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12th Aug 2018, 7:35 pm | #1 |
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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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12th Aug 2018, 7:44 pm | #2 |
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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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12th Aug 2018, 7:54 pm | #3 |
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Lap top?
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12th Aug 2018, 9:37 pm | #4 |
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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.
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12th Aug 2018, 9:41 pm | #5 |
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I gave one of those away because I thought it looked like a switchboard.....!
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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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12th Aug 2018, 10:46 pm | #8 |
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Isn't this a Robin Day design?
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12th Aug 2018, 11:56 pm | #9 |
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I have heard tell that it is, (also the PE80) but have been unable to corroborate...
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13th Aug 2018, 1:28 am | #10 |
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Re: Every once in a while...
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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13th Aug 2018, 1:29 am | #11 |
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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.
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Kind Regards, Colin.
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13th Aug 2018, 12:20 pm | #14 |
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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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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.
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