• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Grundig (Radio-Vertrieb, RVF, Radiowerke); Fürth/Bayern

• Year
• 1956/1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 2094

• • alternative name: Grundig Portugal || Grundig USA / Lextronix

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• DC96 DF96 DK96 DF96 DF96 DAF96 DL96

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• RL232 or. OA172 RL232 or. OA172 E15C250 E150C30

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 468/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)     10 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110-220 / DEAC D3,5 & 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 0.15 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: UKW-Boy 56 - Grundig Radio-Vertrieb, RVF,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 330 x 200 x 130 mm / 13 x 7.9 x 5.1 inch

• Notes
• Diesen UKW-Boy 56 gibt es als Exportmodell unter der Bezeichnung "Trans-World SR" als Grundig-Majestic: beiges Styron mit synthetischem Leder.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 kg / 11 lb 0.2 oz (11.013 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 298.00 DM

• Source of data
• HdB d.Rdf-& Ferns-GrH 1956/57 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Lange Schaltungen der Funkindustrie, Buch 4

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Reise-Empfänger 1956)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Reparaturhelfer Fertigungssaison 1955/56)

• Picture reference
• Das Modell ist im «Radiokatalog» (Erb) abgebildet.

• Other Models

• Here you find 6212 models, 5442 with images and 4209 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Grundig (Radio-Vertrieb, RVF, Radiowerke); Fürth/Bayern