Pye PE80 - aerial

[Yorkie]

That looks an interesting item, as does Maitiu's example.

As Alan says, although it's described by the seller as an 'aerial' it does have an aerial input socket, and seems to be an aerial amplifier, so whether it also has an internal frame aerial is anyone's guess. Interesting use of French to decribe the mains input as 'alimentation' which literally means 'food' in English. 'Puisance' is the term for power, but I think that applies to power output rather than input.

Obviously not a clandestine item, - it looks pre-war, and would very soon be detected. In any event, after France surrendered to the Germans, it was under 'Vichy Rule' - life went on more or less as before, with the French Government, police etc, running the country under an uneasy peace, as directed by the Germans. Many French people were unhappy about the Maquis - the French resistance -because their activities often brought inidiscriminate reprisals against innocent French people unconnected with the resistance. (Perhaps the best example being Oradour Sur Glarne, which I'm visiting later this year, along with my wfe and younger son).

It will be interesting to see how much the 'aerial' sells for, so I've stuck it on my 'watch list' to see the end result.