David, I followed your directions and didn't watch the video until after opening the box......and was astounded by the contents. This has to be the nicest old car radio I have ever seen....."completely unmolested" :) Put to rest any doubts about my enthusiasm for the radio, it is utterly wonderful.....and I can't tell you enough how much we appreciate your generosity in sending it to us. From the quaint old Loctal tubes (see my video on the 1947 National Deluxe), to the miniature schematic and tube chart, to the beautiful dash panel, knobs, etc. it is as nice as it gets. I assume it is 6VDC, since cars came that way back in the old days, so I will use a 6V battery charger and try to get it back in good working condition. Feel free to go public with this video. I will do the same with my video of the opening ceremony and will include it in my next YT production. I may also use the radio itself in a future video. Thanks again for your generosity and thoughtfulness. You really made our day !!
Uncle Doug. It was the very least I could do in exchange for all that I've learned from your videos. You've been such an inspiration to me (as I am sure you have been to countless others). Because of you, I've been able to repair all sorts of amps for friends and neighbors and I never charge anything. I just do it for the love of doing it which I also I believe I inherited from you. You can just hear in your videos how much you enjoy what you're talking about. Thank you for all that you've done. -David
@@AmpMechanic Wow....we really appreciate your kind words and generosity, David. If our enthusiasm for tube electronics can live on in the hearts and minds of our viewers, then our goal has definitely been achieved.
@@jamesrobinsonjr.9384 He's the reason I built my first amp, a 5F2A with negative feedback - from scratch. I figured if I got lost I could find my way back by watching some of his previous videos again.
We're all looking forward to Doug's upcoming videos exploring your wonderful gift. Thanks for supporting Uncle Doug and the work on your channel as well. Have a great day!
Hi Al. Thanks for you note and for subscribing! I am only a couple of years into working with amps and other electronics. I'm sure you'll love it and hope to maybe one day see videos from you!
Holy smokes! That is a pristine vaccum tube jungle! I'll bet UD will do somthing very cool with it. Meanwhile, it would look cool on his bench next to the coolwhip. Thanks for posting!
I'm love old tube raidios. I'm sure someone by now has said this. I believe the padder capacitor was like an Antenna tuner. You could peak out and match the antenna to the radio front end on old school 50's radio's. Those loctal tubes are fantastic. Those old Am radios were very sensitive and great for dxing at night on the AM band. The tubes rarely go bad. Thanks for sharing. Cool Radio.
I just need to make this comment....who in there right mind would "thumbs down" this video? I don't understand the criticism on these social platforms. I think this is great....I love Uncle Doug and I just subscribed to your channel too. God Bless and everyone stay safe!!
Agree on Uncle Doug. If you could see the notes I've taken from his videos!! #BostonStrong my friend. Hope you're healthy, safe, and well supplied during these nutty times.
@@PipeCat1965 Thanks for the compliment but very sorry to hear that news. Hope things turn in your favor soon and maybe you can use that time to fix some vintage gear.
Aw, the word is Superheterodyne(8-). The radio tunes in the frequency you want, then generates an internal frequency 455Khz above, then mixes the two frequencies. 455khz is called the I.F. ( intermediate frequency) within those tunable "cans" in the radio. That's because the internal oscillator and the station tuner are fastened to the same shaft. The "padders" and Trimmers" in the circuit make sure the tuner and the local oscillator track throughout the band...so that the "beat frequency" between the radio station and the local oscillator is always 455khz..all other stations in the area have a heck of a problem trying to interfere. Having typed all that...those old car radios used 262.5khz as an I.F. Part of that was due to static, hash, racket and noise inherent to cars. The rest was that tuned radio circuits involved capacitors and wire wound coils in the mess...and 262khz could use larger wire than 455khz...the bouncing and banging around of a radio in a car could stress windings on coils and sometimes break them. Larger gauge wire seemed to fair better.
Very thoughtful of you to do this. One of the many things I've learned from his channel is that nothing goes to waste. Everything gets a chance at a new life.
That's a great point. Uncle Doug sets a great example for keeping things out of landfills and I have followed that lead (although my wife is not all too thrilled with the things I've amassed as a result of this spirit). I have vowed no new acquisitions until I fix and thin the heard. But, with some of the things I've acquired, the fix isn't jumping out at me the way I can now spot problesms in a guitar amp. I have an uncooperative power supply for example and it's currently got me stymied.
Hey Mike. Yes... when I saw that.. I was like .. man .. that thing is MINT. I need to send it to Uncle Doug. I'm so glad he liked it. Thanks for writing!
Cool radio,and Doug is going to love it.Phillco,a division of Ford.Loctal tubes ,they have little nodes to lock them in place.Great stuff,New Sub.Doug sent me.👍📻📺🎸
What a thoughtful & generous thing to do! We all love Uncle Doug! I subscribed to your page, and will be enjoying your videos soon. I admire people that get a bug in them, for instance, "I wanna learn about electronics/amps/radios etc. AND I'm gonna do something about that!", and then follow through. THIS is where RU-vid really shines. Thanks man!
I was sent here by Uncle Doug and i like what i see so far. I subscribed and I'm looking forward to catching up with old videos and enjoy new ones to come. Greetings from Sweden.
Just a note, and as Uncle doug may know, first thing is to determine 6 or 12 AND positive or negative ground. As I recall Studdies where almost always 12 negative, but I could be wrong.
Thanks for coming over to watch my videos Matt and thanks for that tip. I passed it along to Doug in the event you haven't already left him a comment. Very helpful, I'm sure.
I've been looking at various Studebaker dashboards. These come close: 1952: i.ytimg.com/vi/kSLYt_dtJdc/maxresdefault.jpg 1948: barrettjacksoncdn.azureedge.net/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/201232/201232_Interior_Web.jpg Your radio looks like it fits a *much* older model!
