God! How I love the desert! I do miss spending the winters in Topock Arizona, my wonderful wife and I used to drive our 35 foot Class A motor home from South Dakota to Arizona arriving on Thanksgiving day, then spend our winter months with Topock as a headquarters and drive our Jeep out into the desert to explore. I lost my wife 4 years ago, and gave my interest in the motor home to a fellow who took over the payments, thus freed up 600 a month for me to spend on other things, like food and such. I am now 73 years old, and having spent 51 years and 4 days with the most wonderful woman in the universe, feel blessed for the experience. I guess I shall spend the rest of my days waiting for God in South Dakota which is a wonderful place for 1/2 the year and a deep freeze for the other half. Still half a year in paradise is worth the other half waiting indoors for the snow to melt. I love Shango and his videos, he has taught me so much about fixing little transistors that I now can pretty much diagnose quickly and repair most that I have purchased off Ebay. My collection grows and the fun keeps on happening, but I do miss the desert...
I am now 73 years old, .. NO Jerry You are 73 years of 'age' Learn that Ppeople and animals 'Live' through the ages. It is THINGS that become old - Such as your JEEP ( remember that it is in UPPER CASE ) - Your Motor Home - Your shoes - Appliances - Clothing - and so on. Even as it took you 73 years to learn this - You learned it today Make a List of all the ' Ages ' that ManKind has lived through. I'm very sorry fro your loss Jerry - just know that the Soul returns to its place of origin and is happy to be Home - It is only those that remain who are in pain - and the tears fall like rain. Each Soul is 'one' and each Soul is unique. and irreplaceable. That is why we are all 'Someone' One is the Cardinal Number. I wish you well Jerry I was only in AZ for 3 days back in 1987 with my then beloved who was born in MARGATE NJ
in 1971 I got home from Vietnam and was stationed at Fort Lewis Washington. I was married with a young son, about 6 months of age. I needed a car, so went to a local dealer and purchased a pink and white '58 Pontiac, we loaded it up with our cloths and such, being fairly newly weds, we didn't own a lot of stuff, and we headed West from our home town in South Dakota. The trip was uneventful, and after a few months in Tacoma, I decided to trade the car off for a van, back then vans were cool, and I was catching shit from my buddies on the base about driving a pink car (IT WAS SALMON!) a buddy on the base loved my car, so when I traded it off for a 63 Ford Econoline window van he went to the dealer and bought my Pontiac. He had it for a couple of weeks and when he was pulling out of the parking lot of our apartment complex, the steering wheel shaft came uncoupled with the power rest of the car and the car drove into a tree. It made me think, when driving through Montana, back then there was no speed limit and on the fairly new Interstate, I had been pushing the old car up around 100 MPH, had that let go then, well there would have been no rest of the story.
I had a similar experience with my 1960 Corvair. I had come home on a long trip the day before, doing a lot of high speed driving. The next day as I was rounding a corner on city block, the rear axel on one side pulled loose, the wheel pulled out about a two feet, and the car came to a quick halt. I was so glad that had not happened the day before.
This video has it all! electronic repair, mine exploring, close encounters of the third kind (or the weird kind actually), offroad mechanic repair... He never ceases to amaze me.
Shango and Mine Explorers kind of crossover video with a transistor radio repair and test and nice and lengthy, been a treat! Thanks for what you do, loved this.
It's kinda bittersweet watching you get one of those old cheap throwaway radios working again, only to discover that all the AM band has to offer is either Spanish talk radio or "oggy shiggy leggy mumbo jumbo" and ads.
Yes but when our đumbass leaders finally get us ñukeđ you will need one of these radios to listen to their pre-planned talking points and stay in line like a good little sheep
Shango, so sorry to hear about your soldering iron. Inanimate objects we have possessed for many years are like our friends. I lost a really nice coffee cup back in 1999. I really loved that coffee cup. I miss it very much. You have my condolences🙏
Same for me with a cute $12 watch, it took 11 years before the battery died, and after digging in through the glass to replace it, it run another 8 years, taking every shower and bath with me, suffering al sort of minor repairs before the casing broke in an unrepairable way. I still have the remains, sadly I never found a time piece to replace its cute functionality. Also my condolences shango066 and keithperry8098 😔
Back in 1971 when I was stationed in Vietnam, we would go to the PX and buy little cans of spaghetti brand named MayDay. The cans came with a small sterno container welded the bottom of the can, you took a key and opened the sterno after opening the can with your P38, light the sterno and you had hot spaghetti after a few minutes. It was a quick meal and tasty to boot, better then most C rats that we were issued in the field.
