• Year
  • 1959
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 101712
    • alternative name: Decca Gramophone || Decca Radio

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 472 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 2 × 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: TP22 - Decca Brand, Samuel Barnett &
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 12.5 x 11 x 5.5 inch / 318 x 279 x 140 mm
  • Notes
  • Released September 1959 price £15 2s 1d plus purchase tax.

    This and the almost identical "Table Model" TT33 (gloss veneer finish without handle, otherwise identical) may have been the first Decca Transistor radios. Uses early Mazda/Ediswan "Top Hat" transitors on a metal chassis with tag strips.

    Uses 2 x 6V Ever Ready 996 or equivalent Lantern Batteries with loudspeaker to centre tap.

     

     

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 18.00 GBP
  • Source of data
  • - - Data from my own collection
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Trader sheet 1425
  • Author
  • Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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