06-10-2014, 10:56 AM
It's certainly an unusual set - at least in my limited experience. The wave selector does not use a wafer switch, it uses a camshaft arrangement activating a series of leaf sprung contacts. I hope that shaft fits in only one position, otherwise it would be a nightmare to align it if it shifted. Evidence of major previous repairs - there's a new filter cap arrangement wrapped in what looks like a napkin and fixed to the chassis with wire. I assume this was the guys way of isolating the can from the chassis. Very creative I'm sure.
One of the resistors in the dropper is burned out, hence the additional one added. I'll need to replace it again so it will be OK on 245v rather than the 220v it is set up for now.
I imagine in post war Germany there was not too much disposable income around hence sets like these were 'the bare minimum'. Of course things changed rapidly and a few years later we got the large table top sets like Saba, Grundig, etc.
Now that the chassis out of the cab I'll post some photos later on.
Cheers, John
One of the resistors in the dropper is burned out, hence the additional one added. I'll need to replace it again so it will be OK on 245v rather than the 220v it is set up for now.
I imagine in post war Germany there was not too much disposable income around hence sets like these were 'the bare minimum'. Of course things changed rapidly and a few years later we got the large table top sets like Saba, Grundig, etc.
Now that the chassis out of the cab I'll post some photos later on.
Cheers, John
Time flies like an arrow, fruitflies like a banana!
