• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1966 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 226294

• • Brand: Alba

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• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• 2SA222 2SA222 2SA322 2SA203 2SB185 2SB186 2SB22 2SB22

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / C: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Power out
• 0.7 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Alba "Trans-Continental" 838 - Alba Brand Balcombe Ltd., ALBA

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 5 x 2 inch / 241 x 127 x 51 mm

• Notes

• An eight transistor battery portable radio covering MW, LW and SW. Gun metal grey moulded plastic cabinet with chrome fittings, black and silver dial and silver anodised grille. Sockets for car aerial and two earphone sockets. Supplied with a throw out aerial for fringe areas. Price 16 gns.

• Price in first year of sale
• 16.80 GBP

• Mentioned in
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1787 dated 20 January 1967)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• ERT Service Chart 1574 dated January 5 1967

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Röggla. 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