TP22

• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Decca (Brand), Samuel (Barnett) & Sons, Ltd. & Decca Record Co., Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 101712

• • alternative name: Decca Gramophone || Decca Radio

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• XA102 XA101 XA101 XB103 XC101 XC101

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 472 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 2 × 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TP22 - Decca Brand, Samuel Barnett &

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5 x 11 x 5.5 inch / 318 x 279 x 140 mm

• Notes

• Released September 1959 price £15 2s 1d plus purchase tax.

  This and the almost identical "Table Model" TT33 (gloss veneer finish without handle, otherwise identical) may have been the first Decca Transistor radios. Uses early Mazda/Ediswan "Top Hat" transitors on a metal chassis with tag strips.

  Uses 2 x 6V Ever Ready 996 or equivalent Lantern Batteries with loudspeaker to centre tap.

   

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.00 GBP

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader sheet 1425

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 167 models, 131 with images and 89 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Decca (Brand), Samuel (Barnett) & Sons, Ltd. & Decca Record Co., Ltd.; London