09-01-2026, 06:04 PM
I don't think that I have seen presets for FM stations on any early FM set, those pushbuttons are basically switches, and they switch into the AM broadcast front end. I think that I may have seen a high end Grundig that had presets for one or two FM stations, but that was an electromechanical system with a motor drive, the party selling it thought the set was worth money given the dumb fleabay prices, and once I noticed a tweeter being missing I completely lost interest in even making an offer. The high end Saba sets also had motor drive but I think they worked like a shutter dial brand Z set with a lever for forward, and reverse, up and down the dial rather then actual presets.
Yes, the weekend servicemen were a menace, too many would pick up a Popular Science/Mechanics/Mechanix Illustrated magazine and really make a mess. These days it's half baked online stuff. A lot of people don't understand that wiring colour codes actually mean something, it's not because the guys making the set thought it looked pretty.
Regards
Arran
Yes, the weekend servicemen were a menace, too many would pick up a Popular Science/Mechanics/Mechanix Illustrated magazine and really make a mess. These days it's half baked online stuff. A lot of people don't understand that wiring colour codes actually mean something, it's not because the guys making the set thought it looked pretty.
Regards
Arran




