Realistic 673
Little is documented about the Realistic 673. The archive's research file for this model came up empty. There is no confirmed product type, no production date and no specification sheet. The period record shows a single damaged trace.
A comparison chart of portable FM radios appeared in HiFI-Stereo (July 1971, p.63). The surviving scan is heavily degraded, but one row in the chart lists a model with extra-band coverage of 150-268 kHz, a DIN tape record/play socket, and a price of $109.80. The fragmentary OCR doesn't name that row's model. It can't be claimed as a confirmed spec for the 673. It is only the closest surviving clue to what the 673 might have been.
If you own one, photograph the faceplate, rear panel, and any label screening. Physical markings are currently the best hope of pinning down what this model actually was.
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