• Country
• Italy

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Vega, BP Radio, Brionvega, Brion & Pajetta; Milano, Lissone (MI)

• Year
• 1958–1961

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 74460

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

• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• OC44 or. 2N219 OC45 or. 2N218 OC45 or. 2N218 OC71 or. 2N217 2N217 2N217 OA79

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 cm = 2.4 inch

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Doney Vegatransistor TRS 203 - Vega, BP Radio, Brionvega,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 155 x 80 x 32 mm / 6.1 x 3.1 x 1.3 inch

• Notes

• Questa radio usava una batteria da 9 volt con poli opposti non più prodotta, però si può usare con una pila da 9 volt normale con il suo portapile, che ci sta (stretta!) nell'alloggiamento dell'originale.
  Prezzo di vendita negli anni 1959 e 1960: ITL. 23.800
  In Catalogo ANIE dal biennio 1960-61, commercializzata sotto "Brion Vega" e non più sotto "Vega Radio Televisione".

  This radio requires a discontinued type 9 volt battery, but a standard type with its plug could be fitted in place.

  Alternative transistor line-up: 2N219, 2x 2N218, 3x 2N217.
   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.5 kg / 1 lb 1.6 oz (1.101 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 38,000.00 ITL

• Source of data
• Catalogo Antique Radio, Vol. I

• Mentioned in
• Guida Pratica Transistor Radios

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Catalogo ANIE (1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio (1) 1999

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Antique Radio Magazine - Italy, Club Antique Radio Magazine (n.146, novembre-dicembre 2018, pag. 52-55)

• Author
• Model page created by Alessandro De Poi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 231 models, 131 with images and 117 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Vega, BP Radio, Brionvega, Brion & Pajetta; Milano, Lissone (MI)