• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 191013

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• SP22 HL22 HL22 QP230

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 2 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 13.5 cm = 5.3 inch

• Power out
• 0.32 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 808 - Pye Ltd., Radio Works;

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 220 x 300 x 195 mm / 8.7 x 11.8 x 7.7 inch

• Notes
• Tubes: Has 3 x Mazda Octal, and 1 x British 7 Pin
  
  Features:
  Built in frame aerial, phones & Aerial/Earth sockets on scale panel, "roller blind" style cover over scales and knobs. Turntable base
  May use a 2V Filament Wet Cell?
  Attempt to date set
  Tuning Scale shows National for 1500m (200kHz) LW, which puts the Radio before 1946 (Home Service. Later Light Program is on 1500m till 1978 when Home -> R4, Light -> R2 and Third -> R3, with R4 on 1500m, now 198kHz rather than 200KHz). The Tuning scale also has Dublin, Cork and Athlone stations, but while these all moved to Athlone frequency during WWII, many post WWII sets still mark them. But Dublin is about 275m (1933?) rather than original 396m (1926).
  It shares some design & package similarity to the TRF/Regenerative 1935 Pye T/Q but seems older than the 1939 or 1949 "new Baby Q" But it could be earlier, later or contemporary to the 1937 "baby Q". However the chassis is like none of these with unusually only the tubes above the chassis plate. It would certainly be possible to be as late as 1940 but unlikely to be earlier than 1936.
  "TRF with reaction/regenerative" is assumed from control/scale panel. There are a few such Pye "portables".
  The PYE service manual for the 808 was issued in July 1938. Seen a few times at UK "swap meets"

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.3 kg / 9 lb 7.5 oz (9.471 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Gerry Howe. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 620 models, 476 with images and 342 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge