• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1972

• Category
• Commercial Transmitter & Receiver (TRX not Amateur)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 94338

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• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Details
• Other Combination - see Notes

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 3 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 12 cm = 4.7 inch

• Power out
• 1.8 W (2.8 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: ICF-5500 - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 163 x 204 x 66 mm / 6.4 x 8 x 2.6 inch

• Notes
• Coverage reception FM 76-90MHz; MW 530-1605kHz, SW 3,9-12MHz; transmitting 76-90MHz.
  Muy popular en Japón, al ser Transceiver de costo bajo, fue muy usado en residencias de estudiantes como intercomunicador. Precursor del chat.
  Radio with integrated low power FM transmitter, advertised as wireless mircrophone, used for short distance wireless chatting.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.560 kg / 3 lb 7 oz (3.436 lb)

• Author
• Model page created by Salvador Galan-Ocaña. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4167 models, 4024 with images and 1042 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo