• 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
• 87661

• • alternative name: Decca Gramophone || Decca Radio

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

• 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 x 6 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TT33 - Decca Brand, Samuel Barnett &

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 320 x 260 x 140 mm / 12.6 x 10.2 x 5.5 inch

• Notes

• This and the almost identical "Portable" TP22 (cloth finish and 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.

   

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.6 kg / 5 lb 11.6 oz (5.727 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Data from my own collection

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Trader sheet 1425

• 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