nordmende: not known yet; Globetraveler

Infomation from radio

Net Weight 13 lbs.5 oz.-6 kgs,

Size: 36  X 14 x 22.5 cm

TYP 103

50 P/s Hz

15 W

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This radio is called, quite simply, a 'Globetraveler stereo'.  This is one of several non-'Globetrotter' models that got renamed 'Globetraveler' for the US; it is actually a US-export version of the German model 'Transita stereo de Luxe' (see Mod.-ID = 86114), also a 'Typ 103' and nearly identical in appearance.  It is an early-1970s model (look for a serial number label in the battery compartment that will probably be marked something like 'x.103.E yyyyy'. 'x' will be the last digit of the model year, i. e., a '2' there would represent the 1971-72 model year; and 'yyyyy' will be the five-digit serial number.  The 'E', if it is there, probably stands for 'Export'.)

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 The reason for renaming Globetrotter into Globetraveler was the protected name Globetrotter exclusively for the Harlem Globetrotters.

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...could you provide a source of information (or a link to it, if it is on the Internet) about the Harlem Globetrotters being the reason for this name problem?  I have heard that before, and I mentioned it on another thread here, and I am very interested in finding some source of real information to verify this.  It doesn't quite seem logical to me, because the Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball team, and have never been involved in the radio/electronics industry.  The 'Globetrotters' name may have been protected within the realm of basketball or sports teams, that is, no other team could use it.  But I don't see how using the name 'Globetrotter' for something totally unrelated, like a radio, would have caused this kind of problem.  But...anything is possible...especially in our crazy country...

...However, there was another, much more direct, name conflict: the US electronics firm RCA had been using the name 'Globe Trotter' as a trademark for portable radios since the days of tube portables, and were still using it for some of their transistor radios at the same time that Nordmende came out with their 'Globetrotter'.  I could see that as a more likely source of difficulty. 

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 Hello Mr. Stackhouse,

a friend of mine in USA, collector of german portabele radio told me so ( yes I should state " I´ve heard" :-) )

I am going to ask for more information.

BTW, we both tried hard - in fact seemingly there is no wiring for the Globetraveller "E" available in Germany nor is it in the US.   

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...the 'E' that I was referring to was part of the serial number label, not the model name.  As I said, the radio itself is called a 'Globetraveler stereo'.  Its German domestic counterpart, the 'Transita stereo de Luxe', is listed here at Radiomuseum(http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/nordmende_transita_stereo_de_luxe_1.html), and that listing includes 12 pages of service data (schematics, etc.).  That technical data should be very close, if not identical, to the US model.  (I presume that is what you meant by 'wiring'.)  Both the German domestic the US export models carried this 'Typ 103' designation.  Band coverages are identical.  The differences between the two appear to be mostly cosmetic (and the different model names, of course).

Edit: According to the service info for the 'Transita stereo de Luxe', that radio has a chassis number of 771.103 A.  I will be willing to guess that the export 'Globetraveler stereo' will be a chassis 771.103 E.  (That would be found on a label inside the radio somewhere.  If this is indeed the case, the serial number label inside the battery compartment will read '1.103.E' followed by the five-digit serial number.)

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