• Year
  • 1959
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 87661
    • 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 x 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: TT33 - Decca Brand, Samuel Barnett &
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 320 x 260 x 140 mm / 12.6 x 10.2 x 5.5 inch
  • Notes
  • This and the almost identical "Portable" TP22 (cloth finish and 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.

     

     

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 2.6 kg / 5 lb 11.6 oz (5.727 lb)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Data from my own collection
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • Trader sheet 1425

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