1959 Sony TR-714
MW/SW large shirt pocket/small coat pocket radio
4 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 1 9/16 inches / 114 x 75 x 40 mm
Seven transistors
One standard 9-volt battery
Manufactured by Sony Corp., Japan
Sony claims this TR-714 is the first shirt pocket radio with a short wave band. It's a bit big to be called a shirt pocket radio and a bit small to be called a coat pocket radio. The 1 1/2"-long short wave band covers 4 to 12 MHz, so as with other shirt pocket short wave sets, you're not going to get much fine-tuning or selectivity here! This example is missing its telescopic antenna that screws into the top of the set.
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