You're a good sport old chap. I've seen earlier comments stating that I was being sarcastic and bullying, but I just thought it was a fun question to wrap the video around. Seems not everyone agrees. Ho hum.
Techmoan Of course, in hindsight it was a silly question on my part. Hopefully there'll be DAB radios which match your other, vintage, equipment. Good video, and definitely one I'll be adding to my favourites.
+Tripoledonkey Hope so - I've got into listening to my community station & enjoy hearing stuff that I wouldn't normally. recent e.g Duane Stephenson. Just playing my own stuff that I already know through my FM radio for the sake of getting sound out of it doesn't appeal to me so much.
If big radio does exit FM and the band is left mostly open, we would have a huge pirate and amateur radio resurgence as the tech is widely available for it.
@Tripledonkey This is almost certainly what will happen to 88-108MHz in the UK - a sort of community / quasi-freeband with relatively light touch regulation and peppercorn license cost. Band II is worthless for any other use such as mobile data as there simply isn’t enough bandwidth. Perhaps it could be repurposed for something like rural smart meters, but I doubt it. It will also be somewhat susceptible to interference from G.fast data over copper telephone lines.
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Hey Techmoan, I just wanted to drop a line and say how much I enjoy your videos, particularly your attention to the details of items many people wouldn't give a second glance to.
I suppose you could use a local FM transmitter to still use equipment like this when the signal is turned off. I've used one in the past and they are quite cheap.
WeirdScience06 didn't think about those, but I've one in the car. Wondered if anyone might make a little gadget you could install inside an old radio to convert it to a digital device.
Well, sure, for retro's sake, but it'd be a bit pointless having a sound source and squirting it through two lossy conversions to listen to it on a device 10 inches away.
Quality thru and thru. It still sounds and performs magnificently 47 years later. By the way the ending... so true even in the States (except for the license fee).
After watching your videos, it's amazing how someone from a different continent could describe my childhood exactly. The sound of tuning through stations took me right back. I was born in 1968 - I'm guessing you were born somewhere around that time as well. I appreciate your humor!
Generic Green Squid I actually found that some stations sounded much better over FM than DAB. More "alive and natural" whatever that means, cannot explain it better. Maybe the stereo separation or something not sure.
If it's anything like digital TV, the problem is that there's only two possiblities. Perfect and nothing. If you're just slightly too far away to get a good enough signal, you get nothing.
John Ridley, yes though digital TV was of a much higher quality than it's analog predecessor, while digital radio (DAB) is usually 80kbps MP2 joint stereo. Pretty awful in other words and worse than the predecessor. But you can look at *song names*!! (on a tiny monochrome LCD) I bet someone somewhere in some committee was like "wow you can *watch* the radio!!". Sigh.
Wooo I wasn't thinking of a vidéo about this piece of rugged radio ! I've got a Concert Boy, was and still is used EVERY DAY on batteries (not the small ones too) since it has been bought. Realy, today "stuff" wont be there in 50 years. Thanks for showing the world the awesome "vintage" equipment there is (or there were).
I always wanted a satellite boy, !! but the price was far too too high well done for you for putting this on TH-cam I thank you ! I’m 65 now , and absolutely love the stuff you put on this channel !
Get one of those 12 volt cigarette lighter FM transmitters that plays the music from the SD card and converts it into a FM signal. That way you can produce FM signal that you can catch with your radio lol
+Attila theHun it's actually better bc no ads and it doesn't stop u playing explicit music and there's a lot more variety than real radio stations which just play the same songs on repeat constantly
the Radio in my 2001 Ford F-150 has a tape deck so I usually just plug in my cell phone with an old sony tape to 3.5mm adapter, and play the music off of it, and because it's about the only time i use my mobile data besides google maps, SoundCloud, and XiiaLivePro(Plays shoutcast radio, and a few others) have become great when nothing good is on FM here in the US.
You could also try any of the many AM bands, or just plug your iMan into the nice stereo plug on the back, it looks like the standard German 5 pin DIN for tape recorders with stereo line in on one side of the plug, stereo line out on the other.
When I was in my early teens I discovered a Grundig Ocean Boy 210 in my grandfather's basement - it got me hooked on shortwave radio listening which later led to me getting my ham radio license. Your video brought me back. Keep up the great work.
This reminds me a lot of the Grundig Satellit 6001, which has a similar design, but instead of the 8 FM presets, it has a rotating drum-dialscale tuner for several SW bands. Very good sound, same power supply module with the adjustable input and output voltages. Other nice looking/performing radios of this vintage to watch for: Nordmende Globetrotter 808 ITT Schaub-Lorenz Touring International 104Phillips L6X38T SABA Transall Deluxe Automatic National RF-5000AOr if you can afford it . . . although it is from 1980 . . . The KING . . . National RF-9000
Yes! A review of a vintage shortwave radio by none other than Techmoan. The quality of your filming and artistic angles really shows this radio, a silver model I didn't know about to be honest, in a brilliant light and even portrays the heftiness of the unit. Love those little tuners and lights! Thank you Techmoan.
They are not reverting to AM, they are switching FM to use DAB (digital radio) instead. The latter having better quality and more features than FM, although one might argue that it is also more complicated to operate and requires replacing your equipment.
Is that a joke? If not then it's because they will be switching to digital radio. And even digital radio will probably die eventually, pretty much the whole continent is covered in mobile internet by now.
Louis XIV (aka 1685Violin) That's ok. If you read about it, you will soon understand. On a technical level, it's a RF/radio geek fanboy ordeal to explain it. It's like when countries switched over to using digital TV frequencies - we all had to either buy new sets or get a signal converter. Same thing is happening with radio. See this article - I'm sure there are loads more -- www.which.co.uk/reviews/radios/article/digital-radio-switchover-explained
Family friends in Denmark had a high end Grundig with short wave in about 1970. It was this model. It was stunning technology then and looks superb now. Well done for getting one.
