Following on from my dialogue with Gerry O'Hara where I mentioned the difference in knob styles ( silver metal centre and skirt versus grey plastic) with...
Interesting! Did you see the 830 for sale on Ebay recently (Item #230012186251) that apparently did not sell? – I was amazed nobody bid on it at 10 pounds...
Hello Graeme, Here are the other photos that were on the Ebay advert. It certainly looks like an 830 inside and out – note the incremental tuning on photo 3...
Hello Gerry; I bow to your identification! It goes to show how wrong you can be without being able to see the details! It is of course an 830 (even if...
Hi the eddystone ec10 has bfo that is ok for cw but it is very hard the use on ssb dos eney member know how to modifi the bfo for ssb.has eney member don this...
G7NPL, Much as I really dislike even the thought of modding Eddystone sets these days (especially non-reversible mods that hack the chassis etc), many years ...
G7NPL, The attachment (173kb) would not post to the Yahoo forum. Please send your email address to me at gerryohara@... and I will send it directly to...
Hi all, If anyone could help locate these, Id really appreciate it. I have a 990R (ex-USA variant) that had black knobs. All except the RF/IF concentric pair...
Hello Jeff, Eddystone knobs are a mixed bag! My 990R has very dark grey (black at a glance)with silver skirts and centres . . . I've never seen one with...
Hello Graeme, Thanks for your reply. The original knobs were all plastic construction - black body with light grey skirt and grey plastic end insert (collet...
Hello Jeff, Many thanks for the mail (for some odd reason your mail is interprpreted as SPAM (not Soc Pres A.M.!!) and gets put away in another folder . . . ) ...
Hello! It all depends on which era you are looking at. They made HF RXs fom 1925 to 2002. Naturally the last (6200) was the best (!). Otherwise the EC 958...
Thanks for your info. How does 680x rate? I read the EC12 is a bit deaf on the higher freq. due to using germanium transistors? cheers. ... From: graeme...
A while back I posted a message asking for advice with an Eddystone 770U MkII restoration and since that time I have had a lot of guidance from Graeme Wormald,...
Hi, The 680x was the top of the range 1951-61, a set for the professional. The EA12 was an all-valve double superhet 1964-69, top class on all bands (old...
Hi, I've a 680x that is as close to original as I can get it - agree with the comments on which era you are looking at Eddystone made radios for a long time...
Yes, I was mistaken on the EC10. I was meaning the EC10, and obviously this is a lower model, whereas EA12 is high end. Yeah - I only had one Eddystone, and it...
OK, it does get a bit overwhelming when you realise how many models you're talking about AND 25 years of post-war VALVE models. Not mentioned yet is the 750...
"Best" Eddystone model ? Well, I think it all depends just what your primary aim is and what crierion your going to use. You also need to make allowance for...
Hello, Individual preference is a ver personal thing. Even when two individuals like a particular model they may do so for very different reasons. My...
Hello Graeme, Thanks for the info and the offer of the inserts. Ive given it some thought, and think that the most aesthetically suitable option I can probably...
Hello Jeff Operationally speaking the RF/IF gains on the 990R are invariably kept flat out! Don't bother touching the gang pots, Just put the single knob on...
Jeff, Have you considered the temporary solution of having someone with a lathe turning up some knobs out of aluminium or machinable plastic. I think that is...
Thanks for the advice Mike - and Graeme. The 990U Mk2 Ive been offered is not local, so I cant visually inspect it, apart from photos of the general interior....
Hello Jeff, One last point on the 990 knobs issue. I have never seen a 990 nor do I know anything about them however the pair of knobs for the RF/IF controls...
Hello all Does anyone know where I can source a 6.3v 0.3A MCC (ba9) GLOBE lamp. The tubular type are easy to find (eg Maplins etc) but are too 'long' ~ 27mm,...
