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14th Aug 2020, 2:31 pm | #1 |
Hexode
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Can someone identify this Pye radio
Please can you identify this Pye radio.
The design reminds me of a French Suga PR30 radio in terms of the cabinet style and layout. The dial glass was used on a number of sets like MP and MP/40 etc., but a search through RM didn't reveal anything Alf |
14th Aug 2020, 3:58 pm | #2 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
Hi Alf,
Is it mains or battery? Looks like half of the MP/C. Andrew
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14th Aug 2020, 6:52 pm | #3 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
Pye, one of the most difficult manufacturers to find the model name/number of in the world of vintage wireless.
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14th Aug 2020, 7:30 pm | #4 |
Hexode
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
Hi Andrew,
Its a mains set. Alf |
14th Aug 2020, 8:17 pm | #5 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
From the first copy of "Radio Bygones " (The Pye Story" by Geoffrey Dixon-Nuttall ) this radio looks like a Pye RS4, the article says a 4 waveband version of the MP in a different cabinet.
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15th Aug 2020, 10:21 am | #6 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
Someone had the same problems a few years back-
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=104748
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15th Aug 2020, 10:52 am | #7 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
You can at least try and date it from the stations on the dial?
That should help identify the type number as it will probably have a table-model stable mate Allan G3PIY |
16th Aug 2020, 1:08 pm | #8 |
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Re: Can someone identify this Pye radio
Thank you all for your replies.
Thanks especially go to Clive (MurphyNut) for finding a previous post on the RS4 model that has an interesting story attached where a previous owner had fitted a SP41 in place of the VP4B. A bad substitution as an SP41 is not a VM pentode and the valve base fitted on top of the chassis with the original holes visible. Quite why it was done is a mystery as VP4B valves are not particularly rare. Cheers, Alf Last edited by AC/HL; 16th Aug 2020 at 2:46 pm. Reason: Forum rules |