• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Regency (brand of I.D.E.A.)

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 71789

• • alternative name: Idea (I.D.E.A.)

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• 2N229 2N229 2N229 2N229 2N229 2N229 2N229

• 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
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 4.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: All Transistor TR-5C - Regency brand of I.D.E.A.

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.5 x 3.5 x 2 inch / 165 x 89 x 51 mm

• Notes
• 2nd IF stage acts also as first AF stage.
  Briarwood, California saddle or champagne leather, right front round brass dial knob, left grill area with oblong cut-outs and lower left logo, leather handle.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.6 kg / 1 lb 5.1 oz (1.322 lb)

• Mentioned in
• The Collector's Guide To Antique Radios 2. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 10-58, Set 417, Folder 9)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact TSM Transistor Radio Series SAMS (TSM-3 page 87 (April, 1959))

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (Model info on page 230)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Transistor Radios (Model info on page 91)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 68 models, 60 with images and 32 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Regency (brand of I.D.E.A.)