19-09-2024, 01:07 PM
Sounds like a bit of a nightmare - radios are a useful distraction from that sort of thing! We had our roof done last year, so know what the scaffolding cage feels like. The kids loved it though - to them it was a giant climbing frame and they were quite sad to see it all come down.
FM-only sounds like a reasonable compromise. Ordinarily it would be nice to get to the bottom of it, but needs must. But at the very least, if possible, checking those 2 caps in the AM detector circuit would satisfy my curiosity.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for Grundig transistors, and have 6 of them, including a 110 and a 111. OK, they're heavily production-engineered with elaborate plastic mouldings for the chassis and PCB caps and inductors, and are almost impossible to restore cosmetically, but they are always very sensitive, and they do sound really good for their size - mostly down to using their own speakers and including a bit of EQ to help them. Sometimes they over-do the bass boost, but that's what the market liked at the time. Usually, they're not easy to work on, but luckily the electronics is pretty reliable. In contrast, I only own 1 Grundig "woodie", and I haven't had a chance to explore that yet. It takes up a lot of space, so I'm tempted to move it on...
FM-only sounds like a reasonable compromise. Ordinarily it would be nice to get to the bottom of it, but needs must. But at the very least, if possible, checking those 2 caps in the AM detector circuit would satisfy my curiosity.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for Grundig transistors, and have 6 of them, including a 110 and a 111. OK, they're heavily production-engineered with elaborate plastic mouldings for the chassis and PCB caps and inductors, and are almost impossible to restore cosmetically, but they are always very sensitive, and they do sound really good for their size - mostly down to using their own speakers and including a bit of EQ to help them. Sometimes they over-do the bass boost, but that's what the market liked at the time. Usually, they're not easy to work on, but luckily the electronics is pretty reliable. In contrast, I only own 1 Grundig "woodie", and I haven't had a chance to explore that yet. It takes up a lot of space, so I'm tempted to move it on...
