• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79245

• • Brand: Alba

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• UCH21 UCH21 UBL21 UY21

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Alba Midget C112 [white] - Alba Brand Balcombe Ltd., ALBA

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8 x 5 x 4.5 inch / 203 x 127 x 114 mm

• Notes
• Available 1947 in white, 1949 in ivory, pink, green, blue, "walnut" or black. 3 wave bands: 16.5-50, 200-550, 850-2000.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.1 kg / 4 lb 10 oz (4.626 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 14.00 GBP

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Alba, Radio of Quality, 1947 leaflet

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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