• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1960 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 146410

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• 2SC73 2SC76 2SC76 2SD66 2SD66 2SD66

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s); Reflex

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 cm = 2.4 inch

• Power out
• 0.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Six Transistor TR-609 - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 150 x 85 x 37 mm / 5.9 x 3.3 x 1.5 inch

• Notes

• The model TR-6090 is almost identical and was made in Ireland (see Sony TR-7120 for details). TR-609 kam in den verschiedensten Farbkombinationen.

  TR-609 was supplied with leatherette case (soft leather case).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.360 kg / 0 lb 12.7 oz (0.793 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Eric Wrobbel, Enrico Tedeschi, Mosè Edizioni, Marty Bunis, David Lane, Norman Smith.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Antique Radio Magazine n.55, June 2003, page 53. Article written in Italian and in English.

• Author
• Model page created by Aldo Andreani. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3913 models, 3773 with images and 947 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo