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Item nr.
Wannabee world receiver.
Production | Germany, 1980.
Price was fl 406. |
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Bands | LW (146-270 kHz), MW (520-1611 kHz), SW1 (3.5-6.5 MHz), SW2 (6.5-12 MHz), SW3 (12-22 MHz), FM 88-108 MHz). |
Cabinet | Plastic. Size 35x23x10cm. Weight 2.9kg. |
Power | Batt (6xD) or AC. |
Documents | Rmorg. |
There is mechanical fine tuning. When pushed in, the tuning knob rotates three turns to pass the full dial, while when pulled out this takes about 20 turns. Below the dial you'll find an S-meter. There is no BFO (for morse or SSB listening), no connection for an external antenna, and there is no dial illumination.
Obtained | 1/2020 from Cees (at Radiocafé). |
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Condition | 7; non-original knob, damaged antenna, broken power switch. |
Disposed | Sold 2/2020. |
A nice, above-average radio in 1980, it is not very valuable anymore after 40 years. The whip antenna is damaged, the power switch lever broken off, and one of the knobs isn't the original one.
The power supply is neatly separated on the back panel. The wires have connectors that can be taken loose without soldering. The built in transformer consumes 2.4W when the radio is turned off (which costs about 5 euros per year) and 3.4W when playing FM. If you ever want to use a Grundig radio like this, make sure to install a Switched Mode power supply. This will seriously harm the reception on the AM bands, but FM still sounds fine.