Pye 906 International.

[Shaman]

This old Pye 906, came from a chicken hut i bought with several other radios, the set uses side contact valves, multi waveband, possably a 1940ish set, its been restored buy me and adorns the top shelf in my radio room.....Alan.[attachment=553]

[AlanBeckett]

Alan,
Could you Post some pictures of the inside?
I've got an unidentified chassis, and it may be one of these. The number of push-buttons is right, so I'm hopeful.
Alan

[Shaman]

[attachment=559][attachment=558][attachment=557][attachment=556]Hi Alan, i will take some pictures of the insides, to-morrow, so you can see what its like, if i can get to it, here is the service sheet and layout etc, the pics were the set as i had it cabinet stripped ready for new look....Alan.




http://www.radiomanuals.info/information.../s0430.pdf

[OldTickTock]

Trader sheet 430, It was released in July 1939
Chris

[Shaman]

Thank,s Chris, not far out in my estimation. Nice old set full of postage stamp trimmers and coils....regards....Alan.

[Paula A]

Indeed.. just pre war.. the CT series valves were generally only used on sets destined for the continental market.. never sort of caught on here.. Only one I have ever seen was in a Mullard set where it sat along with a standard set of E series.. a lone CCH2? puzzling. http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_cch2.html

[AlanBeckett]

Alan,
That looks like my chassis. I'll post some pictures later. Mind you, mine looks as though it was in a car crash after being rescued from a chicken shed.
I have a couple of (probably) pre-war Pye Car radios - P824 - which use CT valves, possibly because the overall height is significantly less than the Octal versions.
Alan

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[Paula A]

That's one reason.. the other is the 29v 0.2A heaters.. a vibrator pack throwing out nominal 90v could happily supply 3 "C" series valves in a series heater chain. Have seen a few mobile/portable sets with "C" series side contact valves... but never seen say an EK2.

[AlanBeckett]

On the car radio the 6v version has the heaters in parallel, and in the 12v version a series/paralel arrangement using the dial bulb as the 'sixth'. The instructions warn you that you must use the correct bulb in the 12v version. The valve line-up is EF8, EK2, EBF2, EBF2 and EL2.
Alan

[AlanBeckett]

So, herewith pictures.
I rescued it a couple of years ago to save it from the tip. The description was 'Possibly Pye'. It isn't as bad as it looks. The switch shafts should straighten out, there's a wrong IFT and one of the coils is damaged, but not disasterously. Clearly someone has had a go at it before, but all the basics are there.
I think this is what's called a 'Challenge' in Restoration circles.
Anyway, there's no point silting up this Thread with it. I'll be back when I get to it.

Alan

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