This Japanese pocket radio has all the electronics needed for an FM receiver integrated into one slim chip, mounted in a case the size of a credit card and not much thicker. The chip itself occupies only a fraction of the space, most of which is used to accommodate batteries and the large tuning capacitor. In later models the capacitor was replaced by a tiny diode.

Picture Reference: 10251339
Subject: ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA > Radio Broadcasting > Equipment, Receivers, 1980S
Inventory No.: 1986-0840
Credit: Science Museum

Keywords: 1980s, 1900s, 20th Century, Audio, Audio Equipment, Battery-powered, Broadcast, Broadcast Receivers, Communication, Communications Equipment, Communicating, Equipment, Equipment, Receivers, 1980s, Headphone, Japan, Japanese, Mass Media, Media, Miniaturisation, Pocket, Pocket Radios, Portable, Radio, Radio Receiver, Receiver, Sony, Sony Srf201, Srf201

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