• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Golden Shield; Great Neck (NY)

• Year
• 1966

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 370968

• Number of Transistors
• 12

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Power out
• 0.4 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 12 Transistor AM-FM "The Asteroid" 7285 - Golden Shield; Great Neck NY

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Made in Japan

• Price in first year of sale
• 54.95 USD

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania), Dec. 14, 1966, page 17, "Golden Shield "Asteroid"...$54.95")

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 38 models, 33 with images and 5 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Golden Shield; Great Neck (NY)