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Ooops I did it again... I had the opportunity to buy real cheap another P53 radio set but this time it's the "posh" version with Magic Eye tube (EM34), so.... obviously... I couldn't resist. It is not in working order and remained in the 1st owner's house for the last 67years. It apparentl...

I use ORANGE SQUEEZE app on my Squeezebox (Raspberry RP3+PicoPlayer).
I find this app a lot better than the original one

Nice work. One small point: the heater supply is AC and the cabling needs to be as far away as possible to the signal cables. In your pic above, I would get those 'blue' twisted cables into the angle at the back of the chassis and keep them there with a spot of glue. The gain structure might be dif...

New plan, I have to pass :(

Yep I'd love to join! Need final (boss') confirmation but should be ok.

Nice one too Ivor! Yeah even if at the moment, I can only get RTE, the sound is unbelievable for such an old radio/speaker :) The good thing is that on this model there is at the back a Pick Up input (originally for connecting a gramophone). It needs to be fixed as the sound coming from it is not go...

Hi Guys, I recently bought an old PYE 53 valve radio. It's been built in Dundrum around 1950. Looking at its age, It is in great external condition. It has 8 bands (but no FM). So far I can get only 1 station (RTE). 3 out of 4 tubes have been replaced and There is a bit of work to be done on the amp...

Some progress...

Hi All,
Big step for me yesterday: Trying for the first time to build an amp (with 6J1 & 6P1 tubes) from scratch 🧐 Wish me luck!