• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Alba (Brand) Balcombe Ltd., ALBA (Radio & Television) Ltd; London

• Year
• 1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 103516

• • Brand: Alba

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• DK92 DF91 DAF91 DL92

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Metal-rectifier

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 200-250 / 7.5 & 85.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Alba 101 - Alba Brand Balcombe Ltd., ALBA

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 270 x 120 x 360 mm / 10.6 x 4.7 x 14.2 inch

• Notes

• The export version 101B adds 110V supply option and replaces Longwave with Shortwave. The 707, LP707 and 707B (export and domestic) are portable radiograms using the same radio chassis.

  Dimensions are lying flat in operating position, but closed.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 kg / 11 lb 0.2 oz (11.013 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 13.51 GBP

• Mentioned in
• Attaché Radios, Mark Johnson 2005, BVWS GB

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1102 (18th July 1953))

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 253 models, 132 with images and 165 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Alba (Brand) Balcombe Ltd., ALBA (Radio & Television) Ltd; London