The U.S. ARMY ration packs were still better that those issues to the AUSTRALIAN Forces -- I returned march 25, 1973 [ AIR FORCE ] was posted on attachment to the USAF 1974-1976 It is ARMY and not Army AIR FORCE and not Air Force - Air Force is what comes out of your Hair Dryer NAVY and not Navy ( Navy is the name assigned to a Color COAST GUARD and not Coast Guard. -and when referring to SWITCHING it is ON . OFF and not on off on off is used in an entirely different context Good luck Jerry All the best and Good bye
It was the perfect thumbnail image! We get to see a radio repair, a night in a mine and a desert car repair all in the same video! It doesn't get much better!
I salute your old soldering iron! I happen to have an ancient Weller Expert Model 8200 gun that I've been using for nearly 20 years. I found it in an old house that was being demolished, and I'm pretty sure it was used 20 years before I ever owned it!
Loved every minute of it! Glad the front suspension didn’t give out and leave you guys stranded, definitely time for some front end work at least. That Westinghouse is a real oddball, never seen one like that.
Nice repair Shango66, love how you included the trip to the sand dunes. Awesome, I have 16 Transistor Am & Am / FM Portable Radio, I'm in Nova Scotia Canada we only get a Ball game out of New York in the evening during the summer. All the AM is pretty while gone in Canada. Keep the videos coming. Best regards
Can’t wait to watch this the next 2 hours! Can’t wait to see the desert part! Someday I would love to send you a few old radios I have if you would be willing to fix them I know shipping could be an issue though
Awesome upload! You're sharing some fantastic content on both channels. Thank you! (Thoroughly enjoyed last Sunday's exploration and accompanying sound track)
Shango. I especially like your legacy radio & TV resurrections, as I was around back then. Time flies .. it’s been 25 years since the digital TV conversion (although many of us used converter boxes and cable TV that still supported NTSC for several years), until our old sets got tired, and we finally bought HDTVs.
Thanx to yours’ and others’ videos, I was able to repair/restore an early 60s am/fm tube radio (safely) .. and even did some SMD surgery on the IF cans.
Watch out for those Duracrap Procells. I had some brand new ones leak and completely destroy a brand new high dollar tactical flashlight after only a few weeks. Duracell reimbursed me, but still.
Wow! What a great video! It's got about everything. I'm wondering what those idiots were up to walking all that way with one flashlight at night though. Thanks for sharing!
If you say the words "crepe erase" 3 times whilst looking at the radio it will magically start working. If you say the words "Jason JJ Cruz" 3 times whilst looking at the radio it will magically recap itself.
Sorry about the Weller. I know this pain, my Weller died about a year ago. This will give you a reason to get a Hakko 888 now. I love mine! The desert is beautiful. I wish I was closer to see that, although we have sand dunes along Lake Michigan. Nothing like those! Oooofff, the intruders! The missing bolt! Loosened brake hardware! Are you guys the victims of sabotage?! Stay tuned next week to find out!
Greetings there, Mr. Shango. I enjoy you working on those good oh, transistor radios. I grew up missing with them a taught myself how to get them working again I am familiar with a lot of the circuits you worked on. It is interesting how I did it specially, without hardly any test gear. I would love to visit with you on the phone about my experiences. We would have fun visiting about all of them, love the little phrases you have. I guess mine is woofers and tweeters yes, those round things that vibrate And his a dome in the middle of it known as the dustcap hope to visit more soon
1:14:46 for a moment, I thought it was the kraftwerk "radioactivity" intro and its famous geiger counter 🙂 ....This trip in the desert was really great, thanks a lot shango !
Hi Shango in case you don't know there's a new station that plays from oldies to 90's music in English on AM 1470 from San Diego but the signal may not reach in your area unless you take a trip to the OC and the new station is called Radio Rasa Have a nice day
Thanks for taking us out in the desert with you. That was a real highlight. My weller died a few years ago. I'm pretty sure you can still get heater elements for them. I was able to get an new heater for mine from farnell or rs, iron now is good as new. Curious about the battery instructions inside the case at the start of the vid. Didn't know disposable AA mercury batteries were a thing. Must have been great for the environment, I'm guessing such things got banned early on.
"alkaline" batteries like, Mallory Duracells, had mercury in them when I was a kid. You could squeeze it out with a pair of pliers and it would run down between the floorboards. So, maybe the batteries designated "mercury cells" a few years earlier were more or less the same thing.
