• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Belair Enterprises; Hawthorne CA

• Year
• 1965 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 303939

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 4 x C 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 9 cm = 3.5 inch

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Highest Transistor 3 Band Hi-Fi 8TP-803S - Belair Enterprises; Hawthorne

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 224 x 134 x 53 mm / 8.8 x 5.3 x 2.1 inch

• Notes

• 3 band, high sensitivity portable radio. Telescopic aerial for SW. Tone control switch. Signal strength meter. Earphone socket. Socket for AC adaptor.

  Wavebands:

  • MW: 540 - 1600 kHz
  • SW1: 3.5 - 10 MHz
  • SW2: 9.3 - 22 MHz

  Belair Highest Transistor 3 Band Hi-Fi has a slightly different front design.
  See also Nanaola 8TP-803L (with a list of similar models).

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Operating Instructions)

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 34 models, 31 with images and 3 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Belair Enterprises; Hawthorne CA