Love your videos. I'm addicted. I haven't turned on FM radio on a decade, not once. It's nothing I'll miss whatsoever. This however is a beautiful machine. Take Care
I have watched your amazingly interesting video’s right to their end and learnt so much. Thank you. The thing with Grundig is that full sound come from an amazing little speaker with no transmition line
No, it would need to convert a number of digital broadcasts to different fm frequencies so you can change station on the fm radio. Well that's what I would want it to do anyway.
Bonswally very true. If you were hardcore you could set up multiple digital radios with transmitters on the appropriate frequency for each station. Lots of effort but it could be done I guess?
I used to have a Yacht Boy, a fabulous radio. I just searched for "dab receiver fm transmitter" in Amazon. Such gadgets do exist, but I have no idea how good they are. Thank you for these videos. 8-)
In many portable radios with both FM and shortwave, one antenna does both. The antenna is much shorter than the signals on shortwave, but brute-force amplification makes up for it. The medium wave (AM) antenna is magnetic, inside the radio.
Your analogies comparing the two worlds (owning a over hyped expensive console that is not supported, with a TV that has nothing on it to see ) ... are spot on
Ocean boy, take me by the hand, lead me to the land that you understand Ocean boy, the voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip Ocean boy, the crust of a tan man imbibed by the sand Soaking up the thirst of the land
AM and shortwave are becoming very popular with enthusiasts. You will always be able to use this even if frequency modulation gets turned off. There are lots of shortwave clubs that you can join on Facebook where they share frequency finds and other interesting stuff.
You're reading my mind. I was thinking in buying a portable radio, just for fun. I never listen to the radio anymore. I used to listen a lot when I was a child. Beautiful radio, thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing this. I would have KILLED to have one when I was a kid back in the 70s and 80s. Taking the back cover off was like opening up a centerfold.
70's Grundig radios are so well built and designed. I remember my mother always had Radio 4 on a early 1970s Music Boy. Loved the full & rich sound of these beasts, and now have a '69 Music Boy still in working order, used daily.
Here in Greece in the 70's when this radio was new, people used short wave radio to get the news from BBC or DW, as we had a dictatorship here to 1974. Such a radio would be treasured back then! Respect and a great video!
My mother still has a Grundig radio in the kitchen. It's from the 50ies or 60ies, not sure. Never needed any repairs, just a small lightbulp had to be changed once. Running now for about 50+ years. Fuck the new DAB radio, you will need to buy a new radio every 3 years or earlier! Because with todays electronics you are happy if this crap lasts longer than 12 month.
Sam Gates, since 2007, .... That's like ten years old. :p -- but seriously, I've got a Dual radio from 1965 and it works like new. Stupid FM radios lasting so damn long with that damn superior reception ability giving clear stupid sound. Let's switch to MP2 already and cheap Chinese boxes. Because, reasons. Digital TV was way, way superior to analog TV, the same is not true for radio.
I don't listen to radio at all hate it they just play the same shitty pop songs on repeat I don't even like them and the FCC makes them only play gay clean music no thanks I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
One use for your FM radio post transmitter shut down, is to use it for receiving audio from an FM portable transmitter. No more interference from the BBC etc! Great video again.
They wouldn't DARE shut down FM radio - Every car that has been produced since the 1980s-ish has an FM radio, and if that is disabled, the public would probably be outraged!
Imo radio should be shut down completely they just play the same 3 shitty pop songs in low quality that the FCC forces them to play the clean version to make it even worse like no thanks I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
I love the look and all them buttons on that radio it's just a stunning and gorgeous radio. it reminds me of a radio my grandfather had it also had many shortwave bands on it.
3:14 "Grundigs are renowned for lovely rich good quality sound and this radio is no exception" (turns radio on and rap plays) Not even the sound quality of this radio can make rap not sound like crap.
CoolDudeClem no, there are indeed always factors to note differences. But they are only noticeable when they are known^^ so I guess you are just not familiar with 'modern' music. And thats totally okay, because some of todays music has lost much quality I'd say. For example Trap is (that's my opinion), not really a great art.
I've been a big fan of radio and shortwave radio for years!:) I think you've introduced me to the radio of my dreams! This is the radio I'm now going to try to find.:) Wish me luck!:)
Imo they should get rid of radio completely I never listen to it I hate it they just constantly play the same 3 shitty pop songs on repeat FCC forbids them from playing explicit music no TY I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
DAB+ is quite disappointing, because the audio compression (AAC) is patented. They could have used newer and open-source Opus. It beats other codecs, and quality vs bitrate is a sure point of debate among digital radio enthusiasts.
Yeah, you're right, but they could have used Vorbis. I guess the "climate" was different back then. However it's not about being smug, if there will be no choice for people. I know that open standards really make a difference you wouldn't imagine. The Chinese can make wonders. Like USB card readers for 0.2 USD. Or the ESP8266 Wi-Fi microcontroller for 1.8 USD. All open standards. If there will be only digital radio, it better be royalty-free.
As a teen into my early 20's, I loved listening to my shortwave radio, hearing all the news stories as they broke in Europe and Asia. And of course listening to the BBC. So many memories!
Looks excellent. Just picked up my own GE P2960A from the trash. Gave it a cleanup and it has 3 FM Presets but with sliders for the frequencies, which made me reminiscent about the tiny tuners for the presets on that Grundig.
That is the best looking most awesome Retro piece of kit ever!! Lol. I love it! I have to have one!! Seriously I think it’s great. My father had one when I was a boy and he brought with us wherever we went. I spent many Saturday mornings with him fishing various locations and he always had that radio with him. Sometimes I would join him in his workshop during the evening and he would be listening to the shortwave bands. He said they came in better at night. I have no idea if that’s true or not but that’s what he said lol. Lots of good memories attached to that little box. Sadly he’s been gone for quite awhile. I carried on the traditions with my son and now I carry them on with my grandson lol. I think it’s time I find one of these radios and teach my grandson what we used to do before digital everything lol. I do have to say he loves it when I play my vinyl records lol Gotta love those grand kids lol 15 years from now I’ll probably have great grandsons lol WOOHOO!!!
When I was a teenager my parents had a Yacht Boy and I can atest the sound quality was very good. I used to plug my Cassette recorder also a Grundig into the DIN Line output socket on the radio so I could tape programmes from the radio. The Yacht Boy also an short wave and even in those days it was difficult to find shortwave stations using the telescopic aerial. I did however have a wire running from a tree at the bottom of the garden to the chimney on the house with this connected it was almost impossible not to find a transmission on Shortwave!. Thanks for giving me a blast from my teens,
Why is DAB being forced down our neck. The transmission quality from most stations is poor, you need a very strong signal to get reception and if you need a portable DAB radio it has to be the size of a house brick as DAB needs 8 (eight!!) times as much power as an FM transistor radio.
Oh lol. You guys in the UK (I suppose?) must have REALLY fucked up a proper implementation of digital radio. German here, I've got a DAB+ radio in my car and not only does it receive my favorite small local station that always had a too week signal with FM without any issues whatsoever, there's also a ton of stations that aren't available on FM in my area or AT ALL and in terms of sound quality it COMPLETELY blows that crappy FM out of the water. Whenever I compare DAB+ to FM on that car radio, It leaves me wondering why DAB+ hasn't already taken FM's place years ago.
I was a young lad in the early 60s and remember laying under the covers at night listening to far away lands on my own little transistor radio (compliments of skip). Living in Canada that far way land was the southern US or Mexico lol. Thanks for bringing back the memories. I remember the Grundig brand but not that particular radio so thanks for sharing it with us.
should be fairly obvious when you saw it. but judging by your name and profile image, i can understand that you're probably one of those people who live under a rock, who just pretend to be guided and interested in science but actually don't know anything science or electrical; even though I knew the difference between voltage standards of various countries as a child without ever traveling abroad (it's just common sense), so I honestly cant tell if you're just really clueless or pretending.. Anyways, it is a voltage selector. Swap it between North American/Japan 110 and U.K./Europe 220 volts, and also seemed to have a dial to select the DC output, I am guessing between 6.5/7.5W to 9 volts, to better help regulate the power provided to the radio's tuner and speaker. lol
Whoa, dude, calm down. Not all people know how circuits and voltage works. It's not like the average user has to take apart their radio to be able to listen to Lady Gaga, so it's not necessary information to know what all the individual components are. You don't need to know how to forge the pins in the lock to open your front door, do you?
+Raven S (Hidden) Hey I have the training to repair that thing, and the glimpse of that removable grey box was just a bit too short to completely ID it. I recognized most of the other parts and connectors, but most radios from that period had the transformer firmly attached to the chassis, since it wouldn't dominate the device weight anyway. That two-prong figure 8 power cable used with a Mac Mini was the typical power cable for such radios, and they are still interchangeable.
When I was a kid (70s) once I used a shortwave radio. It absolutely amazed me! I could listen to people from around the world. It was fascinating. The idea stayed with me all throughout my teen years until fortunately the Internet came along. Good times.
It depends. I have a 1997 LG H-120 Handheld PC that still works today, a 1998 Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT that is my secondary laptop, and a 2000 Fujitsu Siemens CRT monitor that I am looking at right now :-) I would say that most of the stuff made for mass-consuming market after 2005 is total crap. You are lucky to get it past the warranty period. More than once I bought smartphones that broke during the warranty period several times (thankfully I never paid anything). And to clarify, I am not old at all: I'm just 19 :-D
Made in China goods seems to be pretty variable quality and may depend on your luck. I bought 2 identical power supplies, the first one broke after a week (shorted output transistor), the second one I bought to replace it is still working after 2 years, and I've abused it at least three or four times (leaving it two days at maximum power one time as well). I agree tho that some Made in China stuff is quite high quality, while others are complete crap.
@@LRM12o8 Spoken like someone that doesn't live in an area with poor reception. Bad reception on NTSC meant ghosting and noise over your show, but it was probably still watchable. Bad reception on ATSC means constant dropouts as your image degenerates into macroblocks and sound just disappears.
... even earlier than TV or later the computer respectivly the Internet. I found it touching to hear you saying that your first radio (heard under your blankets) moulded your sense of humor, because (although in my times there were not much comedy programs in german radio) I also used to listen to the radio deep in the night as a child, and felt that the ether was boundless and beautiful. Also I share your taste for radios and HiFi components "festooned with buttons and a silvery finish". So I'd like to thank you very much for thrilling Retro-Tech-Reviews. Maybe, you someday can lay your hands on a Braun T1000. Although I share your fondness of Sony and Grundig Radios, this is probably the most iconic portable radio/world reciever (love that term) that was ever build. It's design by Dieter Rams inspired admittedly the design of apple computers. Regretably it cost's a world. I look forward to see more of your explorations. Best Mircul
Norway with FM is like an Apple with 3.5 Headphone Jack. Very strange things happen in the world and this Grundig is marvelous, it the first piece of retro tech that i want, watching you channel. NICE!!))
Had a friend in the mid-seventies who's dad worked for Grundig here in the States, a rather unheard of premium brand. I remember listening to AM/FM/SW even before that and how it made the world seem so much smaller. If atmospheric conditions were just so I could tune in on broadcasts all over the world. Thanks for the memories!
Carl Siemens Right? He didn't even mention how much it cost OR convert the price to Turkish Lira! I wasn't even going to buy it, but I definitely won't now! Also, Appel sucks, and he is an idoit.
Yea! I share simular memoriers 1982 or so I have got my Sony FH-7 Micro Stereo system at my 10th birthday over here in NRW Germany. In one summernight I recorded my first goonshow from british radio service. It was „Shangri La again“ if anyone cares to know. An I was quite fond of it and bought many goonshow cassets on my trips to south England later. Thank you Mat for bringing this old memory back to me again🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love seeing this old tech. Please keep doing these videos with your entertaining style. My brother has a Sony HMK 7000 from 1980 which was an amazing piece of tech for the time. The bigger brother the HMK 9000 even had a wireless remote. I bet you'd love it. These videos always remind me that the old Sony is at the root of my love of new tech today.
I'm in the United States, and I have a Transistor 3001, which is the export version of the Ocean Boy 209. I got it for my 14th birthday in 1977. Just a few years ago it developed a problem. It won't turn on unless I hold the on/off button part way down. My father took it to a friend who he thought could fix that, but then discovered a larger problem. So he brought it back to me. He said it didn't work at all. I plugged it in and found that it doesn't receive any FM at all, just noise- on either the main tuner or on any of the 8 pre-sets. But it always worked fine before.
This is a beautiful design,it even looks great now. If FM radio has switch off,you can buy something like a FM transmitter with 3.5mm jack that can plug in your phone or your Walkman or discman,you can set a frequency to transmit and set the radio to the same frequency to use as a wireless speaker to listen to music,it may not be the best audio quality but you still can keep your radio running :)
I love the design! So many knobs to fiddle with. And seems to have a great sound and functionality as well. The muppet show at the end is so true! History repeats itself, now doesn't it? :)
Simply amazing. I just got myself a Zenith Trans Oceanic 3000 and like it very much. You should do an episode on digital radio, even more, internet radio.
Even if FM gets switched off almost everywhere, it will still be fun to pickup some distant remaining FM radio stations (which are now audible due to the fact that the strong FM transmitters in your vicinity have been switched off) and of course: Pirate Radio Stations! I wouldn't be so fast in throwing those FM radio's away.
The connections on the back are an interesting set of options ... and those dual-duty preset + tuning knobs!!! And still sounds better than most BlueTooth speakers that only have one, maybe two jobs to do! This unit here - so pleasing to see, approach, interact with and hear! Always wanted a digital Grundig from RadioShack here in the US ( all too boring styling but feature-rich even till I came across one years later at the Shack ) in order to increase worldwide listening options beyond my contemporaneous ownership of a Lasonic TRC-931 ( single aerial / antenna ) which I blasted about as much music from as the two available SW bands in the mornings and, moreso, evenings.
Hi. My mom owns since 1974 a tuner amplifier from Saba, model 8080. Like this Grundig radio, his Saba tuner amplifier has « din » plugs, 4 bands LW MW KW and U, and 5 individual FM tuners with individual knobs, and a display with a needle indicating the power of the signal. European hardware from the 70th really rocks !
This already looked excellent, but then I saw those tiny little tuners for each preset button ❤
There needs to be a wood grain model!
Hi LGR what do you think of DAB radio?
@bf0189 - there is a wood model picclick.ca/1970-Grundig-Transistor-Ocean-Boy-210-Vintage-Portable-201678681469.html
Jack Kraken
Techmoan don't give LGR any ideas!
Well, that does technically answer my question. Touché.
You're a good sport old chap. I've seen earlier comments stating that I was being sarcastic and bullying, but I just thought it was a fun question to wrap the video around. Seems not everyone agrees. Ho hum.
Techmoan Of course, in hindsight it was a silly question on my part. Hopefully there'll be DAB radios which match your other, vintage, equipment. Good video, and definitely one I'll be adding to my favourites.
Techmoan In car FM broadcast device?
Just go on ebay(or similar) and buy a FM transmitter .. shouldn't cost much, it's like old school Bluetooth
stevie Baby You can get a small mobile phone attachment to do the job.
On the bright side, if they switch off FM, more pirate radio stations will surely crop up.
Joe Cleveland There's that, sure to give the authorities headaches!
I heard at one stage talk of it being open for community stations in the UK which would actually be better than most of what is on air now.
+Tripoledonkey Hope so - I've got into listening to my community station & enjoy hearing stuff that I wouldn't normally. recent e.g Duane Stephenson. Just playing my own stuff that I already know through my FM radio for the sake of getting sound out of it doesn't appeal to me so much.
If big radio does exit FM and the band is left mostly open, we would have a huge pirate and amateur radio resurgence as the tech is widely available for it.
@Tripledonkey This is almost certainly what will happen to 88-108MHz in the UK - a sort of community / quasi-freeband with relatively light touch regulation and peppercorn license cost. Band II is worthless for any other use such as mobile data as there simply isn’t enough bandwidth. Perhaps it could be repurposed for something like rural smart meters, but I doubt it. It will also be somewhat susceptible to interference from G.fast data over copper telephone lines.
Man that's a nice radio. I had a mono GE AM/FM one that looked kind of like that...but it was all gray plastic.
gray? I thought it'd be BROWN!!!
Fancy seeing you in these parts.
@Gunnar Vance Instablaster ;)
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Hey Techmoan, I just wanted to drop a line and say how much I enjoy your videos, particularly your attention to the details of items many people wouldn't give a second glance to.
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I suppose you could use a local FM transmitter to still use equipment like this when the signal is turned off. I've used one in the past and they are quite cheap.
WeirdScience06 good tip, I have a transmitter here, so I'm ready for the black FM day 👍
I bought an FM transmitter/bluetooth interface as I'm a tight git with an old car ;-)
Do you have any model(s) you would recommend? I've been interested in getting one.
WeirdScience06 didn't think about those, but I've one in the car.
Wondered if anyone might make a little gadget you could install inside an old radio to convert it to a digital device.
Well, sure, for retro's sake, but it'd be a bit pointless having a sound source and squirting it through two lossy conversions to listen to it on a device 10 inches away.
Quality thru and thru. It still sounds and performs magnificently 47 years later. By the way the ending... so true even in the States (except for the license fee).
After watching your videos, it's amazing how someone from a different continent could describe my childhood exactly. The sound of tuning through stations took me right back. I was born in 1968 - I'm guessing you were born somewhere around that time as well. I appreciate your humor!
Digital radio is somewhat pointless. There's basically nothing to listen to and the quality of FM and AM is perfectly fine.
Generic Green Squid I actually found that some stations sounded much better over FM than DAB. More "alive and natural" whatever that means, cannot explain it better. Maybe the stereo separation or something not sure.
If it's anything like digital TV, the problem is that there's only two possiblities. Perfect and nothing. If you're just slightly too far away to get a good enough signal, you get nothing.
John Ridley, yes though digital TV was of a much higher quality than it's analog predecessor, while digital radio (DAB) is usually 80kbps MP2 joint stereo. Pretty awful in other words and worse than the predecessor. But you can look at *song names*!! (on a tiny monochrome LCD)
I bet someone somewhere in some committee was like "wow you can *watch* the radio!!". Sigh.
