• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1956 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 86738

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• UCH81 UF89 UBC81 UL84

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100; 125; 220; 250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 18 cm = 7.1 inch

• Power out
• 6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Seafarer 1112 - Pye Ltd., Radio Works;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 560 x 290 x 220 mm / 22 x 11.4 x 8.7 inch

• Notes

• SW1: 1,48-4,63 MHz; SW2: 4,5-9,7 MHz; SW3: 9,2-10,1 MHz; SW4: 11,3-12,4 MHz; SW5: 14,6-16,1 MHz; SW6: 16,9-18,7 MHz; SW7: 20,4-22,7 MHz.
  Gerät wurde speziell für das Abhören des Fischerei-Funks vertrieben.

  By this time Ekco is part of Pye so see similar or near identical models all using Metal Rectifier. The older Rimlock versions use a UY41 instead.

  • Pye 1101A (the  1101 is older Rimlock B8A version)
  • Ekco Mariner U834 and Pye Seafarer 1112
  • Pye 3017A (the 3017 is older Rimlock B8A version)
  • Pye 3042

  There are probably other similar models with parallel heaters and isolated/earthed chassis.

  There are many Pye models from 1946 to early 1960s with 3 to 9 Bandspread Shortwave.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 7.4 kg / 16 lb 4.8 oz (16.3 lb)

• Source of data
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Other Models

• Here you find 629 models, 485 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