Grundig Satellit 300
The Grundig Satellit 300 is a compact digital world band receiver from the 1980s. It was Grundig's first microprocessor-controlled world band receiver, and the first fully digital Satellit. It uses 24 transistors and digital PLL synthesis for tuning. It covers FM, LW, MW, and two shortwave bands. It measures 30.4 × 18 × 7 cm, weighs 2.15 kg, and has a headphone jack.
The "300A" designation refers to a later production run with upgraded ceramic filters. The sources use both names for the same model.
Reception reputation is mixed. shortwaveradio.ch (undated) was blunt: the Satellit 300 "did not live up to its name." One owner on an electronics forum bought the set new and kept it for nearly thirty years. He was more forgiving, and noted the old Satellites from the late 1960s and 1970s were much worse. No sensitivity or selectivity figures survive in the documentation, so neither judgment has a measurement behind it.
Collectors report one characteristic failure. The LCD digits fail in parallel, with entire segments dropping out across all digits, including the channel-number display. One owner traced this to a shared segment common by cutting PCB tracks. A Ukrainian repair video also exists, showing a repair after mechanical damage. Asking prices seen in the wild: €100 in one European listing, and 17,650 ₽ for a 1984 German-market unit in Russia.
The record is thin beyond that. No original price, full frequency range specifications, power-source details, antenna specs, or service manual have surfaced in the usual directories. It was compact, it was digital, and it was the first of its kind for Grundig. It traded the analog heft of the legendary Satellit 650 for microprocessor control in a smaller chassis.
- Type: Digital PLL world band receiver, single conversion
- Bands: FM, LW, MW, 2 × SW
- Transistors: 24
- Dimensions: 30.4 × 18 × 7 cm (W×H×D)
- Weight: 2.15 kg
- Output: Headphone jack
- Production: 1980s
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