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ETON Grundig YB400PE AM/FM Shortwave Radio (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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• Receives AM, FM, continuous shortwave, and SSB (single sideband)
• Tuning via up/down buttons, auto-scan, and a numeric keypad
• High-quality circuitry and a digital PLL tuner
• Dual clocks allow you to track the time in two time zones
• Can be powered with the included AC adapter, or via six "AA" batteries

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The Grundig YB400PE, with its sleek titanium look, is packed with features like no other compact radio in the world. The YB400PE does it all; pulls in AM/FM-stereo and Shortwave, with continuous tuning from 1711-29,995 KHz. SSB circuitry allows for reception of Single Sideband two-way communications such as amateur radio (HAM radio).

What's in the Box YB400PE radio, AC adapter, portable wire antenna, stereo earphones, carrying pouch, carrying strap, and owner's manual.

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Grundig Yacht Boy 210

The Yacht Boy 210 (also written Yacht-Boy 210) was a vintage radio manufactured by the Grundig Corporation. It is a 4-band radio with FM/VHF, SW, MW, and LW coverage and has an integrated telescopic aerial for the VHF band and ferrite rod for the remaining bands. The circuitry has ten transistors and eight diodes with current consumption of 50 mA at 9 V. For the power supply, it requires six 1.5 V dry cells providing approximately 160-hours operation; however for mains operation it requires the TN 5 or TN 12 power pack. The loudspeaker is a 4 Ω dynamic superphon type with high-efficiency magnet, and the audio power output is 2-watts. The dimensions of this radio are 39 cm × 24 cm × 12 cm, and mass 4.4 kg.

Looking at the circuit diagram, and the IF stages, local oscillator circuit, and heterodyne mixer stage, I always marvel at the wonderful electronic engineering employed in Grundig radios. These radios were so well designed, engineered, and manufactured that even today they are highly desirable by collectors.

The audio output stage consists of a pair of transistors (AC187K and AC188K) in a push-pull arrangement, with a 1000 µF capacitor (C660) at the output. Consequently the sound quality through the superphon loudspeaker is very good. This radio has some wonderful features such as:

• Illuminated dial
• Dial markers and station designations
• Tape recorder connection
• Record player connection
• Tone control
• Loudspeaker/earphone socket
• Battery check meter

These radios are usually for sale on eBay and there is almost always a huge amount of interest on them. A complete unit in mint condition with its original packaging and box could fetch well over one hundred pounds on a good day. However a working unit with issues such as missing knobs, broken aerial, and scratches would be worth around fifty pounds. A completely broken and non-working unit in bad condition would not be worth much as repairing these radios is time-consuming. If you are looking to buy one, then make sure it has the power supply pack fitted as vintage replacement parts are difficult to find and usually very expensive.

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Portable Spy Station: Grundig Yacht Boy 400

JOEL JOHNSON — The Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE is ostensibly a portable marine device for tuning in AM/FM and shortwave radio stations (as the 'Yacht Boy' moniker might have tipped you off to.) For those that want to explore the darker side of radio reception, however, the Yacht Boy becomes a indispensable tool for discovering and monitoring 'Numbers Stations', the shortwave radio stations that broadcast mysterious streams of five-figure number blocks throughout the night. Although no one knows exactly what they are for, hobbyists poking about the edges have inferred that the broadcasts are the messages of various spy organizations, utilizing nigh-uncrackable one-time pad crypto. Since short wave can be bounced around the world without a repeater or an amplifier, it's perfect for international communication where large transmitters or receivers could be a liability. There are better shortwave radios than the Yacht Boy, but few as portable (or as cheap.)

If that isn't enough to spark your interest, according to Wikipedia, both Stereolab and Wilco have used excerpts from numbers stations audio in their music, while the Scottish bleep masters Boards of Canada were 'influenced by numbers stations at an early age.' [ Thanks, Chris! ] Read - Grundig Yacht Boy Read - Wikipedia

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RECEIVER REVIEW: GRUNDIG YB305

This review was compiled independently. The Medium Wave Circle and Radio Netherlands has no financial connection with R.L. Drake, the manufacturer of this receiver.

After a quiet period the receiver market is starting to move again, prompted by a new travel portable from Grundig. 1995 saw this German consumer electronics company celebrating its 50th year of existance. They have also diversified production outside Europe. The shortwave receiver line has been moved to Grundig North America based in California who in turn have decided to manufacture the Yacht Boy range in the Far East.

In Europe and North America, the Grundig Yacht Boy 305 is an entry-level portable set designed for the travelling market, but its significantly cheaper than the Yacht Boy 400 which was launched in late 1994. The Yacht Boy 305 is a different design inside, being single rather than double conversion, there’s no single-sideband and the tuning steps are coarser than on the more expensive 400. But its not bad value at all.

