Please ID this PYE equipment (Help)

[Sparky67]

The large control unit in the last image in post #10 (177.jpg) is indeed used with the Pye Ranger PTC2202 or 2207 radio.

[Bazz4CQJ]

...and for a further 10 points, can anyone ID the Ranger model which had a pair of EL90's in the modulator (and 100 points if you have the circuit diagram ).
These must have been relatively early models as the later ones had transistor mods.

In ~50 years, I don't think that any piece of radio gear has ever given me the pleasure that I had from my AM10 Cambridge.

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[Nymrod121]

The enamelled badge pictured in post #20 would look rather swish on the inside of the lid fitted to a well-known type of record player ...

Best wishes
Guy

[Sparky67]

(Bazz4CQJ)...and for a further 10 points, can anyone ID the Ranger model which had a pair of EL90's in the modulator

According to the Pye Telecom History website the PTC2001/2 used EL90s in the modulator...

http://www.pyetelecomhistory.org/index.html

(Bazz4CQJ)...In ~50 years, I don't think that any piece of radio gear has ever given me the pleasure that I had from my AM10 Cambridge.

Out of all the Pye eqpt which I have worked on, from the PTC series up to the 4000 series (via RLA and F300s), I'm leaning towards the various Vanguards... Not forgetting their unmistakable scent when you undid the four Zeus fasteners and lifted the cover off...!!

[Bazz4CQJ]

Originally Posted by Sparky67

Out of all the Pye eqpt which I have worked on, from the PTC series up to the 4000 series (via RLA and F300s), I'm leaning towards the various Vanguards

I had a Vanguard too. Converted it so that it became "front panel" operated and installed a tunable LO for the receiver, though it was not very sensitive.

RE the PTC2000's, lots of those got scrapped, but the mod transformers (which looked a bit like a small tin-can) were prized as components for homebrew 2m rigs and could be picked up rallies for £1. I think I still have 2 or 3 of them.

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