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1st Feb 2019, 2:23 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.)
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Old Pye Television info, please.
A friend of my cousin posted these photos of an old Pye TV that was found in a building somewhere in Wales.
It doesn't look too rough, and the tube has escaped damage despite the 'blister' missing. She would like a little background info about it please. I know that it's a single channel model, but not much else. Possibly a 9" or 12" round tube? It has a 300 ohm aerial feeder instead of the 75 ohm co-ax of later years. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Pete.
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"Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..." Last edited by Tractorfan; 1st Feb 2019 at 2:28 pm. Reason: Feeder info added. |
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1st Feb 2019, 2:35 pm
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Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Gloucester, Glos. UK.
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Re: Old Pye Television info, please.
Looks like a B18T from the late 40s?
They had a 9" tube. |
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1st Feb 2019, 2:42 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK.
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Re: Old Pye Television info, please.
And an advert from 1948, I like the comment about being transformer less.
http://www.thevalvepage.com/dbase/pye/ad/b18t_adv.jpg
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2nd Feb 2019, 9:30 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
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Re: Old Pye Television info, please.
The set is an LV20 (or BV20 if a Birmingham model) introduced in 1949.
The chassis is more or less identical to the earlier B18T, I have restored several of these little sets. Pretty easy to work on & work well once restored, seems quite common for the "Bowler hat" to be missing from the back panel, but it looks like the CRT is fine.  Mark |
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3rd Feb 2019, 7:40 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: North Wales, UK.
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Re: Old Pye Television info, please.
Bowler hat?
Remedy - buy syrup sponge microwave pudding. Eat pudding. Affix new bowler hat. Job done. |
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3rd Feb 2019, 8:47 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.)
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Re: Old Pye Television info, please.
Hi,
If the set were mine, that's exactly what I'd do. Any excuse to enjoy a syrup sponge pudding!  I think the set may be in north Wales, as my cousin has a place in Criccieth, and her friend, who found the set is, I believe, near Porthmadog. But I'm not 100% sure. Cheers, Pete.
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