18-05-2011, 10:58 PM
Hello Alan,
Well, the Trader's 1935-40 'Receiver Specifications and Prices' only lists one Pye short superhet with push-buttons, and that's the model P (not to be confused with the earlier P/AC or P/B): and ever so few push-button sets appeared just after the war, no Pyes that I can find. The P was a July '39 release and is listed as using ECH3, EF9, EBL1 and AZ1. I think though that for early wartime production several Pye models switched from side contact valves to their octal equivalents. I've only found a thumbnail image of the model P and it does look like your set. I'd guess that no new model number would have been issued and your set's a model P: whether the standard service info would cover the change of valve types or leave you to work its consequences out for yourself, I couldn't say...
Regards,
Paul
Well, the Trader's 1935-40 'Receiver Specifications and Prices' only lists one Pye short superhet with push-buttons, and that's the model P (not to be confused with the earlier P/AC or P/B): and ever so few push-button sets appeared just after the war, no Pyes that I can find. The P was a July '39 release and is listed as using ECH3, EF9, EBL1 and AZ1. I think though that for early wartime production several Pye models switched from side contact valves to their octal equivalents. I've only found a thumbnail image of the model P and it does look like your set. I'd guess that no new model number would have been issued and your set's a model P: whether the standard service info would cover the change of valve types or leave you to work its consequences out for yourself, I couldn't say...
Regards,
Paul
