• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pilot Radio Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 102454

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• UCC85 UCH81 UF89 UABC80 UL84 UY85

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)     8 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-220; 220-235; 235-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Caprice T115 - Pilot Radio Ltd.; London

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• An AC/DC mains table radio covering MW (190-555 metres), LW (1100-2000 metres) and VHF (86-104MHz). Sockets for external AM and FM aerials. Released February 1958 price £15 3s 4d plus purchase tax.

  Dial lamp 20V 0.1A (paralleled with Thermistor in series with heaters). The important rating for a replacement is the 100mA current. An 18V or 24V bulb  (or even at a pinch 12V) with 100mA and adjust main tap slightly will work better than a higher current bulb.

• Mentioned in
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (1958-59 (various editions))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1354 dated 31 May 1958)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 133 models, 87 with images and 96 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pilot Radio Ltd.; London