1,000kHz
    IF rejection  36dB at 1,000kHz
    Harmonic distortion 0.8% at 5mV
    Antenna Built-in ferrite bar antenna and
    external antenna terminal

    Versions/Power requirements
    USA, Canada model  /  117V AC 60Hz
    Europe model           /  100, 117, 220, 240V AC 50/60Hz switchable internally

    Power consumption:  13 W

    Semiconductors: 2 FETs, 18 Transistors (14 in receiver, 4 auxiliary), 16 diodes

    See also the similar Sony ST-80W FM Stereo / FM-AM Tuner

    Similar in design to the Telefunken hifi compact 2000.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 5 lb 8 oz (5.5 lb) / 2.497 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 468.00 DM
  • Source of data
  • - - Data from my own collection
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (1971 Sony Gesamtprogramm katalog)

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