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wave solder · 26th Dec 2014, 8:40 pm

Does anyone have any connection information or even better service documentation for the military Pye Pegasus radio?

I have one here but it is not showing any signs of life at the moment.
My connections are only a bit of guesswork at the moment so any information to help clarify things would be useful.

Thanks in advance.

G6Tanuki · 26th Dec 2014, 9:30 pm

I spent quite a bit of time in the 1980s supporting the base-stations that the Pegasus radios worked with as part of the "MOULD" network - see http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page251.htm

The telephone handset is pretty much the same wiring as similar-era Clansman radios. The bits-inside-the-green-box are derivatives of the Pye "Olympic" M252 series; it was sold commercially [in a JCB-yellow case] to various bus-companies as the "Pye Beaver", and used identical crystals to the Olympic series. Later on it was replaced by the Australian-designed "FM900/914" series of synthesized radios.

Alas I didn't manage to retain any of the manuals [they were marked "RESTRICTED" and we had to count them out and count them all back in again].

The only bit of pegasus I still have is this TBA810AS audio-output module...

26th Dec 2014, 8:40 pm	#1
wave solder Hexode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK. Posts: 483	Pye Pegasus Does anyone have any connection information or even better service documentation for the military Pye Pegasus radio? I have one here but it is not showing any signs of life at the moment. My connections are only a bit of guesswork at the moment so any information to help clarify things would be useful. Thanks in advance.

26th Dec 2014, 9:30 pm	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Pye Pegasus I spent quite a bit of time in the 1980s supporting the base-stations that the Pegasus radios worked with as part of the "MOULD" network - see http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page251.htm The telephone handset is pretty much the same wiring as similar-era Clansman radios. The bits-inside-the-green-box are derivatives of the Pye "Olympic" M252 series; it was sold commercially [in a JCB-yellow case] to various bus-companies as the "Pye Beaver", and used identical crystals to the Olympic series. Later on it was replaced by the Australian-designed "FM900/914" series of synthesized radios. Alas I didn't manage to retain any of the manuals [they were marked "RESTRICTED" and we had to count them out and count them all back in again]. The only bit of pegasus I still have is this TBA810AS audio-output module... Attached Thumbnails