FM radio is broadcasting also song names and time in the Radio Data System - RDS. The system is used mainly in Europe and Latin America.
František Benko The US has something like this too, at least with car stereos.
sad Norwegian here :(
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***** how are you still alive???
Jeppe Werring so ... you guys now streaming radio or the radio also completely shut down?
rangga aditya I don't actually know, I never use the radio. I'm just generally a sad Norwegian. Haha
Wooo I wasn't thinking of a vidéo about this piece of rugged radio ! I've got a Concert Boy, was and still is used EVERY DAY on batteries (not the small ones too) since it has been bought. Realy, today "stuff" wont be there in 50 years.
Thanks for showing the world the awesome "vintage" equipment there is (or there were).
arnaudleroy78
Vidéo sounds fancy!
I always wanted a satellite boy, !! but the price was far too too high well done for you for putting this on TH-cam I thank you ! I’m 65 now , and absolutely love the stuff you put on this channel !
Get one of those 12 volt cigarette lighter FM transmitters that plays the music from the SD card and converts it into a FM signal. That way you can produce FM signal that you can catch with your radio lol
West Senkovec
Thats not radio!
Good solution if you don't have an aux port in your car.
+Attila theHun it's actually better bc no ads and it doesn't stop u playing explicit music and there's a lot more variety than real radio stations which just play the same songs on repeat constantly
the Radio in my 2001 Ford F-150 has a tape deck so I usually just plug in my cell phone with an old sony tape to 3.5mm adapter, and play the music off of it, and because it's about the only time i use my mobile data besides google maps, SoundCloud, and XiiaLivePro(Plays shoutcast radio, and a few others) have become great when nothing good is on FM here in the US.
You could also try any of the many AM bands, or just plug your iMan into the nice stereo plug on the back, it looks like the standard German 5 pin DIN for tape recorders with stereo line in on one side of the plug, stereo line out on the other.
When I was in my early teens I discovered a Grundig Ocean Boy 210 in my grandfather's basement - it got me hooked on shortwave radio listening which later led to me getting my ham radio license. Your video brought me back. Keep up the great work.
This reminds me a lot of the Grundig Satellit 6001, which has a similar design, but instead of the 8 FM presets, it has a rotating drum-dialscale tuner for several SW bands. Very good sound, same power supply module with the adjustable input and output voltages.
Other nice looking/performing radios of this vintage to watch for:
Nordmende Globetrotter 808
ITT Schaub-Lorenz Touring International 104Phillips L6X38T
SABA Transall Deluxe Automatic
National RF-5000AOr if you can afford it . . . although it is from 1980 . . . The KING . . . National RF-9000
Yes! A review of a vintage shortwave radio by none other than Techmoan. The quality of your filming and artistic angles really shows this radio, a silver model I didn't know about to be honest, in a brilliant light and even portrays the heftiness of the unit. Love those little tuners and lights! Thank you Techmoan.
I don't understand. Why are countries trying to switch off FM radio when the FM signal has better quality sound than AM radio?
because it has worse quality than digital radio
They are not reverting to AM, they are switching FM to use DAB (digital radio) instead. The latter having better quality and more features than FM, although one might argue that it is also more complicated to operate and requires replacing your equipment.
Is that a joke? If not then it's because they will be switching to digital radio. And even digital radio will probably die eventually, pretty much the whole continent is covered in mobile internet by now.
they moving to digital, not AM.
Louis XIV (aka 1685Violin) That's ok. If you read about it, you will soon understand. On a technical level, it's a RF/radio geek fanboy ordeal to explain it. It's like when countries switched over to using digital TV frequencies - we all had to either buy new sets or get a signal converter. Same thing is happening with radio. See this article - I'm sure there are loads more -- www.which.co.uk/reviews/radios/article/digital-radio-switchover-explained
Family friends in Denmark had a high end Grundig with short wave in about 1970. It was this model. It was stunning technology then and looks superb now. Well done for getting one.
Internet killed the radio star!
Internet killed the radio star!
:D
True.... REVIVE THE SONG M8
Love your videos. I'm addicted. I haven't turned on FM radio on a decade, not once. It's nothing I'll miss whatsoever. This however is a beautiful machine. Take Care
I am in love with this thing. Please do more reviews of radios! Greetings from California :)
I have watched your amazingly interesting video’s right to their end and learnt so much. Thank you. The thing with Grundig is that full sound come from an amazing little speaker with no transmition line
Amazing what they done in 70s :D
So complicated :D
Imagine how hard is to repair it :D
Those skits at the end really complete your videos. I love them.
Someone will make digital to FM converter.
Hold Fast that would take more tech than just a digital radio
Hold Fast that can be done already. Get a FM transmitter and plug it in to a digital radio
No, it would need to convert a number of digital broadcasts to different fm frequencies so you can change station on the fm radio.
Well that's what I would want it to do anyway.
Bonswally very true. If you were hardcore you could set up multiple digital radios with transmitters on the appropriate frequency for each station. Lots of effort but it could be done I guess?
Already exist. The one I have is a Pure Highway, released at least 10 years ago as I needed to get a replacement DAB aerial for my '08 car.
I used to have a Yacht Boy, a fabulous radio. I just searched for "dab receiver fm transmitter" in Amazon. Such gadgets do exist, but I have no idea how good they are. Thank you for these videos. 8-)
I guess for SW short wave you need to install a special antenna at the rear of the radio. As FM snd AM have each its own antenna too.
I made an antenna for my SW radio by wrapping wire completely around a wine bottle. Perhaps this was invented by Tesla?
In many portable radios with both FM and shortwave, one antenna does both. The antenna is much shorter than the signals on shortwave, but brute-force amplification makes up for it.
The medium wave (AM) antenna is magnetic, inside the radio.
Your analogies comparing the two worlds (owning a over hyped expensive console that is not supported, with a TV that has nothing on it to see ) ... are spot on
Ocean boy, take me by the hand, lead me to the land that you understand
Ocean boy, the voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip
Ocean boy, the crust of a tan man imbibed by the sand
Soaking up the thirst of the land
Ween
AM and shortwave are becoming very popular with enthusiasts. You will always be able to use this even if frequency modulation gets turned off. There are lots of shortwave clubs that you can join on Facebook where they share frequency finds and other interesting stuff.