Your videos have a nasty effect on me, after watching this one and a few more of you using the little device, I had to have one. I didn't get the ultra but the one I did get is almost like yours, just a bit smaller screen, I have used it on a few of the transistor radios that I have repaired after learning how by watching your videos, it is a blast If my wife were still alive she would be shaking her head at my waste of money but if I use it then it isn't a waste Thanks a million for the videos, even if they do cost me a few bucks, I need something to occupy the hours that God keeps putting on my plate while I await joining my wife and the rest of the family in where ever we go after this life.
In order to properly test the Gilligan's Island radio you have to be on an island and use batteries made from coconut shells and papaya paste,then hit Gilligan on the head with your hat when it fails to work because Gilligan drank the contents of the coconut batteries.
I feel you about the Weller! I have an old Weller gun I would be lost without. Had it for years too! I think a moment of silence is in order for that Weller Iron. Bette Midler singing Memories was also really appropriate I am sure! Great video as always Shango! Regards, Paul
If you had fifty of them radios in a bucket, you’d have a bucket of turds! What an entertaining vid! This is why I never watch woke tv when clearly the real entertainment is watching Shango! Love your vids bro!
Great video this week. I thought it would feel long at 2 hours but it was really engaging. Pretty scary how nonchalant your friend was about calliper mounting bolts falling off his car.
I would also be concerned about 2 strangers approaching in such a remote place, particularly if weapons are easily available - they probably felt exactly the same way, but hey, life is always a risk. Great video, thank you.
That sunset shot with the moon out is spectacular. On the automotive side of things,your missing caliper bolt and loose wheel lugnuts are another reason I'm glad I do all the work on my cars. Once a friend that had a new work truck for their business took it to the dealership for a free oil change and the person who did the work didnt tighten the drain plug on the oil pan and the engine leaked most of the oil out road on their way back to the shop. If they hadn't noticed the snail trail of oil on the ground when they parked and caught it the motor would have been ruined. Another thing that tire shops do quite frequently is jack cars up by the rockers denting them in. Stuff like this annoys and angers me. The level of incompetence today is amazing. Anyone working in auto repair should know what they are doing,excercise care with other peoples property and always double check their work.
My seller Wc-100 soldering station that I bought in 1997 just died just last month. I got 27 years out of that soldering station. best soldering station I have ever owned.
Caliper bolts get loose sometimes. I went to the dealer for a replacement one time and told them what I needed. He immediately reached under the counter and without even looking handed me a new bolt. Loctite is your friend!
Thirty Five. imagine every one of these placed in E Waste stream if AM was discontinued as a thing. I had one of those Roll Royce cars from Radio Shack, and a Marlboro Pack one featured here. it worked pretty well
Hei.. gostei muito acrescentou facilidade técnica com precisão, o reparo com Tiny Spectrum Analyser, muito bom seus vídeos, até aqui no outro lado do planeta.....
have a Westinghouse radio that is similar in size to that one but is made to be used in the landscape orientation. The radio I have has a built in light and cigarette lighter lol, it also has flip out terminals that let you plug the radio directly into a wall outlet and charge it.
Had a Stewart ST-804, styled much like the newer Westinghouse. Recall it cost maybe $10 of change ca. 1968 at the local import shop that was called 'Advance Sales'. Inflation calculator says this is $90 in Mar. 2024 money.
Cool sand dunes. As someone who was born and raised in Toronto I can attest first hand that there are no sand dunes there Shango. Funny to hear an American discussing kilometres and litres. Even though I’m Canadian I really prefer imperial. Miles and gallons and 11/32nds of an inch if you please. Thanks.
I have a pair of Westinghouse Wilkie talkies from my childhood in the 1960’s. Similar style. They look brand new. They have been sitting in a drawer in my parents house for over fifty years now. Don’t remember if they had batteries left in them.
My old Weller SP-25 wouldn't heat up enough anymore - guess it built resistance. The 40w Weller from the hardware store (2nd one in three years) is a p.o.s. I bought myself a Hakko for Christmas and it works awesome.
21:04 there were soviet radios using third harmonic of the oscillator as the heterodyne, nothing really surprises you anymore after that point. I considered converting old soviet era tuners from 65-74MHz band to 88-108MHz band by going from below, as this is usually easier to achieve, semiconductors are kinda meh and they are not always happy oscillating at higher frequencies, which may require some changes to coils, to get things running again. As long as there is no AFC, it's fine to do it from below.
