CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; MD80; PDX-RNO. ELECTRICAL BURNING WIRE SMELL ON TKOF. RETURN TO PDX FOR MAINT CHK.

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APPROX 30 SECONDS AFTER LIFTOFF; I COULD SMELL A SMOKY SMELL DOWN AISLE-WAY -- LIKE SOLDERING WIRES. IT WAS FAINT. I ADVISED #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND LEFT JUMP SEAT AND WALKED DOWN AISLE AFT. VERY STRONG SMELL OVER ROWS 4 AND 5. RETURNED TO JUMP SEAT AND ADVISED FLT ATTENDANT #1. BEFORE I COULD CALL THE COCKPIT; FLT ATTENDANTS #2 AND #4 CALLED TO SAY THEY SMELLED IT ALSO. I THEN CALLED THE COCKPIT AND ADVISED THE CAPT. HE INFORMED ME THAT WE WOULD DECLARE EMER AND RETURN TO PDX. I MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PAX. CAPT THEN MADE ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PAX; AND WE HAD A SAFE LNDG WITH NO EVAC NECESSARY. THERE WAS NO VISUAL SMOKE IN THE CABIN -- JUST A STRONG BURNING SMELL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE CAPT TOLD THE CABIN CREW THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PREPARE FOR AN EVAC; AND HE TOLD THE PAX THE SAME THING; EXCEPT THAT IF THERE WAS A FIRE ON LNDG; HE WOULD SAY CERTAIN KEY WORDS FOR AN EVAC. THE PLANE WAS MET BY FIRE TRUCKS AND OTHER EMER PERSONNEL. THEY DEPLANED THROUGH A JETBRIDGE IN PORTLAND; AND THEN THE MECHS WHO MET THE PLANE WANTED THE CAPT TO TAKE IT ON A TEST FLT WITH THEM; AND HE VEHEMENTLY REPLIED THAT HE WOULD NOT. THE PLANE WAS THEN TAKEN OTS.