Grundig Yacht Boy 210; poor performance. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Chrisw · 30th Dec 2006, 5:12 pm

Ive just got hold of one of these fantastic looking sets and though not working when received I have got it working ok but with one problem. FM reception is perfect but AM lacks the "Edge". What I mean is that even though it picks up local strong stations ok when tuned to a dead bit of air there is not the usual hiss, pop and general back ground noise you get on AM receivers. OK logically its sensitivity that is lacking but before I pull it apart again does anyone have any ideas or is this a known problem on the era of Grundigs...Thanks

paulsherwin · 30th Dec 2006, 8:49 pm

Paul Stenning has manufacturer's service data: http://www.service-data.com/email/list/grundig.htm

These are fine radios and work well on all bands. The first place to look would be the wavechange switch contacts which may have oxidised if the set was left on FM all the time. Give it a shot of Servisol and see what happens.

Paul

Chrisw · 6th Jan 2007, 8:54 pm

Thanks Paul. I gave the thing a good going over and found a dry joint in the region of TR3 and the VHF switch on the PCB, I cant narrow it down any further as I run a iron over the entirte PCB in the end . All is now well and its working as it should. Cheers.

30th Dec 2006, 5:12 pm	#1
Chrisw Triode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 44	Grundig Yacht Boy 210; poor performance. Ive just got hold of one of these fantastic looking sets and though not working when received I have got it working ok but with one problem. FM reception is perfect but AM lacks the "Edge". What I mean is that even though it picks up local strong stations ok when tuned to a dead bit of air there is not the usual hiss, pop and general back ground noise you get on AM receivers. OK logically its sensitivity that is lacking but before I pull it apart again does anyone have any ideas or is this a known problem on the era of Grundigs...Thanks Last edited by Darren-UK; 15th Jul 2011 at 1:57 pm.

30th Dec 2006, 8:49 pm	#2
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,974	Re: Grundig Yacht Boy 210 Paul Stenning has manufacturer's service data: http://www.service-data.com/email/list/grundig.htm These are fine radios and work well on all bands. The first place to look would be the wavechange switch contacts which may have oxidised if the set was left on FM all the time. Give it a shot of Servisol and see what happens. Paul

6th Jan 2007, 8:54 pm	#3
Chrisw Triode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 44	Re: Grundig Yacht Boy 210 Thanks Paul. I gave the thing a good going over and found a dry joint in the region of TR3 and the VHF switch on the PCB, I cant narrow it down any further as I run a iron over the entirte PCB in the end . All is now well and its working as it should. Cheers.