My Tandbert TP 41 Portable U.S. Model

[gardenianne]

I am new to this. I hope I got the correct forum.

Back then [forgot when], I took a recommendation and purchased a Tandberg TP 41 Portable Radio. I used it lots, and loved it.

Somewhere in there it stopped. In 1987, I took it to a radioman who said it needed a Germanium [that's it, yes?] transistor and he could not get one. I emptied the radio of batteries and put it in an empty file drawer.

Time passes, and one day in 2005, I look up Germanium on Google, and it shows many hits.

In my medium-sized town I cannot find anyone - I mean anyone - who works on old radios, but finally I did find a person.

He said the problem had to do with the selection buttons on the top, that they were stuck. He applied one type of solvent after another, and told me he finally found one that worked and it will continue working for about five years. He said something about the radio not working if the selection buttons were stuck.

Now - after a $38 bill - a new transformer and emergency D batteries, I am good to go.

Aha! I see people paying Big Bucks for this radio! How rare/valuable is it?

[owre]

Hello

Yesterday I was getting rid of my old TV at a local "returnpoint" for electrical equipment. There I found a portable 41. I took it home, cleaned it and replaced the batteries. The radio is working.
I have searched the www for information about the radio. I have found prizes between $70 and $320. Its cheap in Norway... I found one, and at the www the prize for a used one is about $100. In a Danish shop the prize is $320.


Here are www adresses to a Norwegian shop that trades parts for Tandberg equipment, and to some Norwegian Tandberg enthusiasts:

http://gpfweb.com/shop/

http://www.nrhf.no/nrhf-eng.html

http://home.online.no/~mthorst/radio/html/r_tb_thumb.html

http://home.online.no/~jandors/tandberg.html

http://www.gpfweb.com/tandberg.html

Tommy
Norway