• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1963

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 109338

• • alternative name: Decca Gramophone || Decca Radio

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• Number of Transistors
• 9

• Semiconductors
• AF114 AF115 AF116 AF116 AF116 OC71 OC81D OC81 OC81

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 472/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1 × 9 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TP85 - Decca Brand, Samuel Barnett &

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 330 x 200 x 100 mm / 13 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch

• Notes

• Elliptical loudspeaker 7 x 3.5 inch. Mute button. Sockets for external FM & AM aerials,  ext.speaker/earphone, tape recorder plus input for record player. Released July 1963 price £21 14s 4d plus purchase tax.
  The radio has the space and a second connector so that two PP9 type batteries can be connected together in parallel.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 GBP

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Mentioned in
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS)

• Author
• Model page created by John Koster. 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