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Grundig SSB Zusatz SSB Unit

Rare accessoire for Grundig Satellit receivers


Data for Grundig SSB Zusatz
ProductionGermany, 1969.
Semi-
conductors
BF241, BF241, BF240.
CabinetPlastic. Size 105x30x65mm.
DocumentsService notice.

The Design

The Grundig Satellit radios are great for Short Wave listening, but cannot receive SSB transmissions natively. From 1969 to 1979 these units were produced, containing the BFO, Gain control, and Noise limiting circuitry.

The small unit contais just one circuit board with three transistors. A ten wire cable connects it to the back of the radio. The unit is not seen very often, and there is not much information about it around.

My unit comes with a metal strip with a screw; I think this is for mounting the unit, either during use or non use, but I could not find a spot on the set where I could fix the strip. The user manual of the Grundig Satellit 2100 solved the mystery. In the bottom of the radio, there is a special hole for fixing this strip, and then the SSB unit slides on it easily.


Obtained4/2013 from Queen's Day flea market (Driebergen).
Condition8.
Value (est.)22€.
Sound samplePLAY SOUND   The stability of the SSB unit is quite good, and with some efford, stations can be heard. With 500W this guy comes in very readable, but his partner in Hilversum (20km from here) is unreadable.

This Object

On the flea market I found a Grundig Satellit 2100, and got the much desired SSB Unit with it. The unit is the Zusatz 2000, produced for the Satellit 2000 and 2100. Apparently, the radios come with two different Intermediate Frequencies, namely 460kHz for most of Europe, and 452kHz for the Benelux (besides the first IF, 2000kHz). The Beat Freuency of the unit must match the second IF of the radio. It can be retuned, but I do not know if the alignment range is large enough to change between 452 and 460 kHz without electrical modification.

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