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4th Nov 2020, 11:46 am | #1 |
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Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Dear forum members,
Last week I picked up a Cosmos VS6 set. I can't find a lot of information on the Cosmos VS6 set. Does this mean that there aren't that many sets left ? Unfortunatelly the VS6 came without valves. Does anyone have suggestions for substitutes for the oribinal and very rare to find SP18 and B4 valves? Thanks in advance. Rudy |
4th Nov 2020, 2:46 pm | #2 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Search for the Cosmos Receiver Unit VR3 which was made by Metropolitan Vickers.
Valves with a B4 base are available but the SP18 will be very rare. |
4th Nov 2020, 2:50 pm | #3 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Search also for the Cosmos Radiophone Amplifying Unit A5 which is probably the audio amplifier stage of the receiver.
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4th Nov 2020, 4:16 pm | #4 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Hi Rudy that is the same as mine ,do you have a plug on coil unit with it. there is a three stage audio amp switchable to two stage, it switches one valve out of circuit, the rf section has two valves , there are four what look like coils they are an fact resistors three on the af amp and one on the rf section that one is 60k ohm no doubt the grid leak resistors will be o/c or very high , from left to right the coils should read 30k /30k/60k .that should give you something to be going on with , Mick.
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4th Nov 2020, 5:58 pm | #5 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Hi Mick,
Thanks a lot for the information and the diagram. I made two pictures of the internals. They look similar to your set. Rudy |
4th Nov 2020, 6:19 pm | #6 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
It looks like you have a long wave coil pack there , 1400 to 3200 meters ,is that the only one that came with the set . I had the medium wave coil pack and had to make a long wave one , are you ok with checking the coils/ resistors let us know , Mick.
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4th Nov 2020, 7:25 pm | #7 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Mick, on your schematic for the A5 amplifier I can't see an anode load resistor for the third valve.
Does the anode current pass through a high impedance speaker or output transformer? |
4th Nov 2020, 7:31 pm | #8 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
It would feed a high imp speaker or in my case an output tx cheers Mick.
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5th Nov 2020, 11:00 am | #9 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Mick, the set came with an extra medium wave coil pack, 300 to 800metres.
Is this what you are looking for? Last edited by rvervoort; 5th Nov 2020 at 11:22 am. |
5th Nov 2020, 11:11 am | #10 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
That is good news Rudy , did you manage to check the resistors/coils Mick.
Sorry for the confusion I was referring to the coils which are an fact resistors , but I will check my original L/W coil pack ref your readings. Mick. Last edited by vinrads; 5th Nov 2020 at 11:41 am. |
5th Nov 2020, 11:22 am | #11 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
I was wondering if some of the established British heavy electrical manufacturers had made radios or TVs, even if it was a short lived venture like English Electric.
From what I remember in the Setmakers some made components but not complete sets. British Thomson Houston were in this category from what I remember.
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6th Nov 2020, 10:44 am | #12 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
This may be of interest ,September 24 th 1924, Wireless World Radio review . Mick.
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6th Nov 2020, 3:26 pm | #13 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
BTH did make complete radios. English Electric only made TVs as far as I know.
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6th Nov 2020, 4:14 pm | #14 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
BTH started ,like a lot of others with crystal sets,ie the double detector set for one.
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1st Dec 2020, 11:50 am | #15 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Gues I was lucky.
Found the SP18 on eBay. |
2nd Dec 2020, 9:59 am | #16 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
Very lucky I would say ,are they new , have they been tested ? Mick.
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2nd Dec 2020, 2:28 pm | #17 |
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Re: Cosmos VS6 Metropolitan Vickers
One pair is display only.
The other two are used but good. |