I thought I had hit the jackpot when I came across this series of videos for restoring the Satellite 2100 tonight Especially when it seem to develop the problem with the SW 3-10 tuner knob with restricted movement. Mine has the same problem plus the drum wouldnt rotate. I identified the drum problem as the plastic clips partially breaking off so that as the drum tried to rotate the scale woukd drop slightly, enough to make it jam so I removed the broken ones and got rotation back. So I sat down to watch through your different vids to see what the problem was with the condenser only to find this was the part that you hadnt recorded. It gave ne the basic idea though so I'll dismantle and clean the comdenser to see if I can restore its proper movement. Great instruction, though most of it is above my level. Cheers from N. Ireland
i’m always glad to hear that my videos helped someone. I Apologise for the fact that your specific problem wasn’t covered, but I hope the rest helps anyway.
Great as usual, I'm pleased to hear that there is likely to be quite a few more episodes of this restoration, as much as I'm into valve sets it's nice to have a transistor set to learn about and this one is looking like a very impressive performer. Thanks Manuel
Great to hear this working. Getting the short wave bands working again was great. It looks to be quite sensitive on that band, even without an alignment.
Well I’m continuing my binge on this series. The one I had for repair had exactly the same fault with a stiff tuning cap and disengaged shaft. It’s a shame you lost the footage as I was waiting to see what the clip looked like. I found a round spring clip in my junk box that fitted exactly. You may we’ll need to go through the tuning cap with some isopropyl and a bit of paper to clear the gunk off. Great stuff. Cheers Graham
Great job, and BTW, no I don't mind many episodes :-) Good explanation of how the "Band spread" switch works to. I bet the problem with the tuning condenser was where the shaft goes into the case of the condenser. They used to put grease in there to lubricate it, but by now that grease has dried up to be hard wax. Bet there's a C-clip on the inside of the shaft that holds it in place. Probably needs to be heated to come out. Those female contacts on the drum you might be able to clean by soaking a little piece of printer paper in IPA and insert it between there while rotating the drum in place. Then gently drag the paper out. Most of the dirt from the contacts should follow with the paper out then.
Yes, the grease had completely dried out. The blades were actually surprisingly clean. As soon as the shaft connection points had been loosened, the cap started turning just fine.
I recently bought an ultrasonic cleaner and found it works well for cleaning the tuning condenser. Plain tap water with a few drops of dish soap worked well for me. If your water is hard you can follow up with a pump-spray of distilled water and a blow down with a can of compressed air, then leave it in the sun for an hour or two to dry. A final lube with a needle oiler and she's like new. I've not tried it yet on knobs and other removable parts but they should clean up nicely as well.
Hola amigo gracias por compartir estos videos. Me podrías decir como se desarman las placas del cilindro rotativo ? Tengo que calibrar los osciladores para que las frecuencias coincidan con los números del dial. Gracias !
Nice overhaul, Manuel! I have refurbished a couple of Satellits myself, but not this exact one.The hardened grease is, sadly, a problem in German equipment from the 60-80's. It occurs in tuning caps, pots and switches and is sometimes difficult to remove without disassembling the offending control. Strange, really, they must have used a bad lube during these years
Hola! congratulations for your work. I have two similar radios (Satellit 2000) but one of them is muted in the Band spread function. Could you help me by telling me where I can start the diagnosis?
Cleaning condenser-plates: In my times i had a good success with aqua-destilata or better demineralized water. You can spray this everywhere. If you want, you can bath the whole radio (without the speaker) in it.
I can only agree with Mr Caldeira, those things can be a right pain in the butt to fix. Thankfully, in 99% of the cases it was just the transistor in the RF input stage that went due to static discharge, mostly when you hooked up an external antenna and forgot it there when one of those blimming South Efrican thunderstorms hit ya XD
Curiously enough, I lived close to Barlow's in Joburg. A big lightening strike on Barlow's fence took out my front end 1/4 mile away! When I returned to the UK I sold it thinking I didn't need to listen to BBCWS on HF as I had the domestic BBC services. A false assumption as I was hooked at the time. I was only half fond of it as it was very prone to spuriae. It think you would enjoy doing a restoration on it! Anyone donate?
A small point regarding the fibreglass pencil MC, they are as you say extremely useful. However you'd be well advised to wear gloves using one as tiny fibreglass fragments break off and WILL find their way into the skin of your hands and are a swine to find, see and remove. Trust me, I know.
Is it time to get a better camera? Something that plugs into a constant power with memory? Just a thought. Maybe try throttle body spray. It is suppose to be clean and dry with no residue. Your videos are still BRILLANT!
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I thought I had hit the jackpot when I came across this series of videos for restoring the Satellite 2100 tonight
Especially when it seem to develop the problem with the SW 3-10 tuner knob with restricted movement. Mine has the same problem plus the drum wouldnt rotate. I identified the drum problem as the plastic clips partially breaking off so that as the drum tried to rotate the scale woukd drop slightly, enough to make it jam so I removed the broken ones and got rotation back. So I sat down to watch through your different vids to see what the problem was with the condenser only to find this was the part that you hadnt recorded. It gave ne the basic idea though so I'll dismantle and clean the comdenser to see if I can restore its proper movement.
Great instruction, though most of it is above my level.
Cheers from N. Ireland
i’m always glad to hear that my videos helped someone. I Apologise for the fact that your specific problem wasn’t covered, but I hope the rest helps anyway.
Great as usual, I'm pleased to hear that there is likely to be quite a few more episodes of this restoration, as much as I'm into valve sets it's nice to have a transistor set to learn about and this one is looking like a very impressive performer. Thanks Manuel
My pleasure. I’m taking this one in small steps because I want to gain a good understanding of the unit.
Great to hear this working. Getting the short wave bands working again was great. It looks to be quite sensitive on that band, even without an alignment.
Yes, surprisingly so.
Well I’m continuing my binge on this series. The one I had for repair had exactly the same fault with a stiff tuning cap and disengaged shaft. It’s a shame you lost the footage as I was waiting to see what the clip looked like. I found a round spring clip in my junk box that fitted exactly. You may we’ll need to go through the tuning cap with some isopropyl and a bit of paper to clear the gunk off. Great stuff. Cheers Graham
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Double conversion is used to attenuate IF images where the same signal is received on two points of the dial twice the IF frequency apart.
enjoying the progress and the information
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many thanks for posting part three at least i have an idea now of how to fix min the posible fault and how to fix it
Good luck.
Great job, and BTW, no I don't mind many episodes :-)
Good explanation of how the "Band spread" switch works to.
I bet the problem with the tuning condenser was where the shaft goes into the case of the condenser.
They used to put grease in there to lubricate it, but by now that grease has dried up to be hard wax.
Bet there's a C-clip on the inside of the shaft that holds it in place. Probably needs to be heated to come out.
Those female contacts on the drum you might be able to clean by soaking a little piece of printer paper in IPA
and insert it between there while rotating the drum in place. Then gently drag the paper out.
Most of the dirt from the contacts should follow with the paper out then.
Yes, the grease had completely dried out. The blades were actually surprisingly clean. As soon as the shaft connection points had been loosened, the cap started turning just fine.
I recently bought an ultrasonic cleaner and found it works well for cleaning the tuning condenser. Plain tap water with a few drops of dish soap worked well for me. If your water is hard you can follow up with a pump-spray of distilled water and a blow down with a can of compressed air, then leave it in the sun for an hour or two to dry. A final lube with a needle oiler and she's like new. I've not tried it yet on knobs and other removable parts but they should clean up nicely as well.
Yes, one of those is on my Santa list 😊
Ass usual, you've outdone your self!
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Hola amigo gracias por compartir estos videos. Me podrías decir como se desarman las placas del cilindro rotativo ? Tengo que calibrar los osciladores para que las frecuencias coincidan con los números del dial. Gracias !
eso aún no ha sido cubierto. Lo haré pronto en otro video.
Nice overhaul, Manuel! I have refurbished a couple of Satellits myself, but not this exact one.The hardened grease is, sadly, a problem in German equipment from the 60-80's. It occurs in tuning caps, pots and switches and is sometimes difficult to remove without disassembling the offending control. Strange, really, they must have used a bad lube during these years
The problem they had is that bad grease only proves itself as bad after many years.
It is very nice to see a German radio similar to my Zenith D7000, Twitter and all.
Hola! congratulations for your work. I have two similar radios (Satellit 2000) but one of them is muted in the Band spread function. Could you help me by telling me where I can start the diagnosis?
Check the switches.
@@electronicsoldandnew ok, Thanks!
Doom on the naysayers! This is a great project. Do I dare say I am green with envy..
Surf green? Sorry, private joke.
Exactly!
First transistorized grundig I've ever seen. Are they still making radios?
I believe they are now sold under the eton brand.
Cleaning condenser-plates: In my times i had a good success with aqua-destilata or better demineralized water. You can spray this everywhere. If you want, you can bath the whole radio (without the speaker) in it.
I should have throughly of that. However, I think it’s coming right. Fortunately.
I must admit, I thought that thing was a turd. But its sounding great already! Good luck with the cleaning.
Thanks
Have I missed you restoring a Barlow Wadley XCR30 (I used to own one), or is that something to look forward to!
Not on my list. Must be a nightmare to restore, and practically impossible to align without some really serious lab equipment.
I can only agree with Mr Caldeira, those things can be a right pain in the butt to fix. Thankfully, in 99% of the cases it was just the transistor in the RF input stage that went due to static discharge, mostly when you hooked up an external antenna and forgot it there when one of those blimming South Efrican thunderstorms hit ya XD
Blitz Roehre : yes, those south enfrican storms were/are quite something.
Curiously enough, I lived close to Barlow's in Joburg. A big lightening strike on Barlow's fence took out my front end 1/4 mile away! When I returned to the UK I sold it thinking I didn't need to listen to BBCWS on HF as I had the domestic BBC services. A false assumption as I was hooked at the time. I was only half fond of it as it was very prone to spuriae. It think you would enjoy doing a restoration on it! Anyone donate?
A small point regarding the fibreglass pencil MC, they are as you say extremely useful. However you'd be well advised to wear gloves using one as tiny fibreglass fragments break off and WILL find their way into the skin of your hands and are a swine to find, see and remove. Trust me, I know.
Thanks for that tip. I really had not thought of that.
That @ 11:48 was Romanian, Sr. Caldeira.
Thank you.
Great Radio and like always great work on it. You can try to get in the famous Russian numbers station "The Buzzer" on 4.625kHz.
Thanks
Is it time to get a better camera? Something that plugs into a constant power with memory? Just a thought. Maybe try throttle body spray. It is suppose to be clean and dry with no residue. Your videos are still BRILLANT!
Probably. The memory is the issue. I’m filming in 4K now so that I can crop in, and the videos are getting really large.
Super 🎉Hopf😅
Turret not twitter, sorry
Need to get a Zenith. Haven’t tried one yet.
time 12,44 that channel is romanian !
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Great restoration campaign. Learning alot, thanks.
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