- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge
- Year
- 1954
- Category
- Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 97438
- Number of Tubes
- 15
- Valves / Tubes
- PCC84 PCF80 EF80 EF80 ECC81 ECC81 EB91 EB91 PY82 EF80 ECL80 ECL80 PL81 PY81 EY51 MW31-16 or MW31-74
- Number of Transistors
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 16000/19500 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Wave bands
- Wave Bands given in the notes.
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Material
- Bakelite case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: VT2 - Pye Ltd., Radio Works;
- Shape
- Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
- Notes
-
12" monochrome System A (405 lines). 13 Channels Band I / III VHF Tuner. The chassis is based on Pye V2 which was Band I only, thus the changes are mostly the Tuner unit (PCC84 & PCF80 replace 3 x EF80).
Live Chassis.
Band III transmissions commenced in 1955.
- Source of data
- -- Collector info (Sammler)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (Vol III (1953-54))
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1132/T52, 1198/T76)
- Author
- Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 627 models, 483 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
Forum contributions about this model: Pye Ltd., Radio: VT2
Threads: 1 | Posts: 1
The VT2 is basically a V2 with changed tuner head. The V2 used 3 x EF80 as RF amp, Mixer and Local oscillator. It was only Band I. Some Band II VHF-FM radio sets did use 2 x EF80 or even an EF80 Preamp on ECC85. But really the EF80 is poor over 100MHz (Up till about 1970 there was no UK VHF-FM above 100MHz). The PCC84 & PCF80 allowed operation up to 220MHz (later TV sets would use up to 275MHz for VHF).
Though released in 1954, the VT2 model was ready for start of ITV in 1955. In 1955 there was also the first Set-top boxes, converters to add ITV (Band III) to BBC only (Band I) TV sets. Thus 2015 will be the 60th Anniversary of the Setbox converter which had a resurgence with final Analogue Switch Off on October 2012. Like later models close to 1962 (Start of BBC2 625 lines on UHF and 625 lines VHF 31st December 1961) which had options for 625 lines or UHF tuners or both some 1950s models had internal adaptor kits etc.
Michael Watterson, 19.Feb.14