Radio Boy
Ocean Boy 340 - 1994 - 1997
Click on picture for left
side view.
I bought this radio new
in November 1996. A useful little knockabout for working in the office
on Saturday mornings when there are few there to disturb, camping trips,
and so on. Doesn't switch to USA standard 10kHz spacing on MW, hence its
non-availability there. Despite this, for the price, about £40 (equivalent
of US$60), a good buy, pretty sensitive & good audio. Replaced the
Ocean
Boy 330, which was electronically similar, but had less appealing styling.
Has since been replaced by the Ocean Boy 350, which again is similar inside,
but has even more distinctive styling, with the display moved down and
the buttons arranged in a crescent around it. See portable radios section
of main Grundig web site (accessible from Non-UK links) for a pic. (Note:
the Ocean Boy 400/500/510 is a completely different range of radios).
Specification:
Styling:
Distinctive look,
with crescent sided black metal mesh speaker grille, and well laid out
buttons. Metallic finish has a hint of brown about it. Kick stand on rear.
Country of manufacture: Peoples
Republic of China.
Size: 110mm high x 194mm
wide x 42mm deep.
Weight (excluding batteries):
0.48 kg.
Power supply:
Internal; 4 x AA cells,
6V (radio) & 2 x AAA, 3V (clock & station memories).
External; 6V DC
Battery meter: No
Tuning method: Digital
PLL synthesizer
Tuning options: Manual
slew keys. Auto-search. Presets.
Wavebands:
FM: 87.5-108 mHz, tuning
steps 50 kHz.
LW 153-281 kHz, tuning steps
1kHz, mode: AM
MW 531-1602 kHz, tuning
steps 9kHz, mode: AM
SW 5900-15500 kHz, tuning
steps 5kHz, mode: AM
IF's:
FM; 10.7 MHz
AM; 450kHz (Single conversion).
Station memories:
Yes, 5 per waveband,
plus last station memory on each waveband.
Tuning meter: No
Local/DX switch: Yes
Aerials: Ferrite rod for
LW & MW, Telescopic for FM & SW
Dial illumination: Yes,
push and hold.
Mono selector: N/A, no
stereo facility.
Sockets:
Inputs; 6v DC
input, 5.5 mm barrel plug.
Outputs; 3.5mm
headphone socket (stereo wired for mono)
Output power: 400mW
Tone control: treble switch.
Clock/Timer:
Yes. 1 x 24 hour clock,
(shares display with frequency, using toggle key when set switched on,
permanently displayed when off).
60 minute sleep timer.
120 minute auto turn
on, with station change facility.
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