Every once in a while...
 

Every once in a while, something turns up to put a smile on your face.

In this case, a working family heirloom in superb condition with provenance, the original user installation manual and a working EM34.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I know, but it makes me smile :)

PYE Model H Type PE60 circa 1954.

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That's what it's all about, getting enjoyment out of these lovely old items.
That PYE must have seemed very cutting edge back in 1954!

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Lap top?

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Very nice, I like these and they work well - the PE60 variation with the magic eye as well, most, like the one I have, didn't have them.
Steve.

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I gave one of those away because I thought it looked like a switchboard.....!

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Hi Steve,
Yes, this is a curiosity that I have only recently got to grips with. I assume that the sub-version with the magic eye was an afterthought...
The example shown on Radiomuseum has not got a magic eye, the schematic I have doesn't show one.
I even have the original user instructions supplied with this example which shows a magic eye but a different configuration of wavebands (no Long Wave).
Most peculiar.

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Yes, its a design that you either love or hate I think:) - quite an unusual look to bring out in the early fifties I reckon.
Steve.

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Isn't this a Robin Day design?

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I have heard tell that it is, (also the PE80) but have been unable to corroborate...

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Unique, and consequently interesting.

it looks so much like a desk intercom that one might question whether they hired the right Robin Day.

Cheap jokes aside, I think its ergonomics are better than normal shaped sets where you have to bend down to see the scale at table height.

David

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Hello,
There appear to be two versions of the PE60. The PE60 without a magic eye and the PE60V with a magic eye.
Yours, Richard

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No LW coverage would seem it is an export version for use outside Europe.

Mike

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Thank you for that Richard, the conundrum resolved. Another visit to Mr Stenning's download site (for the PE60V manual) imminent.

Kind Regards,
Colin.

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Here's scans of the two versions from two Pye catalogues that a former colleague picked up at the Olympia Radio Shows in the 1950's. The PE60V is from an "Exhibition Models" leaflet. Neither are dated.

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Thanks for those, appreciated.

If anyone would be interested in a PDF copy of the original owner / user instructions supplied with mine, PM me with an email address please as it's 3.8 Meg in size.