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Dave Hicks G8EPR had a serious accident
at work in early 2016.
He had been in hospital since then but sadly he died at the end of April 2017.
It is hoped that the website can continue but there are unlikely to be any
further updates and there is no one to answer any EMails.
11th May 2017
Dave Hicks G8EPR, Curator of the G8EPR Pye Museum had a
serious accident at work in early 2016 and died at the end of April 2017
25th November 2015
| We have been informed that Alan Hudson died on 24th November 2015 |
8th August 2015
GE PORTA MOBIL VHF H/BAND TRANSCEIVER
LINK RADIO CORPORATION VHF PACKSET
MOTOROLA AND RCA 1950's CONTROL BOXES
TESLA 1962 VXW010 VHF 78MHZ PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER
8th February 2015
BURNDEPT BE439, BE470, BE500 and BE600 Portables
KAKTYC-M MANUAL SOVIET 33MHZ FM TRANSCEIVER
TPAHCnOPT PH-12.6 SOVIET VHF TRANSCEIVER
22nd January 2015
17th January 2015
BURNDEPT BE439 Red Button Home Office Police Issue 3 Channel UHF Transceiver
4th January 2015
2nd January 2015
CELLPHONE 30 YEARS AGO SWITCHED ON 1st January 1985
31st December 2014
Pye Ranger PTC 2002 - 2007 (31.12.14)
Pye Handi-Ranger PTC2107 (31.12.14)
STORNO CQP612 TRANSPORTABLE High Band FM (31.12.14)
12th December 2014
Home Office Radio Telephone Museum Exhibition Photo Album .
Electron РСД 70 ЧМ-А / RSP 70
FM-A
Bulgarian Police radio - Storno 500 clone
.JPG)
Radio equipment used in the film '71
23rd November 2014
NUCLEAR CONVOY VEHICLE RADIO FITMENTS
Philips PFX-PM used in Nuclear Convoys
NUCLEAR CONVOY RADIO EQUIPMENT ORIGINAL EBAY
NUCLEAR CONVOY MOBILE PORTABLE SECURE RADIOS
Philips encryption module in extended PFX Case
21st November 2014
FM1100 PM Secure Nuclear Convoy Radio Scheme
15th November 2014
NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
28th April 2014
MURPHY RANK TR1009M VHF MARINE
TEMPORARY PAGE OF BT HANDHELDS
Marconi Murphy Dymar GEC Mobiles
Marconi Argonaut VHF Marine Control unit Circa 1960
Marconi HX81A AM Base Station and Mobile
COSSOR CC302 Dash Mobile about 1962
Racal Mitre VHF Covert Portable
MARCONI MARINE SRA VHF MARINE HANDPORTABLE
Marconi Marine Corvette SS Duplex
Various Marconi advertisements
Various Radiotelephone advertisements, leaflets etc
17th March 2014
Temporary page of BT handportables
Marconi Marine Corvette SS Duplex
MARCONI MARINE SRA VHF MARINE HANDPORTABLE
MURPHY RANK TR1009M VHF MARINE
28th August 2013
HUDSON FM118/1/HO Home Office Base Station
27th August 2013
HUDSON FM120T 50 watt transmitter
HUDSON REDIFON FM113H Marine HB
TAIT T800 AIR TO GROUND UHF VHF BASE STATION
13th December 2012
8th September 2012
Two videos about the Pye Concorde
7th September 2012
18th August 2012
Motorola XTS5000 Astro UHF Portables Type 2
30th May 2012
PYE VANGUARD AM25B 10 CHANNEL Transportable
More images added to
PYE AM25T AM TRANSISTOR DRIVER TO QQVO310 AND QQV0320 VALVES TX RX FULLY TRANSISTOR. LOW BAND AM
PYE PTAM25BV AM FULL VALVE TX TRANSISTOR MODULATOR AND TRANSISTOR RECEIVER. LOW BAND AM.
PYE U30 UHF VANGUARD Badge Marketed AS ARC Aircraft Radio Corporation of America on SU8 433.200MHZ..
PYE B100FM VANGUARD 100WATT FM G Band on 40 MHz
23rd May 2012
12th May 2012
PYE PF1 POCKETPHONES AND CHARGER
Police Car Home Office Specification 15 ohm Celestion Weatherproof Speakers.
MURPHY 810-25 AM - 25 Watt Boot Mobile
PYE - STC - ITT STARPHONE FR5 10 WATT BASE STATION UHF and UHF M5 STARPHONE MOBILE
Home Office Radio Museum Collection ex Horseferry House
MOTOROLA SECURE SPEECH ENYCRYPTED RADIOS
23rd April 2012
Pye M80. M81 and M82 control units
15th April 2012
RACAL COUGAR 2000 PROTOTYPE VHF MOBILE EBAY NO 230770974 -20120414-1156
30th March 2012
Marconi Ministrel sales brochure from 1984 (copyright Marconi) (4MB)
Rank Telecom PL209 UHF 3 CHANNEL Portable sales brochure
27th March 2012
BCC or Cossor control box circa 1960
COSSOR CC15A BOOT MOUNT HB AM TX RX circa 1962
PARK AIR T6M Airband transceiver Circa 2003
PLESSEY SKANTI TRP8200 HF TX RX
PYE PTC E 6 354 V 156 174 MHZ 50 WATT AM TX
25th March 2012
STORNO CQM715 55 CHANNEL GPO RADIOPHONE System 4
Racal Cougar Transportable suitcase small 25 watt
Racal Cougar Transportable Suitcase Medium 25 watt & Battery Backup
Racal Cougar Transportable Suitcase Large 25 watt Repeater VHF
Racal Cougar Transportable Suitcases - Small, Medium, Large
Storno Viscount Southern Mobiles & PSU FM
Racal Cougar Fixed Station 25 Watts
Simoco TSF2025 UHF Base & SRD1000 Controller
PYE T412 R414 UHF Scottish Police Base Station repeater
Removed video files and replaced by links to YouTube
24th March 2012
Park Air Base PAET6M Transmitter - Receiver Ground to Air
Tait T800 100Watt UHF Base station continuous running
PYE LC10FM 9 channel GPO Radio Phone System 2
Rank Telecom PL209 UHF 3 CHANNEL Portable
Racal PRM4500 ( GE MPX-MPR ) Encrypted Portables
Marconi Minstrel 16kb Encrypted Portable system
BCC Type 69D VHF Low Band Mobile circa 1952
GEC Courier RC500 FM Portable circa 1962
MOTOROLA MT300 Tetra Police Radio
MOTOROLA MT700 Tetra Police Radio
Sepuru SRM2000 Prototype Type approvals set Tetra police
Tait T2000 AM FM Transportable for fire brigades by PMR Products
Dymar 840T VHF FM Base Transmit Marine Band
PARK AIR 1250 Crystal Air band Transmit
Marconi RC690 Greater Manchester Fire modified for Transportable
6th February 2012
Cleartone CM9000MB Control head
7th December 2011
Interesting film about Pye Cambridge in the 1950s 27 minutes long
25th September 2011
SKANTI-PLESSEY TRP8255SD 1.6 TO
30MHZ 250WATT TXRX-20110923-1600
G8EPR SITE ON YOUTUBE
Video no 47
24th September 2011
20th September 2011
New pictures
25th August 2011
26th July 2011
Old virgin.net and freeserve.co.uk addresses removed
9th July 2011
RADIOTELEPHONE MICROPHONE MUSEUM OF GREAT BRITAIN
Marconi RC690 Suitcase Transportable
31st May 2011
Internal views of Motorola SYNTOR X9000 VHF added
30th May 2011
7th March 2011
The Pye Museum videos are now available on YouTube, just search for "G8EPR".
20th July 2010
Changed links
Videos on modifying a Pye Westminster
Video on how to modify Pye Cambridge FM10D H Band for use on 29MHz
Videos on PTC102, PTC112, PTC114-115, PTC411, PTC703 and PTC704, PTC723, PTC724
Rees Mace videos
PYE Rees Mace Cat receiver and LF TX Unit
Film 1of 2
PYE CAT RX G0TBI AM 80mets - VMARS NET Film 2 of 2
Video
PYE EUROPA & RACAL ENCRYPTER HOME OFFICE MODEL SRA 131 film June 2010
23rd June 2010
Home Office SRA 131 Suitcase radio system
21st June 2010
The Metropolitan Police Radiotelephone Museum of Great Britain UPDATE
The Curator of the Metropolitan Police Radiotelephone Museum of Great Britain, Dave Hicks G8EPR, would be interested in any information on any of these items or any other items that he failed to get at the auction. Of particular interest is the harness for the Motorola Jackal Astro.
12th June 2010
Pye Continental pictures
11th June 2010
9th June 2010
Rees Mace videos
PYE Rees Mace Cat receiver and LF TX Unit
Film 1of 2
PYE CAT RX G0TBI AM 80mets - VMARS NET Film 2 of 2
24th May 2010
Videos on PTC102, PTC112, PTC114-115, PTC411, PTC703 and PTC704
14th May 2010
Video on how to modify Pye Cambridge FM10D H Band for use on 29MHz
10th May 2010
Videos on modifying a Pye Westminster
16th April 2010
Home Office AM681 Mobile set P Band 79 MHz - 103 MHz
AM681 remote Home Office mobile
Pye PF2AMB Surveillance Set - for police on 94 MHz
5th April 2010
12th October 2009