Wow one little comment about FM switch off really stirs it up 😂 great video. Grundig were such a good quality product. 👍
You're reading my mind. I was thinking in buying a portable radio, just for fun. I never listen to the radio anymore. I used to listen a lot when I was a child. Beautiful radio, thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing this. I would have KILLED to have one when I was a kid back in the 70s and 80s. Taking the back cover off was like opening up a centerfold.
This is a great case of "they don't make them like they used to"
another great video that delayed me washing up for 10 min,,,, thx techmoan
Makes me feel old, it was valve radios, and early transistors when I was a youngster. The Grundig radios ( mm made in Europe)
By 5:55 I had Queen's 'Radio Ga Ga' playing in my head.
Mawerick77 Great song! It'll be in my head all day!👍
70's Grundig radios are so well built and designed. I remember my mother always had Radio 4 on a early 1970s Music Boy. Loved the full & rich sound of these beasts, and now have a '69 Music Boy still in working order, used daily.
Some overengineered piece of tech there...
Love it!
Here in Greece in the 70's when this radio was new, people used short wave radio to get the news from BBC or DW, as we had a dictatorship here to 1974. Such a radio would be treasured back then! Respect and a great video!
My mother still has a Grundig radio in the kitchen. It's from the 50ies or 60ies, not sure. Never needed any repairs, just a small lightbulp had to be changed once. Running now for about 50+ years.
Fuck the new DAB radio, you will need to buy a new radio every 3 years or earlier! Because with todays electronics you are happy if this crap lasts longer than 12 month.
Sam Gates, since 2007, .... That's like ten years old. :p -- but seriously, I've got a Dual radio from 1965 and it works like new. Stupid FM radios lasting so damn long with that damn superior reception ability giving clear stupid sound. Let's switch to MP2 already and cheap Chinese boxes. Because, reasons.
Digital TV was way, way superior to analog TV, the same is not true for radio.
I don't listen to radio at all hate it they just play the same shitty pop songs on repeat I don't even like them and the FCC makes them only play gay clean music no thanks I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
Sam Gates doesn't change the fact that they can't play explicit music and there's ads I hate ads and I hate clean music
Sam Gates ik thus why I pay for apple music so I don't have to deal with that shit and can play what I want when I want
Sam Gates also I purchased protube which disables yt ads and is the only yt client on iOS that supports 2160p playback
One use for your FM radio post transmitter shut down, is to use it for receiving audio from an FM portable transmitter. No more interference from the BBC etc! Great video again.
3:23 it's too late by Carole King! love that song
Yes!
Great video! Also I just love the vignette at the end, I love your sense of humour!
They wouldn't DARE shut down FM radio - Every car that has been produced since the 1980s-ish has an FM radio, and if that is disabled, the public would probably be outraged!
Imo radio should be shut down completely they just play the same 3 shitty pop songs in low quality that the FCC forces them to play the clean version to make it even worse like no thanks I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
ChloeWade edgy
ChloeWade In my city its called 107.3
I love the look and all them buttons on that radio it's just a stunning and gorgeous radio. it reminds me of a radio my grandfather had it also had many shortwave bands on it.
3:14 "Grundigs are renowned for lovely rich good quality sound and this radio is no exception" (turns radio on and rap plays)
Not even the sound quality of this radio can make rap not sound like crap.
CoolDudeClem but that's not rap, don't push down things you don't absolutely know what it is please.
Well it sounds like rap to me. But then since all modern music sounds alike these days I can't tell one genre form another.
CoolDudeClem no, there are indeed always factors to note differences. But they are only noticeable when they are known^^ so I guess you are just not familiar with 'modern' music. And thats totally okay, because some of todays music has lost much quality I'd say. For example Trap is (that's my opinion), not really a great art.
I've been a big fan of radio and shortwave radio for years!:) I think you've introduced me to the radio of my dreams! This is the radio I'm now going to try to find.:) Wish me luck!:)
What? Why would they get rid of FM?
Matt Pelzek digital radio
HUFSA +1
yeah why. FM served a important use in norway.
what a stupid question...technology evolves you know FM Video is older than pretty much everything else we use these days.
Imo they should get rid of radio completely I never listen to it I hate it they just constantly play the same 3 shitty pop songs on repeat FCC forbids them from playing explicit music no TY I'll just listen to good explicit rap on apple music
Love your videos, always the #1 highlight of my feed.
I have a suggestion, the Yamaha NS-10.
Cheers!
DAB+ is quite disappointing, because the audio compression (AAC) is patented. They could have used newer and open-source Opus. It beats other codecs, and quality vs bitrate is a sure point of debate among digital radio enthusiasts.
Yeah, you're right, but they could have used Vorbis. I guess the "climate" was different back then.
However it's not about being smug, if there will be no choice for people. I know that open standards really make a difference you wouldn't imagine. The Chinese can make wonders. Like USB card readers for 0.2 USD. Or the ESP8266 Wi-Fi microcontroller for 1.8 USD. All open standards. If there will be only digital radio, it better be royalty-free.
As a teen into my early 20's, I loved listening to my shortwave radio, hearing all the news stories as they broke in Europe and Asia. And of course listening to the BBC. So many memories!
A beautiful piece of craftsmanship! Seems like creativity is devolving. :-/
I love the enthusiasm. Radio is really special. I'll miss FM.
Why not just get your own FM transmitter?
why not just move on from 50s technology and buy digital radio?
Not the same "feel". Also, if he has a lot of FLAC music streaming around his home already why not have an FM transmitter for it too. :P
Ask the Canadians who shelled out the big bucks for brand new L-Band Digital radios how well that worked out for them.
Looks excellent. Just picked up my own GE P2960A from the trash. Gave it a cleanup and it has 3 FM Presets but with sliders for the frequencies, which made me reminiscent about the tiny tuners for the presets on that Grundig.
Why just give up and switch off your FM tuners when you get a rca/3.5mm to FM transmitter...
