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Old 3rd Apr 2020, 7:30 pm   #1
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Default Can you I.D the radio from the dial and knobs? Identified as a Pye 808.

I need to I.D the radio ,I think it's a PYE but which model ? thank's Mick.
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Pye knobs similar to new baby Q but scale not right

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It's a Pye model 808. Lovely little set.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/pye_808.html
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Wow thank's for that ! the question is , is it worth repairing , the driver tx is o/c I broke the dial cleaning it it had a slight curve in it ,to much pressure now I have a broken dial as well .I agree It could be a nice set , cheers Mick.
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Wow thank's for that ! the question is , is it worth repairing , the driver tx is o/c I broke the dial cleaning it it had a slight curve in it ,to much pressure now I have a broken dial as well .I agree It could be a nice set , cheers Mick.
It's definitely worth repairing, it is a lovely little set with a QPP (Quiescent Push-Pull) output stage. How much of it have you got? I may have some odd bits of one of these in the loft, quite possibly including a dial. I'll have a look.

The intervalve transformer on this was very fragile, but I think there is at least one member of this forum who offers a transformer rewinding service. Alternatively, push-pull replacement transformers are not too difficult to find as long as you don't want an exact replacement.
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Hi, It did belong to a good friend of mine , he didn't want to spend much on the repairs, he has the case I think part of it was broken ,I need to find out the condition of the case .
If you have a dial that would be fantastic and a good start , cheers Mick.
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Arrrr the PYE Baby Q. One of the first radios I bought at the Raynes Park Jumble Sale for 1/- around 1960. There are so many variants of it including a TRF version.'Reaction' marked on the scale suggests this is the version you have.
I have far too many of them but they were my 'first love'..
Is it worth repairing? None of this 'junk' is worth repairing. It's more a case of how much pleasure/satisfaction and fun you are you going to get from restoring it?
The TRF version is the rare one and performs surprisingly well.
Good luck with it if you get it together. regards, John.
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This thread has answered a question I have had for years! I bought an Ekco U29 off eBay years ago, and one of the knobs was completely wrong, and it was one of the same type as in the first post, I had no idea what set it came from, and it’s languished in the box of spare knobs ever since.

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Glad to be of help Loyd Cheers. Mick.
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oops ! it was faulty anyway. this reaction control combines a resistor and capacitor , the resistor was o/c and the capacitor int s/c ,anyone got one faulty or not , possibly make a good one out of the two, Thank's Mick.
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I am just having a go at re assembling this , now which way would it be max capacitance min resistance ,or the other way round ? Mick.
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I undid one screw and beyong! I did this with a double adaptor when I was 6! An early lesson learned that has stuck with me for the best part of 70 years. Good luck with it. Well worth a restoration and if you muck it up, it's only an old radio.. John.
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After re assembling the reaction control several times it was still intermittently shorting so I decided to modify it. I made new insulating spacers an old record sleeve was just the job,a template was made this enabled me to drill all the pieces accurately in one go, the original insulators were round and had to fit over a washer spacing the rotating vanes making assembly somewhat tricky. Good news it works after what must have two days in trying. Mick.

P.S. looking for a dial for this.
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