Magic Eye at Last

[pwdrive]

After much waiting and searching I finally managed to get hold of a NOS Y63 for my R1155 receiver for reasonable money.

Lawrence.

[Andy M0FYA]

Well done Lawrence.
The important thing is 'reasonable money' - they are easy to get at high prices!
How much did you have to pay/
Andy

[pwdrive]

Well done Lawrence.
The important thing is 'reasonable money' - they are easy to get at high prices!
How much did you have to pay/
Andy

Hi Andy, yes NOS Mullard octal Magic eyes seem to attract high prices.
The one I won is an Osram Y63 NOS in original box, £7.50 I think it was + P&P, I say I think because my wife paid for it!
The same seller still has a NOS Osram Y65 up for auction for the same money more or less at the time of writing.
Eventually I will get some repacement valves for the rest of the R1155, the ones in there work ok but test more on the low side of normal, when I replace them I will slip some thin nylon line under the base to aid future exctraction!! I'm sure you know what I mean. Normally I shove the blunt end of a pencil against the spigot from underneath to aid extraction but there are a couple where the spigot hole is blocked by components. I suspect that the AGC response might be a bit out also, I will wait for the valves then have a look into it.
By the way did you receive my Email regarding R1082 circuit etc?

Lawrence.

[Andy M0FYA]

Lawrence, that was indeed a good buy!
The BL63 DF valve seems to be the other expensive one. I don't recall ever having seen this used anywhere else, so why it is suddenly sought after I don't know.
I haven't received an email from you (I was wondering whether you had sent anything, although I was expecting a PM), but I may know why if it was an email to my home email address. I had an email from the VMARS forum reflector containing attachments which completely filled my inbox at my ISP (10MB limit) which I wasn't expecting, and I think any other emails then vanished into cyberspace until I downloaded the offending one and freed-up the inbox. Not a very satisfactory state of affairs, but I don't see how it can be fixed short of asking for a bigger allowance from my ISP which I guess would cost! (And they are dear enough already, but that's another story.)
I take it you therefore have my email address - so can I ask you to send another, please (or PM your email address) and I'll send the R1082 circuits.
Andy

[pwdrive]

PM on its way

Lawrence.

[pwdrive]

Hi Andy, yes the BL63 has certainly gone up, Colomor are selling them at £50, I think the BL63 was only used in the R1155 as far as I know.
The audio brigade have cottoned on to them maybe, they seem to love these older type triodes, the 6F8 being an example.
£50 is too much for me as it stands, the original one in mine has it's envelope detached from it's base, not a problem in itself. I have no way of checking the functionality of the DF section at the moment, I remember checking the relevant valve voltages some while ago and seem to remember nothing untoward, I will check it out fully at some time

Lawrence.