So use your radio as a wireless speaker. What's the point in that?
That is the best looking most awesome
Retro piece of kit ever!! Lol. I love it!
I have to have one!! Seriously I think it’s great. My father had one when I was a boy and he brought with us wherever we went. I spent many Saturday mornings with him fishing various locations and he always had that radio with him. Sometimes I would join him in his workshop during the evening and he would be listening to the shortwave bands. He said they came in better at night. I have no idea if that’s true or not but that’s what he said lol. Lots of good memories attached to that little box. Sadly he’s been gone for quite awhile.
I carried on the traditions with my son and now I carry them on with my grandson lol. I think it’s time I find one of these radios and teach my grandson what we used to do before digital everything lol. I do have to say he loves it when I play my vinyl records lol
Gotta love those grand kids lol
15 years from now I’ll probably have great grandsons lol WOOHOO!!!
Time to Norwegians take over the FM and transmit from home. What a time to be alive
When I was a teenager my parents had a Yacht Boy and I can atest the sound quality was very good. I used to plug my Cassette recorder also a Grundig into the DIN Line output socket on the radio so I could tape programmes from the radio.
The Yacht Boy also an short wave and even in those days it was difficult to find shortwave stations using the telescopic aerial. I did however have a wire running from a tree at the bottom of the garden to the chimney on the house with this connected it was almost impossible not to find a transmission on Shortwave!.
Thanks for giving me a blast from my teens,
Why is DAB being forced down our neck. The transmission quality from most stations is poor, you need a very strong signal to get reception and if you need a portable DAB radio it has to be the size of a house brick as DAB needs 8 (eight!!) times as much power as an FM transistor radio.
Oh lol. You guys in the UK (I suppose?) must have REALLY fucked up a proper implementation of digital radio.
German here, I've got a DAB+ radio in my car and not only does it receive my favorite small local station that always had a too week signal with FM without any issues whatsoever, there's also a ton of stations that aren't available on FM in my area or AT ALL and in terms of sound quality it COMPLETELY blows that crappy FM out of the water. Whenever I compare DAB+ to FM on that car radio, It leaves me wondering why DAB+ hasn't already taken FM's place years ago.
There is also DRM radio there, digital stereo shortwave radio with a video source, nice.
I was a young lad in the early 60s and remember laying under the covers at night listening to far away lands on my own little transistor radio (compliments of skip). Living in Canada that far way land was the southern US or Mexico lol. Thanks for bringing back the memories. I remember the Grundig brand but not that particular radio so thanks for sharing it with us.
What is the beige thing in the back with the adjusters and plug thing?
Voltage transformer.
Thank you.
should be fairly obvious when you saw it. but judging by your name and profile image, i can understand that you're probably one of those people who live under a rock, who just pretend to be guided and interested in science but actually don't know anything science or electrical; even though I knew the difference between voltage standards of various countries as a child without ever traveling abroad (it's just common sense), so I honestly cant tell if you're just really clueless or pretending.. Anyways, it is a voltage selector. Swap it between North American/Japan 110 and U.K./Europe 220 volts, and also seemed to have a dial to select the DC output, I am guessing between 6.5/7.5W to 9 volts, to better help regulate the power provided to the radio's tuner and speaker.
lol
Whoa, dude, calm down. Not all people know how circuits and voltage works. It's not like the average user has to take apart their radio to be able to listen to Lady Gaga, so it's not necessary information to know what all the individual components are. You don't need to know how to forge the pins in the lock to open your front door, do you?
+Raven S (Hidden) Hey I have the training to repair that thing, and the glimpse of that removable grey box was just a bit too short to completely ID it. I recognized most of the other parts and connectors, but most radios from that period had the transformer firmly attached to the chassis, since it wouldn't dominate the device weight anyway. That two-prong figure 8 power cable used with a Mac Mini was the typical power cable for such radios, and they are still interchangeable.
When I was a kid (70s) once I used a shortwave radio. It absolutely amazed me! I could listen to people from around the world. It was fascinating. The idea stayed with me all throughout my teen years until fortunately the Internet came along. Good times.
quallity products hold for ever .. all the stuff after 1995 barely makes it 1-2 years
It depends. I have a 1997 LG H-120 Handheld PC that still works today, a 1998 Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT that is my secondary laptop, and a 2000 Fujitsu Siemens CRT monitor that I am looking at right now :-)
I would say that most of the stuff made for mass-consuming market after 2005 is total crap. You are lucky to get it past the warranty period. More than once I bought smartphones that broke during the warranty period several times (thankfully I never paid anything).
And to clarify, I am not old at all: I'm just 19 :-D
Made in China goods seems to be pretty variable quality and may depend on your luck. I bought 2 identical power supplies, the first one broke after a week (shorted output transistor), the second one I bought to replace it is still working after 2 years, and I've abused it at least three or four times (leaving it two days at maximum power one time as well). I agree tho that some Made in China stuff is quite high quality, while others are complete crap.
lol made in china is quite high quality ?? yea and mcdonalds is quite quality food !! ha ha ha LMAO
The radio equipment of today can't even be repaired, no availible parts.
I think there was a highend CD player from there which was about $10,000 or so, reviewed in stereophile or absolute sound magazone.
What a beautiful piece of 70's technology. Thanks for the videos.
Call me a paranoid prepper or whatnot but I don't like the idea of literally ALL of our communications infrastructure being purely digital.
Why though? Digital is better in *every* aspect.... o.O
There is still shortwave.
