• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• SABA; Villingen

• Year
• 1968/1969

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 6521

• • Brand: Schwer & Söhne, GmbH

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• Number of Transistors
• 9

• Semiconductors
• AF106 AF121 AF121 AF136 AF137 2N4062 2N3704 AC178 AC179

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)     9 FM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 6× 1,5 Volt

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

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Transcontinent Automatic EL - SABA; Villingen

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 250 x 150 x 75 mm / 9.8 x 5.9 x 3 inch

• Notes
• Saba Transcontinent Automatic EL ist technisch baugleich zu Telefunken Banjo Automatic 101. Netzbetrieb (110; 220 V) mit zusätzlichem SABA-Netzteil N möglich. Ausführung: Kunststoff, anthrazit.
  Produktion bei Telefunken.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2 kg / 4 lb 6.5 oz (4.405 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 179.00 DM

• Source of data
• Handbuch VDRG 1968/1969 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Other Models

• Here you find 1645 models, 1503 with images and 1186 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from SABA; Villingen