• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pamphonic, Paramphonic, PAM (brands), Pamphonic Reproducers Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 102448

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• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• V6/R8M V6/R8 V6/R8 V6/R2 V6/R2 V10/30A V10/30A V10/30A

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 315 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 × 1.5 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Pam 710 - Pamphonic, Paramphonic, PAM

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.25 x 7.25 x 3.5 inch / 235 x 184 x 89 mm

• Notes
• Transistors (PYE): V6/R3M, 2x V6/R3, 2x V6/R2, 3x V10/30A. LW preset to 1500 metres. The first transistor radio built in the UK released March 1956 price £22 14s 10d plus purchase tax. 6 x 4 inch elliptical loudspeaker. Attention: The semiconductor list shows V6/R8M & V6/R8 instead of V6/R3(M). These types were never produced - misread of the "8" as a "3"?! Source: Andrew Wylie (UK).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.9 kg / 4 lb 3 oz (4.185 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.00 GBP

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 76 models, 42 with images and 31 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pamphonic, Paramphonic, PAM (brands), Pamphonic Reproducers Ltd.; London