Siemens Turnier RK30
This set has been under my bench for ages now. It's one of those radios you feel sorry for and then wonder why you ever bought.
While not uncommon in Germany, these are not often seen over here so I thought I'd share some photos. It's a MW/LW/VHF set, some had AF116 in but this one has OC170. As you can read over at Radio Museum, these had a dedicated car fitting kit made for them. I've included a photo of the socket below.
Inside it's had some severe battery leakage which has corroded the terminals for the torch batteries, in fact they're pretty dangerous being rusty and sharp and there are multiple areas of corrosion from the leakage around the chassis. I think it's been dropped as there were some broken bits of plastic inside along with some screws. Outside it's missing the handle and the sagging covering, which should be a cream bordering on white, is generally vile.
Good points are, with the exception of the carrying handle, it's all there. VHF aerial is fine. There is a second connection for a PP9 as well as torch batteries.
Does it work? No. To be truthful I have been on the verge of scrapping it for the last couple of weeks but just can't bring myself to wreck a 55 year old radio. So it may after all, get fixed. And bleached.
Andrew
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