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G'Day Rod, all Australian AM stations have a two letter call sign. The larger letters are capital city stations. One thing missing from that dial are the prefix numbers. Each State has a number, 2=NSW, 3 =Vic, 4=Qld, 5=SA, 6=WA, 7=Tas. So if you listening to a distant station in Queensland and the announcer said ' you are listening to 7HO' you knew it was Hobart Tasmania. Hope that helps you understand ,what most likely looks like a bit of a chaotic dial. Just noticed the Northern Territory is also not shown separately, they are 8 now. Maybe mixed in with South Aussie stations. Enjoy our videos. John from Brisbane

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What's that noise? Oh wait I know, it's the purists grinding their teeth LOL. Great mod to make this gram useable for the future and always reversible if someone wants to use the radio again. Nice job Rod 😀

Wonderful work - and great entertainment. DaveH

A perfect day and a perfect restoration. 😁

That was great. A Radio mod, a super slide show and a great song. Truly a perfect day Mr. R. All the best mate.

very well done, i agree with Manuel, it takes a good deal of courage to take the switch box apart, i'm too chicken shit to attempt it, i admit. Thanks for sharing, be well.

Maybe during the 60's and 70's, that set was tuned almost every evening to 208 m, The Big L, Radio Luxembourg.

What an odd mixture that R33 is - using DC valves but an autotransformer and an AC-only switch.

That’s a cute little radio. Good job 👍

I saw a lot of hybrid TV sets, but no hybrid radio.

That's a handsome set!

What a beautiful radio, I have a B 6 I F 72 A twin speaker that could do with restoration / could you help bring back to life , it was a very expensive radio at the time .

I was in Dublin a couple of weeks ago. Went there with the wife for a short break. Did the Guinness store (Americans kept on giving me there beer tokens had 5 free pints!). Also went to Bray for a coastal walk and finished up in Temple Bar for the Craic 😃Had a great time. Nice job on the radio Rod.

Fantastic restoration rod 👍👍

So I just got one. Seems that my tuning dial was very stiff. I could slowly rotate it. Then I could rotate it some more. and it loosend. What's strange is that the dial does not turn at all. Instead I have to use the knobs in the back for the station selection to tune. Even worse the knobs dont correspond to the pushbutton numbers and the am push button switch to FM!

My dial is locked in place. I havent opened it yet. But it does move a milimeter or two to the left or right. Hoping something is just blocking it.

Really liked this idea - pays homage to a bygone era - I think the only extra I would have done is fit a small timer-relay set for 30sec after the power up - just to add a 'small warm-up' delay. Enjoyed this conversion very much. Thank you most kindly for taking the time to video, show and share. Well done 👍

I have the same radio . I restored it years ago . They sound good . Hope you don't mind me saying but I think it was a mistake to strip the cabinet and have it satin finish . Careful use of very fine steel wool and scratch cover followed by T cut and then wax would have left it looking really good but still retaining some patina of age . Just personal choice of course . We all do things the way it suits us personally .

Interesting set of radios, I especially like the second last Bush. Never seen one before, well worth restoring. Funny seeing the Pye's, more cabinets that originated in the UK with Australian chassis.

Really interesting - some very nice styling - love the deep sound from these radios. DaveH

A very nice collection of radios. Something to keep you busy on those cold winter months.

Nice haul. That last Bush radio looks absolutely spectacular!

Nice radios. Cheap for 80 euros. I like them all but would lean to the ones having the best shortwave coverage but that is just me.... being a sw guy. Thanks for showing us. Now, next week we will see them all restored... 😄

I like the SW dial light gimmick. The cabinet looks quite nice after the restore. I like the period grill, much better than the dodgy cloth that was there. Looking forward to seeing what else you won in the auction. 🙂

Great restoration lovely looking radio .from 1 Irish man to another Cheers for Sharing

That radio now looks amazing. You really did a wonderful job on it. Keep up the good work.

What an interesting and unusual set! Very nice!

A very unusual radio, never saw that model before. Well done rod, great job on the restoration 👍👍

Very nice restoration job. I do remember my grandfather had the very same radio when I was a small lad. I am now 70. Thanks for the memories.

Ssb on this radio is a disaster..i sold it

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Thanks, I have this exact radio and you have inspired me to think of restoring it. But great to see how you have done it.

Don’t know if you still have the radio but I have a scrapped set with a good front panel if you’d like it

It’s gorgeous! It looks coming right out of an airliner cockpit. How would it compare to say the Sony ICF2010d from the same era if memory serves me well?

This was a fantastic serie! Very impressing work. I was about to purchase one and was looking at getting to know a bit more about it before. This was quite humbling to say the least. Giving all the risks involved with the aging components, it would be miraculous to find any second hand radio without something on the verge of breaking down, not mentionning I could not even test it. I’m starting to think it’s not a great idea, given I have zero electronic knowledge, nor do I have any equipment to sort anything beyond replacing the batteries, or potentially a bulb. Thanks mate, it was very interesting and joyful to watch.

Hi from Australia. Earlier this year I bought part of a deceased estate collection and there were a number of Pye radios. One was an absolute monster I sold off quickly at one of our clubs trading table days. The others are here waiting to be restored. Among them is a P53! It is a Pye of Cambridge build, but judging by the video has exactly the same chassis and speaker. It has all the valves, but when I fired it up on the dim bulb it motorboated something chronic. The cabinet is in better condition than your one, only because someone has started to strip it. No knobs either. Judging by your resto, I should get going on mine! The other Pyes of interest are a PE93U (Cambridge), and a 7MSP (Melbourne, Aust..) Both use the same cabinet, but have different chassis. There was also another unmarked one with an Astor GN chassis. Pye and Astor where partners during the 1950s as TV approached in 1956. As an aside, Manuel has redesigned the Bluetooth module to include volume matching with an op-amp. It's far better than the original design! Best of luck with future projects, and I hope you will look at some of my videos. (Shameless plug!!)

Lovely work, well done Rod, nice one

Turned out well. 👍

Thanks for this,brings back memories ,my mum had this exact model.I spent hours tuning up and down the shortwave bands ,in the evenings, listening to VOA ,radio Moscow and radio Luxembourg on 49.26 and many others. During the day it was tuned the light program on 1500 meters as medium wave didn't work.

Fantastic job rod 👍

Hello, very nice, amazing 👍 👍 👍

Wow, it looks good, and it sounds good. Now, with the Bluetooth connection, if you record some of the old Radio Luxembourg broadcasts (or even the jingles) and play those through this old radio (after sunset, for authenticity), that would be cool.

Love some of the things youtube throws at me. Really loved this. I could almost smell it when you opened it up. As a child born late sixties I can remember sweeping through the SW bands on a (?) Bush radio, with the green glowing oval. Fabulous!

Mooie radio.

What a brilliant unit. I wish I could find something like it here in Australia. We mainly get AM and SW units here. The only FM units I have been able to find are either Japanese units or very expensive German units.

Great job rod, for a 60s radio it looks and sounds great.

Nice radio. Looks really similar to the Plano and Bi-Ampli stereo models they made. Specialy on the inside. Great speakers in these sets.

I wouldn't be surprised at the selenium rectifier, which usually has five or so units stacked, reading a high resistance as the stack, if the resistance meter only has 1.5 volts in it. Replacing this is not a bad idea, not because it does not work well now, but because these rectifiers can burn out without warning, creating a horrible and somewhat poisonous stench as they do so.