Ta-Daa! We are finally done. Grundig Satellit 3400 Pro restoration part 13.

[@Bus2000]

I now own 2 of this Grundig radio's both missing knobs and some other cosmetic issues. Now I'm building 1 out of 2 and you're videos will help me absolutely. Replacing the tantalum cap's to prevent failure. Many Thanks. And Yes the FM reception is amazing on these radio's.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@EsotericArctos]

It's been a long series, but it has been very worth it. That radio looks absolutely amazing and works brilliantly. I am a little bit jealous. :).

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@whollyunaware5185]

I don't know whether repeating the words of so many others really adds anything, but here goes ... VERY IMPRESSIVE! One can only wonder if this radio was that good when new. (Now, I can start over at Part 1 of this amazing series). Thanks for the posts, and congratulations!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thank you 😊

[@dl7majstefan753]

Perfect! And a very skilled modification of the knobs. Enjoy this "radio". It´s more than a radio - it´s a professional receiver in the hand of a skilled operator.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thank you Stefan. I am really really pleased with it.

[@rádiosantigos1958]

Well done. These videos are now a perfect reference on the restoration of a Gundig Satellit 3400 Pro. Congrats!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thank you.

[@Rubarb555]

Thank you, Manuel, for this great walkthrough and all the educative and entertaining videos you gift us. You have inspired me to gather courage and try my hand at restoring a radio. I am toward the end of bringing back to life the ugly duckling big brother of your radio, a Satellite 3000. I would not have attempted to start with such a complex set without your videos sharing your line of thought working on radios in general, showing all the neat tricks, and the detailed specific instructions in this series. It felt like you were beside me at the bench, guiding me step by step as I watched again and again relevant segments of your video before repeating them. I am really grateful for this and looking forward your next endeavors. I wish you all the best! B. P.S: Sorry for the long-winded comment, I just felt I need to share this 😊

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thank you for the comment. The description of the benefit that you derived from the videos is exactly the reason I like to do them. When I did my first few restorations, I watched every video I could find on the subject, and understand that without that external help I would not have been able to continue. Tubes were not. i erred when I was at university in the 80s, so I had to learn from others. My wish is that others can also learn from me.

[@fbloggs]

Hello. Watching this excellent series of videos inspired me to buy one of these radios today and it'll be coming from the UK. I hope they pack it well! I'm looking forward to going through the aligmnet, just as you did, so thank you so much for this inspiring set of videos!!!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

My pleasure 👍

[@viarnay]

that's maybe the best radio receiver ever made, congrats you have an unique piece of equipment. I live in Gran Canaria by the way :- )

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@sanjaykarambelkar2665]

I watched entire series of this restoration and enjoyed. Well done and looking forward to see some more.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thanks

[@DavidTipton101]

That came up perfectly Manuel, looks new and works like new. I'm hoping you will do the Opus 8 next 🤞🙂

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Probably, just have a quick one to do.

[@petersvan7880]

What a beauty, well worth the restoration effort. Seems to be a sensitive radio, thank you for this series!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

my pleasure

[@sincerelyyours7538]

It's a beauty, that's for sure! I'm sure you will get many years of use out of it. Love the selectivity and sensitivity it has! Wish I can get all my radios to behave that way.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

😊 thanks

[@craigm.9070]

Thank you for taking your time to make and post this series. I hung in there for all of it, I replayed your alignment methods several times for reinforcement learning...you know, over and over till you get it! An absolutely amazing piece of electronics is the result of your efforts!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

It’s my pleasure

[@davidmalick4024]

Beautiful restoration Manuel. Enjoyed watching the stages of the restoration.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@JWimpy]

What a beautiful radio. You are truly an outstanding tech.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

thank you

[@nigelbrockwell6237]

When I lived and worked in Gibraltar back in the early 1970s, I could pick up BBC 4 even at midday, but from your location that is quite impressive. I'm really hoping I'll find one of these Grundig 3400 radios soon, looks like they are really great to use. Not finding many for sale, right now. Thanks for going through the restoration and alignment. I will keep your videos for future reference.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

If you look on ebay Germany, quite a few come up for sale. The prices can be quite high, however.

[@nigelbrockwell6237]

@@electronicsoldandnew Thanks for that information on locating these radio. I realise I'm going to pay quite a bit for one of these radios, seeing how good they are, I'm sure it will be worth it. Looking forward to that other Grundig radio, when you start working on that one. Many thanks.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@moshezaharia4666]

Well, I was sure you will get this radio to perform better than the day it left the factory, well done!!! :)

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Thank you

[@moshezaharia4666]

@@electronicsoldandnew You are going to enjoy this radio, these are so fun to use. I have the Japanese version of the Panasonic RF2200 (Cougar, the FM is 74 to 94MHz) and I love it!

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[@radio-ged4626]

Another excellent result. Great video. I always find SSB transmissions amusing on SW - they remind me of Star Wars voices. I guess that's where they got the idea from. I saw a Grundig Satellite 6001as a shelf queen in a trendy clothes shop I was in with my wife while she tried stuff on...that's what I remember about that day!🤣

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Radios are definitely more interesting than clothes 😊

[@claudio6493]

Bravo.. Well done..... Fantastic job..... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@electronicsoldandnew]

thanks

[@wenpyle]

Great series excellent results. 🙂

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[@paulbennell3313]

The radio to end all radios. God I want one so much!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@edwardhannigan6324]

Great series, even for a newbie..! Love the tech info and walk thru's..Look forward to the next event..Ed..uk😀

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@davidk8760]

Thank you for great videos on restoration of Grundig receivers, can you please produce video in comparing the reception sensitivity between restored models.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

I still have the 6100 to do, but when it’s done, that comparison should be interesting. Thanks for the idea.

[@antennebuis]

The 3400 is a fantastic radio ,sensetive and selectiv also .Itt was a great radio in the begin 80 .I have the 3400 to and most of the satellit in my room i love the sound compare with a dsp or sdr radio it sound like a robot .I have also the big guys from Germany the EKD 500 and the Telefunken nserie E1501 all big radio and the price is like a car in that day .Im listening for more than 50 years so i know what good or bad is .Spend a lot of money on this hobby but be e quiet my wife may hear me lol tu like always 73, ON3MK Mor

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Yes, always be careful of your wife hearing this conversation 😊 I fully understand 😊

[@ivanigorpollick6690]

Great work,indeed! It is a reference! I own satellit 3000,it is technically the same as 3400 So i put it into the case of 3400, So i have now professional look,i think a good decision...

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@vicmabus1532]

North Africa sounds like the local stations! SW sounds like FM!!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

It really sounds local. I absolutely amazed.

[@mackfisher4487]

"Brilliant" FM reception reminds me of listening to international broadcast band in the good old days, lots of stations and lots of different languages. Manuel I don't know what time of the day you were turning the SW frequencies but that is a hot receiver. I suspect it will do well on SSB if you can find an amateur QSO that cooperates. Your time was well spent on this project my friend.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

FM and the higher SW bands were recorded at around noon. The rest were this evening, after 19h00. I did actually listen to a few SSB conversations, on the 40m and 20m, if I recall correctly. Obviously, I often only hear one side of the conversation, depending o. where that participants are located.

[@Hr.0ldenberg]

Thank you so much for your great Work . In german, Vielen Dank!! In 1978 this Radio was a Dream in my Childhood. But, when you are 14....1000 Deutschmark are to expensiv... Ich was a Fan of 208 Luxemburg and Radio Luxemburg. Sooo, i recive the Stations with my Tube-Radio....Grundig...☺ Greatings from Bremen-Sebaldsbrück, the Home of NORDMENDE RADIO a. TV devices, Germany 👍👍👍

[@electronicsoldandnew]

It’s my pleasure 😊

[@sr.padilla1633]

Magnifico trabajo.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Gracias. 😊

[@fibberscloset498]

It really is beautiful. Thanks!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

pleasure

[@waynethompson8416]

I'm sure that you want to know how that set works here in the U.S.A., so if you'll just pack it up along with the mini-whip and send it to me... ;-) WOW! This is such an amazing and fantastic radio!!! I was going to ask you if you were going to keep this one...well, more like beg you to keep this one for yourself...it is a wonderful radio! Enjoy it and thanks for sharing this series with us!!! Don't apologize for the length, the help it provides others who may have the same set (lucky people that they are) to keep it going like that one.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

I’m definitely keeping this one. I’ve waited for ages to find an affordable candidate for the restoration, and therefore it stays 😊 I’ll just have to guess how good it would sound in the US 😊

[@waynethompson8416]

@@electronicsoldandnew You DO know I was joking about that, right? Oh yeah, remember me mentioning the BC348 receiver. I got to thinking about the fact that the IF frequency is 915 Khz at +/- 0.1%. This was back in the late 30's to mid 40's when the radio was made...what the heck did they use to measure within 0.1% ?

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Of course I go 😊

[@rogerino38]

Two knobs for Madeira! This is promising :)

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[@MrNeilypops]

Great work! Thanks!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

pleasure

[@electrosoundaust]

Hi, really impressive radio. It would be interesting to compare with say a good amateur transceiver. I bet it would beat the pants off even my Sony 2001D on FM (if it hadn't been stolen). Really looking forward to seeing the restoration of the 6001 at the end of the video. I love that era of radio. Lockdown is almost over, so I need to get off the couch and finish about 10 radio that I've started filming but not finished. The parts I ordered have finally arrived after 12 weeks! Just waiting on some replacement valves from the HRSA. Yippee...

[@electronicsoldandnew]

You’ve got quite a bit of restoring in front of you. enjoy 😊

[@tequijo]

Hola Manuel que antena exterior usas o usarías para esta bestia

[@electronicsoldandnew]

USO um mini-whip para tudo

[@tiagomadeira838]

Sortudo!👍😀 Grundig satellit 6001, um dos melhores multibandas fabricados nos anos 60s início anos 70s. Vou precisar da correia dentada, que faz mover o tambor das banda de sw. Penso que também o seu vai precisar. Cumprimentos Tiago

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Vamos ver ao abrir. Vai ser divertido 😁

[@peterfensome2041]

You did a great restoration ,I have one and watching this I have learnt new things about this radio, need some advice on antenna for shortwave please ,was you using a long wire connected to push connector on back for this video ? also the auto car connection on back, can I use antenna on this one for shortwave ? Thank you.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

A long wire is perfect for SW. However, I built a miniwhip antenna some time ago (i have a video on my channel about this build) and use it for LW, MW and SW. Works much better that the long-wire that I still have.

[@piwex69]

Congratulations! Now I hope it is time for the forgotten b&o with broken CPU board? ;) I recently brought to life the macbook pro from 2009, just by using youtube gathered knowledge (well, apart from being educated EE 30 years back). I trust you will manage to put life it this fancy digitally controlled piece of audio gear.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@alexarnold174]

Hi, attempting to get my Satelit 3400 overhauled. Do you repair classic radios for the public?

[@electronicsoldandnew]

No. Only do this as a hobby.

[@torugonza]

I have a 2100 totaly out of tune, i dont know any to calibrate to adjust it properly 100% like Factory

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Have a look at the series I did on the 2100, it may give you some ideas.

[@ІштванДодої]

Super🎉🎉🎉

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@omkarkarki7401]

Hi Manuel, where did you buy the switches from, please let me know, I'm looking to buy them as well, thx!

[@electronicsoldandnew]

A friend gave them to me but I have seen them come up on ebay occasionally.

[@dom18liam16]

Hello Manuel. A friend is in possession of one of these radios and is looking to sell, but she is in Australian. Do you know if there are people/groups here who are after these radios?

[@electronicsoldandnew]

I’m afraid not. Best to try some forums locally.

[@jdmccorful]

Nice work, enjoyed the series on the 3400, thanks.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

pleasure

[@bobthompson4133]

Ever serve in the SADF? I was SWADF

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Nope. Left SA right after varsity.

[@mauroserena3800]

Congratulations on an excellent restoration. I would like to own one. I have the Satellit 2100 and the 500. If we were close I would ask you to sell it to me ... In Italy, few occasions and the rare ones require complete revision with prices not consistent with the state of the device. I hope for future occasions. With esteem, Mauro.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

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[@rogerknapman1260]

Manuel, have you though about getting a Leningrad 010? Seems "inspired" by a Grundig Satellit. Wonder how the eastern bloc contemporaries compared.

[@electronicsoldandnew]

those do seem very similar to the grundigs. Never seen one for sale. Interesting 😊

[@paul900092]

Hi there I love your KZbin I buy some radio is was in amazing condition but I think it need turned I gonna on 41m 7.150mhz it sounds like off I really love looking at your radio you fix your amazing at your job you done on it do you know what is mane of kind of guy I need to get in touch with to do the job I'm in UK Glasgow tk you so much for if u could help me with and keep up good job on radio u know your things on radio

[@electronicsoldandnew]

I’m afraid I cannot do any repair for you as I live in Madeira. The reason the 7.150MHz sounds off is because it is being transmitted in SSB, which a normal radio cannot pick up. That is normal.

[@chicodosradios]

Top!! Venha o Opus eutou curioso

[@chicodosradios]

Troquei de nome no meu canal antes era o "260E" achei bem dizer pois sigo e comento este belo canal desde o início 😀😀

[@electronicsoldandnew]

O Opus está quase à frente da fila 😊

[@ardenvangellis3707]

What tadaa ?

[@electronicsoldandnew]

After 12 previous videos, I believed the finale deserved some sound effects.

[@CCCP-CCCP-CCCP]

хороший аппарат в 80 годы самое то сейчас эфир слабый только один китай

[@lactra]

OUTSTANDING!!! What more can I say :)

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