The first thing that strikes you as you unpack the receiver is that it operates on 3 volts DC rather than 6, and it uses the Size C cells or UM2’s, the next size up from the penlights. An AC power supply is available as an optional extra. In practice though we got around 28 hours of use from a fresh set of alkaline cells. Once you put them in the back, unclip the stand, and the set sits at an angle on the table ready for use. Let’s switch it on. And the liquid crystal display shows the last frequency you were tuned to… in this case 6165 kHz. If you have a new shortwave frequency you want to try you just press the enter button, tap in let’s say 9895 and press enter again.

The Yacht Boy 305 has 10 memory channels for mediumwave, 10 for FM stereo, and 10 for favorite shortwave channels. Unlike, the more expensive Yacht Boy 400, the 305 doesn’t offer longwave, at least on the model we tested. A table on the back of the set reminds you the ranges of the shortwave broadcast bands, although it is possible to tune continuously from 2300 up to 21850 kHz.

The Yacht Boy 305 tunes in 5 kHz steps on shortwave. There are two tiny switches in the battery compartment which let you select 50 or 100 kHz tuning steps on FM, and 9 or 10 kHz tuning steps on mediumwave. The instruction manual explains how to select the right steps depending on where the world you happen to be. The 5 kHz tuning step is coarser than on more expensive portables. You cannot slightly off tune to escape some interference. However we did notice that the single bandwidth filter is remarkably sharp for a set of this nature and strong signals 5 kHz away are well attenuated. A fine tuning control would still have been nice, but this 5 kHz tuning is the best seen in a long time.

The set can help you find the bottom end of the popular shortwave tuning bands such as 120, 60 or 31 metres to take a few examples. The keypad is simple to operate and the keys are well spaced out. It is pretty simple to scan the dial for strong signals and store them in the memory.

The Yacht Boy 305 has no dial light, but it does have a small recessed locking switch to prevent it accidentally springing to life in a suitcase. You can also set the radio to send you to sleep over a period of up to 90 minutes. There’s a two step attenuator on the side of the set. We found that in Europe after dark it was a good idea to switch the setting to local and collapse the telescopic whip antenna. In more remote parts of the world you’ll probably find that you can make do with the built-in antenna. There’s a small socket to connect an external antenna, but the single conversion design of the 305 is sensitive to signal overload. If you realise that too much signal can be as bad as too little then a bit of experimentation will yield the best results with this set.

In short, there have been cheaper PLL synthesized sets on the market before now. But their performance has been mediocre to say the least. The Yacht Boy 305 from Grundig retails in North America at US$129.95, which is about 60 dollars cheaper than the Yacht Boy 400. In Britain we found it in the shops for 79 pounds 95 pence. At that price it is one of the best entry level portables every made. Although made in China, the craftsmanship is fine, and the use of the slightly larger batteries makes for optimum use during travel. You don’t really need the charger with you. We found rechargeable batteries needed to be very fresh in order to get proper performance on the radio, otherwise the battery voltage is too low and you lose sensitivity. The receiver has no clock, again a feature that was left out in order the meet the price range. The English language manual does mention further sources of information but not really enough about the broadcasting stations you can hear on this type of set. Bearing in mind the traveling market includes a lot of impulse buying, information neatly packaged for the newcomer is important and in this case we feel insufficient. But overall a useful new package.

This review first appeared on the Radio Netherlands website.

Yacht-Boy N210

• Grundig (Radio-Vertrieb, RVF, Radiowerke)
• Manufacturer / Brand
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
• Radiomuseum.org ID
• alternative name: Grundig Portugal || Grundig USA / Lextronix

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 Technical Specifications

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors
• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 4 AF stage(s)
• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)     10 FM circuit(s)
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110-220; (6 × 1,5) Volt
• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
• 2 W (unknown quality)
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Yacht-Boy N210 - Grundig Radio-Vertrieb, RVF,
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
• Dimensions (WHD)
• 390 x 240 x 120 mm / 15.4 x 9.4 x 4.7 inch
• Anschlußmöglichkeit für Plattenspieler, Tonbandgerät, Kopfhörer und ext. Antenne (240 Ohm). 5 Stabilisatoren; 4 Dioden; 1 Gleichrichter
• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.8 kg / 8 lb 5.9 oz (8.37 lb)
• Source of data
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• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.
• Model page created by Wolfgang Bauer . See "Data change" for further contributors.
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Here you find 6193 models, 5417 with images and 4190 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil. All listed radios etc. from Grundig (Radio-Vertrieb, RVF, Radiowerke)

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The model Yacht-Boy is part of the collections of the following members.

