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From: Peter Kolbe on 13 Mar 2010 07:49 Hi All, I decided to try my hand at restoring an 'antique' electronic item Down in Margate, South Africa, these seem to be very hard to track down. I just picked up this valve set at a 2nd hand dealer, and wondered if anybody had more info on it for me, before I even try to plug it in (series lightbulb of course), here is the URL to the pictures http://kolbep.webng.com/kolbep/album/Valve%20Radio/?id=25732 Thanks Peter --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Peter Kolbe on 13 Mar 2010 08:30 Ok bit of googling and it is a PYC 39G Anybody know if I can get a schematic? P "Peter Kolbe" <peter(a)fhc.org.za> wrote in message news:hng1s2$1k2u$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > Hi All, > I decided to try my hand at restoring an 'antique' electronic item > > Down in Margate, South Africa, these seem to be very hard to track down. > > I just picked up this valve set at a 2nd hand dealer, and wondered if > anybody had more info on it for me, before I even try to plug it in > (series lightbulb of course), > > here is the URL to the pictures > http://kolbep.webng.com/kolbep/album/Valve%20Radio/?id=25732 > > Thanks > Peter > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: N_Cook on 13 Mar 2010 10:15 Peter Kolbe <peter(a)fhc.org.za> wrote in message news:hng411$1nv3$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > Ok > > bit of googling and it is a PYC 39G > > Anybody know if I can get a schematic? > > P > > "Peter Kolbe" <peter(a)fhc.org.za> wrote in message > news:hng1s2$1k2u$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > > Hi All, > > I decided to try my hand at restoring an 'antique' electronic item > > > > Down in Margate, South Africa, these seem to be very hard to track down. > > > > I just picked up this valve set at a 2nd hand dealer, and wondered if > > anybody had more info on it for me, before I even try to plug it in > > (series lightbulb of course), > > > > here is the URL to the pictures > > http://kolbep.webng.com/kolbep/album/Valve%20Radio/?id=25732 > > > > Thanks > > Peter > > > > > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- Pye 39 would get you further -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://diverse.4mg.com/index.htm
From: Peter Kolbe on 13 Mar 2010 10:51 Thanks, PYE is correct. I found that the power switch on one of the controls has had it, bypassed that and the set has sprung into life, dunno how it is supposed to sound, but perhaps the caps are a bit had it. \Will carry on investigating, though being my first tube set, it is a bit of a learning curve from modern electronics. <Meat Plow> wrote in message news:3jd1hd.rq7.17.8(a)news.alt.net... > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:49:52 +0200, "Peter Kolbe" > <peter(a)fhc.org.za>wrote: > >>Hi All, >>I decided to try my hand at restoring an 'antique' electronic item >> >>Down in Margate, South Africa, these seem to be very hard to track down. >> >>I just picked up this valve set at a 2nd hand dealer, and wondered if >>anybody had more info on it for me, before I even try to plug it in >>(series >>lightbulb of course), >> >>here is the URL to the pictures >>http://kolbep.webng.com/kolbep/album/Valve%20Radio/?id=25732 > > rec.antiques.radio+phono. > > Your radio was likely made around 1948. Pye was "absorbed" into > Philips for lack of a better word. Personally I wouldn't have much > trouble working on a set like that with little technical info. Tubes > need certain voltages to operate no matter what they are in. Might > take me ten times as long to repair but eventually I would track down > the trouble spots and being partial to vintage tube gear I'm used to > breaking out the crystal ball for answerers. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: hr(bob) hofmann on 13 Mar 2010 16:05
On Mar 13, 6:49 am, "Peter Kolbe" <pe...(a)fhc.org.za> wrote: > Hi All, > I decided to try my hand at restoring an 'antique' electronic item > > Down in Margate, South Africa, these seem to be very hard to track down. > > I just picked up this valve set at a 2nd hand dealer, and wondered if > anybody had more info on it for me, before I even try to plug it in (series > lightbulb of course), > > here is the URL to the pictureshttp://kolbep.webng.com/kolbep/album/Valve%20Radio/?id=25732 > > Thanks > Peter > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- The pix are mostly rather out of focus, if you need to post again. please check the focus on the camera. |