• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sharp; Osaka

• Year
• 1980/1981

• Category
• Miscellaneous (Other, Various) - see notes

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 321992

• • alternative name: Hayakawa Electric Co.Ltd.

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Audio (to hear)

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Wave bands
• - without

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / AA: 2 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Talking Time CT-660 G, E - Sharp; Osaka

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 115 x 23 x 62 mm / 4.5 x 0.9 x 2.4 inch

• Notes

• Incorporates speech sythesis circuits which announces the time in metallic tones at the touch of a button, or automatically every half hour. Alarm function.

  CT-660G: version marketed in Germany as "Die sprechende Uhr" (talking clock).
  CT-660E: english version "Talking Time"

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.106 kg / 0 lb 3.7 oz (0.233 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 GBP

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert ("Der Spiegel", 1981)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert ("New Scientist", Dec. 1980)

• Author
• Model page created by Sándor Selyem-Tóth. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1338 models, 1208 with images and 517 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sharp; Osaka