Pioneer F-26

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Pioneer
• Model: F-26

Type: Tuner

• Model range: Series 20
• Years of manufacture: 1977 - 1980
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Metal Silver
• Power consumption: 14 W
• Dimensions: 420 × 81 × 355 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 7.5 kg
• Original price approx.: 135'000 Yen (Japan 1980), 1'000 US-$, 2'000 DM

Connections

• Number of outputs:
  • Output Fixed: 650 mV, 2.2 kOhm.
  • Output Variable: 50 mV - 1.3, 3 kOhm

Multipath:

• • • Vertical: 100mV / 5kohm (AM, 1kHz, 30% modulation)
    • Horizontal: 500mV / 4.1kohm (FM, 1kHz, 100% modulation)
• Number of inputs:
  • Antenna FM 300 Ohm balanced

Antenna FM 75 Ohm unbalanced

Technical data

• Reception: FM
• Frequencies:
  • VHF: 88-108 MHz
• Frequency response: 20 Hz - 15 kHz ± 0.5 dB
• Input sensitivity: 1.8 µV IHF
• Distortion factor:
  • Mono: 0.15 % (1 kHz)

Stereo: 0.3 % (1 kHz)

• Signal-to-noise ratio: 83 dB
• Channel separation:
  • Wide: 55dB(1kHz)

50dB (50Hz - 10kHz) 40dB (20Hz - 15kHz) Narrow: 50dB(1kHz)

• • • > 40 dB
• Selectivity: 90 dB
• Co-wave selection: 2.0 dB
• Spurious wave selection: 65 dB
• IF attenuation: 120 dB
• IF attenuation: 120 dB
• AM suppression: 65 dB

Special Features

• Muting
• 7-speed tuner with 4 ceramic filters
• Electronic fine tuning becomes active as soon as the selector knob is released

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • Pioneer C-21
  • Pioneer M-22
  • Pioneer D-23
  • Pioneer U-24
  • Pioneer M-25
  • Pioneer F-26
  • Pioneer A-27
  • Pioneer F-28
  • Pioneer PL-C 590

Pictures

• Image: Pioneer Tuner F-26 Front

Links

• External Link: "The Vintage Knob" website: [1]

• External link: "Audio Database, Japan" website: [2]