17-04-2016, 10:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-04-2016, 10:55 AM by Geordie McBoyne.)
This was the set that was marketed as the "Pye Piper"? Servicing information for the P115 and P116 can be found in the 1957/58 Radio and Television servicing book so it's possible the release date could have been in late 1956. Or, those books are about right for Pye products so it could be 1957. My only issue with these sets is that I can remember them when they were new and in the shops. Now that tells you how old I am.
That's right, those B8A valves were in the "replacement type" status in 1957.
A really clever Pye Piper was the model P117, the AM/FM version. this set employs a clever circuit that uses only four valves: ECC85, EBF89 and ECL82. EZ80 HT rectifier.
The first triode section of the ECC85 functions as a reflex RF and IF amplifier on FM.
I know the AM only Pye Pipers are lively receivers. I cannot pass any comment about the P117 AM/FM set. Information for the P117 can be found in the 1958/59 R & T servicing book.
Geordie McBoyne.
That's right, those B8A valves were in the "replacement type" status in 1957.
A really clever Pye Piper was the model P117, the AM/FM version. this set employs a clever circuit that uses only four valves: ECC85, EBF89 and ECL82. EZ80 HT rectifier.
The first triode section of the ECC85 functions as a reflex RF and IF amplifier on FM.
I know the AM only Pye Pipers are lively receivers. I cannot pass any comment about the P117 AM/FM set. Information for the P117 can be found in the 1958/59 R & T servicing book.
Geordie McBoyne.