• Leopold Böhm (A)
• Aires Gomes (P)
• Peter Kinnaird (GB)
• José Pinto (P)
• Peter Roggenhofer † 25.4.18 (A)
• Sándor Selyem-Tóth (H)
• Alois Steiner (A)
• Gerhard Weiss (D)
• Hannes Wurnitsch (A)
• Milosav Zivojinovic (RS)

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Manufactured by Grundig, Fürth .

In the same year, when Grundig presented the first portable receiver with a PLL synthesized tuner, the Satellit 300 , which got a few negative reports because of poor sensitivity and selectivity, Grundig brought out a single conversion superhet with digital frequency counter. This travel radio was slightly smaller and cheaper then the junior „Satellit 300“ and became more successful.

Technical data

• Principle : single conversion , IF 468 kHz / FM 10.7 MHz
• Modes : A1 with BFO, AM (A3) , FM (F3)
• Frequency range : VHF, LW, MW, 6 x SW (1.6 - 26.1 MHz )
• Frequency dial : analogue dial, digital display 5 kHz
• Frequency memories : none
• Signal strength indicator : S-meter
• Signal processing : two bandwidths, 5 kHz RF filter
• Features : digital clock, timer
• Sensitivity : AM (A3) / Selectivity : two IF bandwidths
• Mains : 110, 220 V
• Batteries : 4 x 1,5 V ( UM-2 ), 1 x 1,5 V ( UM-3 ) for digital clock
• 270 x 170 x 55 mm, weight 1.7 kg

The Grundig Yacht Boy 700 is a portable multiband radio with an integrated frequency counter to display the operation frequency. With it's dimensions of 28 x 17 x 6 cm and a weight of 1,4 kg (without batteries), it is still quite well suited for travel use.

The Yacht Boy 700 was the top of the range set of the early Grundig travel portables series with analog bandspread dials for several shortwave bands. In contrast to the „little brothers“, it comes with a digital frequency display and even two IF bandwidths and a BFO .

The set is powered by five UM-2 batteries / baby cells for the radio and an additional UM-3 / AA clock battery, but there is also an integrated power supply that can be switched to 110 and 220 V mains. The antenne is a flexible / rotating telescopic antenna, the set has no external antenna connector.

The set covers VHF / FM boadcast band, long- and mediumwaves and the shortwave band from 1,6 - 26 MHz in five ranges (1,6 - 4,8 / 4,3 - 7,2 / 6,8 - 10,3 / 9,8 - 15,5 / 14,5 - 20,5 and 19,5 - 26,1 MHz ).

At the left part of the front panel, you find the big speaker grille.

In the upper part of the right half of the front panel, the signal strength meter, the time / frequency LCD display and the switch and pushbuttons to set the clock and alarm times are located.

Just below, there are the slide controls for volume and tone, the switches for the two IF bandwidths and the switchable 5 kHz - audio frequency filter and the BFO, at the right a slider switch to select the six shortwave segments and pushbuttons for the SW / MW / LW / FM bands and on/off. The main tuning knob and an additional fine tuning control are located at the right face of the cabinet.

The sensitivity of the Yacht Boy 700 on shortwaves is fair - good, the set is well suited to receive signals from the international shortwave broadcasters and you can even pick up some tropical band signals and some strong amateur radio signals with the BFO switched on.

The most useful feature is the LCD frequency display, which does a very good job to find a station on a certain frequency.

The set has a conventional design with a single conversion superhet circuitry connected to a frequency counter - it has some problems with mirrors due to the 468 kHz intermediate frequency, but in contrast to the Satellit 300, the receiver is quite silent, no synthesizer hiss.

As the Yacht Boy 700 was well priced and offered similar or better performance then Grundig's first digital Satellit 300, it was the one to go for, when you could live without frequency memories.

The Grundig Yacht Boy 700 still makes a fine radio for travelling by car (you would take a lighter set on an airplane, would you…) or for easy listening in the kitchen or the workshop. With the built in frequency display and a clock, it has the most interesting items for a useable shortwave radio. It is interesting that the radio comes with two bandwidths and a separate switchable 5 kHz AF filter, in the earlier Satellit sets you have the same options (two IF bandwidths and an AF filter) switched by the three step bandwidth switch. But in conclusion, the Grundig Yacht Boy 700 is to be considered as collector's item; get one, if you can find one for a few Euros at an online auction.

Technical principle

Single conversion superhet, digital frequency counter

The unit is equipped with semiconductors.

Technical documentation

The Yacht Boy 700 was developed by Grundig, Fürth and manufactured in Singapore.

• Grundig Yacht Boy 700 on the website of www.radiomuseum.org