@@LRM12o8 Spoken like someone that doesn't live in an area with poor reception. Bad reception on NTSC meant ghosting and noise over your show, but it was probably still watchable. Bad reception on ATSC means constant dropouts as your image degenerates into macroblocks and sound just disappears.
this channel is simply amazing
these videos are like a drug
and also local district FM transmissions will still be aviable for use
... even earlier than TV or later the computer respectivly the Internet. I found it touching to hear you saying that your first radio (heard under your blankets) moulded your sense of humor, because (although in my times there were not much comedy programs in german radio) I also used to listen to the radio deep in the night as a child, and felt that the ether was boundless and beautiful. Also I share your taste for radios and HiFi components "festooned with buttons and a silvery finish". So I'd like to thank you very much for thrilling Retro-Tech-Reviews. Maybe, you someday can lay your hands on a Braun T1000. Although I share your fondness of Sony and Grundig Radios, this is probably the most iconic portable radio/world reciever (love that term) that was ever build. It's design by Dieter Rams inspired admittedly the design of apple computers. Regretably it cost's a world. I look forward to see more of your explorations. Best Mircul
All this chit chat bout switching the radio off. Get up and switch it on again. Not so hard.
it was the point of DAB but DAB still have more static than FM
Love your videos. Every time I get a walk down memory lane or see something so cool :D thanks for doing something so awesome!!!!!!!!!!
I would miss fm if they ever switch it off
Norway with FM is like an Apple with 3.5 Headphone Jack. Very strange things happen in the world and this Grundig is marvelous, it the first piece of retro tech that i want, watching you channel. NICE!!))
Lol thought your name was technoman until now
Ha! I had that same realization a while back.
Bc of the puppet? The puppet says that in some videos but I still got his name right
better name tbh
No he is Teknoman.
Obviously it's Technoboy, after which the first Grundig Boy got its name 😉 #FullCircle
Had a friend in the mid-seventies who's dad worked for Grundig here in the States, a rather unheard of premium brand. I remember listening to AM/FM/SW even before that and how it made the world seem so much smaller. If atmospheric conditions were just so I could tune in on broadcasts all over the world. Thanks for the memories!
You can do that with a Raspberry Pi. ;-)
Carl Siemens Right? He didn't even mention how much it cost OR convert the price to Turkish Lira! I wasn't even going to buy it, but I definitely won't now!
Also, Appel sucks, and he is an idoit.
You *can*, but it is liable to generate a bunch of spurious emissions. At the very least throw on a low pass filter...
James Dallas
I suppose my winking face wasn't big enough.
You forgot the LOL that is why it didn't work.
In all seriousness: you can receive both FM and DAB(+) using a RPi and an inexpensive USB tuner.
man i can't even imagine fm radio going out of existence, it's still pretty relevant where i live
FM still on in 2021 and DAB useless let fm live forever I say
Yea! I share simular memoriers 1982 or so I have got my Sony FH-7 Micro Stereo system at my 10th birthday over here in NRW Germany. In one summernight I recorded my first goonshow from british radio service. It was „Shangri La again“ if anyone cares to know. An I was quite fond of it and bought many goonshow cassets on my trips to south England later. Thank you Mat for bringing this old memory back to me again🙏🏻🙏🏻
I still listen to FM all the time in my car. I'm gonna be hella pissed if they ever switch it off.
I love seeing this old tech. Please keep doing these videos with your entertaining style. My brother has a Sony HMK 7000 from 1980 which was an amazing piece of tech for the time. The bigger brother the HMK 9000 even had a wireless remote. I bet you'd love it. These videos always remind me that the old Sony is at the root of my love of new tech today.
I'm in the United States, and I have a Transistor 3001, which is the export version of the Ocean Boy 209. I got it for my 14th birthday in 1977. Just a few years ago it developed a problem. It won't turn on unless I hold the on/off button part way down. My father took it to a friend who he thought could fix that, but then discovered a larger problem. So he brought it back to me. He said it didn't work at all. I plugged it in and found that it doesn't receive any FM at all, just noise- on either the main tuner or on any of the 8 pre-sets. But it always worked fine before.
I just love your little comedy bits at the end, they're just epic.
What an amazing piece of history. The FM presets are pretty amazing. I would love to have one of these!
My pupils dilate when I see a new video from you. I think I'm addicted?
This is a beautiful design,it even looks great now.
If FM radio has switch off,you can buy something like a FM transmitter with 3.5mm jack that can plug in your phone or your Walkman or discman,you can set a frequency to transmit and set the radio to the same frequency to use as a wireless speaker to listen to music,it may not be the best audio quality but you still can keep your radio running :)
I love the design! So many knobs to fiddle with. And seems to have a great sound and functionality as well. The muppet show at the end is so true! History repeats itself, now doesn't it? :)
Simply amazing. I just got myself a Zenith Trans Oceanic 3000 and like it very much. You should do an episode on digital radio, even more, internet radio.
the Beastie Boy was by far their best radio
Even if FM gets switched off almost everywhere, it will still be fun to pickup some distant remaining FM radio stations (which are now audible due to the fact that the strong FM transmitters in your vicinity have been switched off) and of course: Pirate Radio Stations! I wouldn't be so fast in throwing those FM radio's away.
Congratulations on 400k! Great video!
for the FM question: Get an FM transmitter and you can play whatever you want on the FM band
almost 50 years, and still working - amazing.
Radio was definitely an important part of my childhood and life as a young adult. Lots of happy memories. I still love radio 📻😎❤️🍺
The connections on the back are an interesting set of options ... and those dual-duty preset + tuning knobs!!! And still sounds better than most BlueTooth speakers that only have one, maybe two jobs to do! This unit here - so pleasing to see, approach, interact with and hear!
Always wanted a digital Grundig from RadioShack here in the US ( all too boring styling but feature-rich even till I came across one years later at the Shack ) in order to increase worldwide listening options beyond my contemporaneous ownership of a Lasonic TRC-931 ( single aerial / antenna ) which I blasted about as much music from as the two available SW bands in the mornings and, moreso, evenings.
You reminded me how i approached the listening. I was also listen to the radio under the cover when I was to bed and kid, with my portable radio :)
That radio is just a beautiful pice of equipment. Thank you for showing it off.
Nearly 4 years later and FM radio is still very much alive in the UK.
Hi. My mom owns since 1974 a tuner amplifier from Saba, model 8080. Like this Grundig radio, his Saba tuner amplifier has « din » plugs, 4 bands LW MW KW and U, and 5 individual FM tuners with individual knobs, and a display with a needle indicating the power of the signal. European hardware from the 70th really rocks !
Love your videos. Bring back so many memories of my own. Just wish I'd kept my first Walkman, boombox, radio etc.