• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1927

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 77264

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 1 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 555 [late] - Pye Ltd., Radio Works;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 7.5 x 18.5 inch / 406 x 191 x 470 mm

• Notes
• Two tuned HF valves, grid-leak detector, two transformer-coupled LF valves. Preset to Daventry 5XX 1600 metres; modified cabinet, fitted with a moving iron cone speaker. Enclosed frame aerial.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 30 lb (30 lb 0 oz) / 13.620 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 GBP

• Source of data
• Wireless World (The), London (WW, 79)

• Mentioned in
• Radio! Radio!

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 628 models, 484 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