• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1987 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79412

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• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, more than 2 SW bands plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 2 × 1,5 / 3 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 cm = 2 inch

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: ICF-5100 - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 144 x 76 x 25 mm / 5.7 x 3 x 1 inch

• Notes

• Sony ICF-5100 is a double conversion superhet covering the following wavebands:

  MW = 530 - 1605 kHz
  SW1 = 5.85 - 6.35 MHz
  SW2 = 6.95 - 7.45 MHz
  SW3 = 9.40 - 9.90 MHz
  SW4 = 11.6 - 12.1 MHz
  SW5 = 15.0 - 15.5 MHz
  SW6 = 17.55 - 18.05 MHz
  SW7 = 21.40 - 21.90 MHz
  FM = 86.6 - 108 MHz

  In the US market the model was sold as ICF-4920.
  The set was a successor to ICF-4900 which was released in 1984/85.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.245 kg / 0 lb 8.6 oz (0.54 lb)

• Source of data
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. 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