Telam branded valves - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

saddlestone-man · 9th Aug 2016, 8:50 am

Hello All

I have a Made in Poland Unitra Figaro Special radio with an ECH81, EBF89 and ECL82 line-up. All the valves are branded 'LELAM'. Does anyone know anything about this brand? Would the valves have been manufactured in Poland, or imported (from Germany?) and given this brand?

best regards ... Stef

G8HQP Dave · 9th Aug 2016, 4:05 pm

Poland certainly had valve factories and valve brands. One often seen over here is Polam. My guess would be that Poland looked both East and West, and so made both European and Russian valve designs.

cmjones01 · 9th Aug 2016, 7:59 pm

Doing a web search for 'lampy elektronowe lelam' doesn't produce any results, but there are Polish valve sites mentioning Telam as being the same manufacturer as Polam. Perhaps your valves are actually branded Telam? It's certainly a Polish brand, and given the way things worked back then, almost certainly made in Poland.

Chris

cmjones01 · 9th Aug 2016, 8:05 pm

Answering my own post, there's more information at https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamp...owane_w_Polsce. It seems that basically Telam valves were produced in the factories which had belonged to Philips and Tungsram before the war, and in the mid-60s got amalgamated into the enormous Unitra organisation, from which point the valves were branded Polam.

Chris

saddlestone-man · 10th Aug 2016, 9:15 am

Thanks for the comments, they are most useful. I took another look at my valves and indeed they are marked Telam, and not Lelam. Photo attached.

best regards ... Stef

9th Aug 2016, 8:50 am	#1
saddlestone-man Hexode Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 391	Telam branded valves Hello All I have a Made in Poland Unitra Figaro Special radio with an ECH81, EBF89 and ECL82 line-up. All the valves are branded 'LELAM'. Does anyone know anything about this brand? Would the valves have been manufactured in Poland, or imported (from Germany?) and given this brand? best regards ... Stef

9th Aug 2016, 4:05 pm	#2
G8HQP Dave Rest in Peace Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Solihull, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 4,872	Re: Lelam branded valves Poland certainly had valve factories and valve brands. One often seen over here is Polam. My guess would be that Poland looked both East and West, and so made both European and Russian valve designs.

9th Aug 2016, 7:59 pm	#3
cmjones01 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,681	Re: Lelam branded valves Doing a web search for 'lampy elektronowe lelam' doesn't produce any results, but there are Polish valve sites mentioning Telam as being the same manufacturer as Polam. Perhaps your valves are actually branded Telam? It's certainly a Polish brand, and given the way things worked back then, almost certainly made in Poland. Chris __________________ What's going on in the workshop? http://martin-jones.com/

9th Aug 2016, 8:05 pm	#4
cmjones01 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,681	Re: Lelam branded valves Answering my own post, there's more information at https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamp...owane_w_Polsce. It seems that basically Telam valves were produced in the factories which had belonged to Philips and Tungsram before the war, and in the mid-60s got amalgamated into the enormous Unitra organisation, from which point the valves were branded Polam. Chris __________________ What's going on in the workshop? http://martin-jones.com/

10th Aug 2016, 9:15 am	#5
saddlestone-man Hexode Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 391	Re: Lelam branded valves Thanks for the comments, they are most useful. I took another look at my valves and indeed they are marked Telam, and not Lelam. Photo attached. best regards ... Stef Attached Thumbnails