Hello, I wondered if anyone here has any circuits for the eddystone 1560R ? Only info I can find is the installation guide on the user group webpage. It has 30...
Stef Niewiadomski has been in touch concerning 6 pin coil bases. Stef is gathering the bits to build a mid-1930s Eddystone receiver (probably the "Kilodyne...
hi all, from sacha. asked ted re this and he said do you know it is 24v not 12v as this may account for the low sensitivity. He has three marlin receivers...
hi all, this from sacha, ted is anxious to contact geoff steedman M0BGS and is unable to locate his phone number, not on bt192 nothing on qrz.com so if you...
Hi all I have just learned that a new company is about to start re-manufacturing Valves (Tubes) again here in the UK, please take a look at their website and...
Hello all, I have a 640 with a dial that has what looks like a thin varnish or such peeling off the thing. The lettering looks fine, just this lifting top...
Hi Ben, I had the same problem with my 640. I can't recall any difficulty getting the dial plate out but I can tell you that I managed to clean the varnish off...
Ben, Be very careful with the lettering as it can be powdery and come off. I have replacement scales for the 640 if you need: these are remanufactured but...
Hi Lou. Thanks for that. Can you recall, when you unbolt the front from the chassis does the dual spindle that holds the two pointers simply pull off the ...
In a message dated 07/04/2009 11:06:38 GMT Daylight Time, iandcnutt@... writes: Ben, Be very careful with the lettering as it can be powdery and come off....
Well, found an interesting cure for instability in this 640. Advance the rf gain and i.f. stages self oscillate, squeak, whistle and do everything other than...
HI Ben , oh dear , that is a well known fact that the coating on some valves ie. metallising is a screen and is usully earthed to one of the valve pins. I can...
Hi Ben, If you've not already managed to remove the front panel; remove the finger plate and the rest will be revealed. Finally remove the four large screws...
Hi Ben, The front (bandset) pointer is held by the screw, and the rear (bandspread) pointer is on a split tube which is a tight fit on the shaft. If I remember...
Hi Gang, I landed an 870 which some of you may have seen on ebay last week. It arrived today and is not as bad as the photos suggested; a mains fuse is blown,...
-Hi Frank I don't think calling an 870 or 870a half a receiver is very chritable ! On my 870, the paper /foil capacitors across the mains input choke were...
I have had a request from Chris G1RPO as follows: Hi I have what I think is a set or part set of pcb's from an eddystone rx. I assume it dates from 70's or...
Chris, I have looked through my stock book and manuals and can advise the following: 10099PA is the main board of a 1590 10498P is the audio board of a 1590 ...
Greetings from New Zealand, An exiting day for me as I started my Eddystone collection. I bought a very clean S750, complete with 688 speaker, 687/1 vibrator...
Hello John, Congrats on acquiring a full 750 kit for such a modest price. Undoubtedley one of Eddystone's best of the 1950's. Yours was built in April...
Hi John, Congratulations on your excellent purchase! I would certainly concur with Graeme - the S750 is one of my favourite Eddystones - I have just completed...
Thanks Pete, I think it's a lovely little set and have started work on it. Ohming things out shows the cap across the mains choke to be s/c. pity the...
Hello All, I'm looking for information regarding case and dial styles used by Eddystone. I believe that Alan Clayton had a page that described the various...
Lou Have you looked in Graeme's excellent QRG to Eddystone sets which can be downloaded from the web, I believe it is covered very well there. Regards Chris...
Hello Lou Take a copy of the 'Quick Reference Guide' (QRG) from the EUG website. It has photos of virtually evey Eddystone from 1926 to 1996. Vy 73 Graeme...
Thanks Chris and Graeme, Yes I've been looking at the QRG and it does help a lot. However I it had stuck in my mind that cases were described in terms of ...
Hello Lou, Yes, the A, B, C, references were an early EUG system (C.1993) to try and identify cabinets and dials. They were illustrated by the 840 (A), 840A...
