Gerard's Schaub

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Item nr.

Schaub Tube portable

Big tube portable.

**Data for Schaub**
Production	Germany, 1958.
Bands	LW (1000-2000m), MW (190-550m).
Tubes	DK96, DF96, DAF96, DL94 are in the set; mix of 25mA and 50mA tubes.
Semi- conductors	Rectifiers in power supply.
Cabinet	Wood with brown leatherette. Size 32x25x12 cm. Weight 3.5 kg.
Power	AC or battery.

The Design

Some tube portables are bigger and some are smaller, but for a modern type offering no special features I think this one is quite big.

Obtained	5/2002 from Jo Muller.
Condition	7.
Disposed	Sold 1/2004.

This Object

Often when a radio is broken a seller tells you that it's nothing serious, probably just a broken wire. Before this one, I had never seen a radio fail because of a broken wire, but this one actually had failed for that reason. The bad news was the wire was in the worst possible position when it comes to soldering. After this repair the radio played, but hummed loudly. My daughter assisted me in finding out that this was due to the filter capacitors in the heater supply, and with two new caps of 330uF each the hum was reduced to an acceptable level. Of course, when playing on batteries the radio will not hum at all, but the corrosion on the battery compartiment is quite severe so I doubt this one will easily take batteries again.

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