Ian Field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" ? wrote in message
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? Jeff Liebermann wrote:
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?? On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 17:39:30 -0700 (PDT), klem kedidelhopper
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?? ?I think I've found the transistor that is intermittently failing in my
?? ?Grundig 305 transistor radio.
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?? Ummm... could you take a 2nd look at the model number? Grundig makes
?? the YB-305, but that's not germanium.
?? ?http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...le/yb305.html?
?? Grundig also makes a 3059, but that's tubes:
?? ?http://www.oldradioworld.de/3059.htm?
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? A lot of Grundig radios are almost impossible to locate schematics
? for. One radio with his (Transistor) TR-305 model number was for sale
? recently on Ebay.

In contrast, most of their TVs had a service sheet stowed in a slot inside
the cabinet.


Until someone removed it. How many of those old TV schematics are
available on line, and for free?

General Electric, Sears-Silvertone and other companies did the same
thing in the US, but they were usually missing whenever I cracked the
case on one.


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