Here it is with a bottle of Dvin, the Armenian cognac that Churchill, and inner circle, used to consume 400 bottles of a year, according to a wikipedia entry.
It is not on right now but rest assured it still works.
Here is another one of my many radios -- my 2001 Grundig Yacht Boy 500 (Italia).
By 2001 I mean that I bought it in 2001. The radio itself could be a couple years older than that, maybe 1999, even though I bought it new.
The Grundig YB500 model was introduced in 1993.
As usual this write-up will contain lots of pictures (over 50 in fact).
You can click on them to make them viewable in a Blogger gallery or something.
Starting with the original box which is quite a work of art, I think.
It also gives a basic description of the set which is an FM Stereo / LW / MW / SW PLL Synthesized Receiver utilizing Dual Conversion and with a Radio-Data-System (for FM). RDS is rare to be found in small portable radios.
Box opened.
The list below expands on the above description: the set also allows for
8 digit alphanumeric (?) station names, has a 40 station memory, a
ROM-table memory (with international SW broadcasters, of which later in
this write-up), a dual alarm clock and a power booster (6 watts).
An instructions manual. It looks that like YB500 had a different name mentioning Italia or maybe there was an Italia-themed version of this set?
and the Yacht Boy 500 Italia, (Part number 9.15056-6151/order number G.RC 2051IB) with restricted LW & SW coverage because of Italian legislation. The Italian set covers LW, 150-302 kHz, and SW, 3950-26100 kHz.
Paper complement below: two large manuals in many languages, a brief manual in German and English and a Short Wave Reception brochure for those wishing to brush up on their basic understanding of shortwave.
I could have properly registered this set with Grundig when I bought it but I didn't at the time but wish I had.
On the other hand, maybe it doesn't matter seeing as the original Grundig is no more.
