• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi

• Year
• 1953–1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 212572

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EL41 EZ40

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: PZ39 - Pye N.Z. Ltd.; Waihi

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• The bands covered on this model are; broadcast, "MSW" 3.2 to 8 MHz and six band spread positions covering the 31, 25, 19, 16, 13 and 11 metre bands.

  See also PYE PZ40 wooden cabinet version.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.00 NZ£

• Mentioned in
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (P38)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 62 models, 60 with images and 52 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi