AWA 586MA Radio Repair PLUS Bonus Content. RetrObright - Emerson Update 

there's no need to apologise about the shortness of the video Dave - all your videos are both enjoyable and instructive!

Sir, you never cease to enchant with your repair and care skills. Always learn something new from these vids. Thanks.

Wow 1958, man that takes me back, when I was 7 years old, it was before my announcement that "I see trains!" You see, my dad was an old Swede, he grew up in a broken family his mom dying when he was 7 years old from a fall as she ascended the long staircase that lead from the street level to the maternity ward in the old Hospital back in 1918. He was sent to live with his paternal uncle who abused the hell out of him with a horse whip for the smallest infraction. Now dad didn't use a horse whip, but chose the much more readily available razor strop to knock the dust from my trousers when I made an infraction of the rules he put down for the farm. I have always had this thing, you see when I close my eyes, I can see, well square spots, I don't know if everyone has this illusion, or if it is just me, but I always associated them with passing passenger trains at night, things I used to see as we traveled home from the city at night. So one day, I did something wrong, I don't recall what it was, but dad dusted the hell out of my trousers, and as mom was trying to get me to quiet down, lest I receive another few lashes for good measure, I blurted out "I see trains!" I never knew the effect it had till a few years ago, when visiting mom at the nursing home where she now resides. I mentioned the trains, and she began to laugh a bit. She said that when I said that so many years ago, back when that radio was new I said that and it frightened dad, he thought he had beat me to hard and that I suffered some sort of brain damage! Well the beatings became fewer and stopped completely soon after that. I can recall only one after that and I deserved the hell out of that one, having broken one of my toy pistols over my sisters head, something I saw on a western movie at the theatre some days before the incident. Now dad still had the razor strop hanging in the entry way of our farm house, right next to the '03 bayonet he used to "stick" hogs when it was butcher time, but instead he decided to use a wooden lath, which he applied liberally to my neither region with great gusto and accuracy. As I said, it was my last ass beating, and after that the mere threat of the strop got me in line. Oh the things we saw and the things we did when we were children, todays kids would be calling Child Services and our folks would be spending time in Jail for such going's on, yet back then it was quite acceptable. Spare the rod and spoil the child was the way of life for us back then. Maybe a bit of that could help us out today to get our folks back in the straight and true path. After all, no bones were broken, no blood was drawn, an lessons remained with us some 50 years later, so it must have done some good. Perhaps that was what lead me to become a peace officer? Who knows, maybe it was the western movies....

Thanks for this video, it makes the day, morning coffee and David! And I appreciates it´s not drowning in ads.

Dave, no apologies, please sir-this is gold. Keep it up. The morphing between the old and new tone knob was unreal. That is some tight and thoughtful production! Can I just add, you're not actively monetising this I know, it is a hobby, but IF you ever decided to set up a Patreon, I would support you.

No one hates commercials more than me, but I don't begrudge youtubers some reward for their hard work. Nice job.

Finally an honest RU-vidr who does it out of kindness and not for money! sick and tired of the please patron me brigade and unsubbed from a fair few of them. David, you are a gent, thank you and please continue with your high quality content, you have taught me much. Be safe and all the best from the UK.

It’s about time RU-vid came to the realization that people don’t care for the adds and perhaps never buy from the advertisers. Personally I skip as quickly as I can when they show up. But I’m prepared to suffer through some as it does offer some funds to the video producers of which I’m grateful for their time and expenses. Knowledge is priceless and that’s what I’m here to gain. Thanks for the videos.

I'm not bothered by the commercials in your videos at all. RU-vid is busy with an ad offensive anyway. And if you can make a few bucks for all the trouble you have making these video's then that's perfectly fine with me. And don't worry that there's not enough technical difficulty in this video. That is not the only reason that your videos are so enjoyable to watch. The way you make them, the humor and your comments are equally important! 👍

A delight to see a new video from Dave! Like a visit from a good friend. Enjoyed as always, great workmanship, nice radio.

An ad or two are worth it for the content. Thanks, Dave!

Hi David, no sweat regarding the ads. Your videos are well worth a few ads. And I like your philosophy - not motivated by profit. Ah, the Four Tops’ version of Walk Away Renee is so nice! I know you can’t play much music due to copyright issues. Stay safe. Thank you for your great contribution to our hobby!

Great job as always. Don’t beat yourself up about the commercials most of us here would watch all of them to to be able to watch your videos.

Thanks David, it's always fun to watch your videos! Don't worry about the ads. If people really dislike them, they can always use a blocking addon if they want and then they will have none.

It's interesting where we're headed now with our viewing habits. I personally haven't watched any free to air television since my wife passed away nearly 12 years ago. I just found that the news and current affairs which once interested me in my professional role just added to the negativity that I didn't need any more after her passing. I believe free to air television advertising revenue is now an issue and that's why their content is in my opinion not what it use to be. Platforms like You Tube know this and it is obviously a cash cow for them. What ever input that you have in how many adds are shown I don't know, but personally I'm happy to watch your channel over F.T.A TV whatever the adds may be.Thank you David for your content and sharing your wisdom with us.

I am so sorry that some are disappointed because of the ads. You can click through them very quickly if you wish. It is not hard to do and it is a small price to pay for your excellent video content. If the ads help you with your expenses for your videos so be it. Your content has helped many times through a long night. I am retired and disabled. Due to am illness that has required over 50 surgeries over many years I spend a lot of nights awake. I get an education from some of the better video content that is on different channels. Yours is one of them. Keep up the excellent standard of work that you do. Just my 2 cents worth. Aloha from the Island of Maui

The Best Christmas presents are your videos! And they are free. Have a happy Christmas.

Another beautiful restoration, what a stunning radio, beautifully designed.

Why little love for this radio? Seems charming... For all the ad haters: RU-vid Premium is the best $10 I spend every month.

That's a beautiful radio; they really knew how to design them back then. As for the ads, I agree with the gentleman above: ad blocker plus. But if I did see the ads, I'd be happy to watch them just to get to the video.

Another excellent video and appropriate restoration of this nice sounding radio. It's so refreshing to hear your comments on not wanting viewers to pay for your hobby. Thanks for sharing & best wishes to you and yours.

Only just found your channel today, David. Great content. In my book, you're right up there with Uncle Doug and Mr Carlson.

I´m pretty sure I would watch every video no matter the ads.

Yes David I too never started you tube videos for making money. I did them because my grand daughter liked to see her Grandpa on You tube. As you can see on my channel I only have 581 subscribers and have made 804 videos over the last 4 years and my channel started in 2009 so as you can see it was never about the money I applaud you for doing the same. That is a beautiful looking radio I have never seen one like it before.

The number of advertisements also depends on the viewer's profile. I hadn't noticed. I had a good laugh at the rabbithole. We all have been there, Dave 😊 It was an interesting video, even when you think different of it. So as Crocodile Dundee would say to the porter "no worries mate" Cheers 🤝

I loved the look of that old silver radio, there was something "homey" about it, even though I have never seen a dial quite like that here in the USA the set overall was just, well nice to look at, very 60's if you will, and of course growing up in the 60's I guess that's why it appeals to much to me. Thanks for the video, I do love to see you take such care in restoring these old sets.

Thanks Dave, great as always

No need to apologize for anything David i learn something every time i watch one of your videos. This time i also leaned something about You Tube, before watching i assumed the number of ads shown during a video were regulated by You Tube, i didn't know the author could reduce their numbers. It's a nice gesture for your audience and i thank you for taking the time to fix the issue for our enjoyment. Now about this particular radio, granted you might have had less work than usual to put into it, but it doesn't change the fact i got to see the guts of a machine i will never come across in my life. This video ranks right up there with the other ones as one of my guilty pleasures as i sit and watch them with a nice cup of cappuccino :-)

A relaxing half hour, thanks

Very special as always 👏👏👏

For a single audio output tube this radio has great audio response Dave !! Keep the videos coming !!!

Thank you for your videos. I always learn something new.

Hooray it is Friday night and another David radio restore ...always worth watching ..thank you David!!

Quality video as per usual mate, nice and relaxing to watch, 👍👍

Another great video enjoyed by all. Put all the ads back in I say. Who ever complained, grow up and get over it. Ads are a part of life these days and if you get a bit of coin so we can all have more videos so be it. 👍

Good afternoon noon David Sir.Thanks for uploading another classic valve Radio.Good precisely work.Thanks again.

Yes great video David and like wise i always enjoy watching and look forward to the next ,Lovely sound these radios and also they have that marvel classic look ,Well done again.

Dear David, your videos are always interesting and there is always something new to learn from you. Besides, it is always heartwarming to see your attention to details.

Wow good looking & sounding radio! Always enjoy your videos & Merry Christmas to you & your Family Sir!

Great work! Thxs for sharing. Cheers

An interesting restoration (well more like a tidy-up) but still good entertainment at midnight. Thanks for the other updates as well. Always good value - always looked forward to. You must have an amazing range of polishing/cleaning materials. Keep up the good work and I wish you well for Christmas.

You are probably broadcasting more of the aussie radio channels world wide than they get to themselves !

A great way to end an evening. I always dig the peroxide treatment when I see it in resto videos. Another good'un.

Thanks David for another great vid. I always have these on in the background when I'm working on something particularly grievous. Systems engineering is a bit of a stress out job and for some reason these vids keep me placid :)

thank you so much for beautiful video with all my best wishes

Excellent video well done a very informative article thanks for your time Mr Tipton have a good Christmas and a happy new year 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😷

Thanks Dave for your entertaining video, I know it must be difficult to go inside and work on radios leaving your bright summer day you do bring a little brightness to a winter day in North America.

It's always great to watch you work at your hobby. It's very relaxing and your a great host. Have a very merry Christmas to you and your family. From the U.S. 👍p.s. Please pray for our country.

best video to watch for a friday night

Como siempre muy buen trabajo, felicitaciones.

Un Cordial Saludo Maestro David Tipton: Siempre en espera de sus excelentes videos. Un Fuerte Abrazo y Feliz año 2021 para Usted y Su Familia.

just the right amount of work for that radio, but it does sound really good, well done

Cracking videos every time Sir, i have learned a heck of a lot from you that i am now building my very own Transportation machine, and personally i haven't got a problem with the adds, keep well and wishing a Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄🎅🍺🍺🍺

I like how most Australian radios have a proper transformer. So many U.S. models feature a nice hot chassis - just right for shocking the unwary.

Congrats! It was an easy job for you, but I am learning alignment and the video was good for that. Good to know the follow up on the Emerson radio.

Another great Video Dave, stay safe

David Tipton your old AWA 586 MA radio Receiver is cool from 60s

Very nice restauration, very accureated method to adjust syntonize. Muito Obrigado pelo video !!!! Congratulations - Sao Paulo - Brazil

Gosh, I'm weeks behind watching your videos. With regard to the adds, I think RU-vid changed their policy a few months ago and now there are adds galore in everything. At the same time there are constant pop ups about purchasing RU-vid Premium, which I refuse to do. It's not your fault at all so don't feel bad about it. I just added an add blocker to my browser and the problem is solved. It's always good to see you showcase another fine AWA radio. 🎄✨

A great video and i now have my friday night fix. Keep up the good work and look forward to the next issue. Now back to my beer and a sony lcd tv with backlight issues !!

Very interesting about the replacement valve. I think I may need to go back and look again at several TDDs and EABC80s.

good looking 60s radio and a good resto

What a beauty!

The peroxide technique is new to me, so thanks!

Dave, your dedication is appreciated fully. Just finished restoring a BUSH ETR-82 and sure enough on comes your Friday (your time) video. Keep up the good work and cheers. Your dial tuner reminds me of the Bush which is geared to the tuning capacitor. Geoff in Vancouver.

Very handsome radio. I like 6x9" and 5x7" speakers. Much fuller sound to me. BTW, there's nothing boring about your videos. Probably the only boring things are my comments! 😁 Thanks David!

Thanks for making this video David! The 586MA is a very significant radio for me as it was the model that I was taught how to service valve radios on back in 1979 at the Marconi School Of Wireless. I found one on a council clean up about 20 years later, got it going again and it still works well. The top of the cabinet is in bad condition though as sometime with the previous owner/s someone left a hot iron on the top which melted through. Fortunately the only thing broken inside was the ferrite rod but the iron shaped hole it left needs the same sort of treatment you gave the Fleetwood 1061 cabinet. I have been looking for a replacement cabinet for it instead but no luck yet... Keep up the great work!! Mark.

I use the app Enhancer for RU-vid in my Firefox browser and never see the ads in the videos anymore! Shh. Our little secret. This was an interesting video. So many radios you may come across David might have similar problems so it's nice to see a professional restore done to one! Like your alignment procedure. On the American Emerson radio. All of them seem to have at least one poor working tube in them . The radio was played until it didn't and then the owner went out and got one of those fancy new transistorized radios. Luckily he didn't throw these out! Many people did! Steve

By dumb luck I just found this video a minute ago. Adds.. I use prime so no adds at tll. Mor comments as I watch ! Back now. I am surprised that the on/off knob is on the tone not the volume control. Cleaning the chassis, short of a total disassembly there isn't much more to do. Mr Carlson did a video where he rebuilt a tone generator and the chassis was a mess. He just drilled out the rivets for the sockets and removed any wires tying the "guts" to the chassis and lifted out the internals as a whole unit, this was pretty slick and when he put it back everything just fell into place. That is a bit much to do for this radio and just stopping the rust was a good call. You managed to improve the tuning quite a bit though it looked to be fairly close to start with. Even not needing a recap, you improved it a lot, good work! The pilot light on the other radio did look a bit odd in the last video. I have never seen a pilot light on any commercial frequency radio and as a later mod, makes sense. "New" old equipment, your VTVM, nice :D I bought a H.P. signal generator just last week. New to me but from the mid 70s to late 80s. it was one of those "was working when I put it into storage" LOL ya well as you can guess, it has a "few" issues LOL With Christmas and all, I won't have a chance to even open it up until after new years. it was nice to see your video. As always I would be happy to own anything you have worked on. If only those station markings would have anything relevant at all with stations here :P

Thanks for the download .

Good work for you I like so much

I really enjoyed watching this - it's always nice to see what you're working on, whether it's a motel for insects or a very nice clean radio like this one.

They all can't be a keepers David! ya got to take the bad with the good lol! As usual great job young.

I have to begin by saying David, that AWA radio is a very nice looking radio. In some ways it looks familiar. I’ve a feeling I might have seen that model before. If AWA produced that radio with a maroon plastic cabinet, then it is very likely I’ve seen two, on different occasions come up at BVWS auctions. Being Australian, bidding was, as I remember, fairly high for an early 1960s plastic cabinet radio. Normally 1960s plastic cabinet radios are generally inexpensive. The reason I seem to remember this model of radio is that I like foreign radio, and was outbid at one of the auctions. Foreign radios usually offer something different, often in the form of being a refreshing break from the usual British types ...I was a telly and audio repair man for almost forty years, so I saw a lot of British, as well as Hong Kong, and Japanese stuff LOL! Having misplaced the memory card for almost two weeks I’d used for filming the two Philco, model 48-420 ‘Hippo’ American radios, I found it, and resumed shooting material for my restoration series videos. Part 1 was uploaded to RU-vid earlier today. Part2 will be uploaded tomorrow. Cheers my friend, Phil.

I have been subbed for several years and have learned a bunch from your videos. I appreciate the time and effort that goes into these videos and would love to contribute to off set the costs. Let us know how to proceed with accomplishing this. Thanks for all you do for us and take care.

I thought it was a very interesting video, and lovely radio. Very cool looking. You didnt seem to really like it too much, I’m not sure why. It has a classic 60’s vibe and sounded great. I’d love to put that on my shelf!

I wish I could find a few radios in the same condition. All the ones I get have been modified/twiddled/butchered etc etc. Still a nice job David. Well done.

A great repair on AWA 586MA A All Australian Five they were a reliable Radio David I didn’t see many the workshop that Chassis was used in host of AWA,I glad that you don’t trust Valve or Tube tester I have said previously I don’t trust them also Full Marks again David.

Dave, 5 seconds of an ad is a small price to pay to see your great repair videos! You can disconnect the speaker, hook your vtvm probes to the output transformer & , if you keep your radio volume low, you will get a much more sensitive result. Keep the modulation & rf levels low too. I saw this on a Mr. Carlson video.

David yine çok güzel bir iş

No need to apologise, your videos are always interesting. The AWA is a very stylish radio. Nice big speaker too.

Thought for sure you were going to strip the chassis, sand it down, and nickel plate it a minute after you said it wouldn't be worth the trouble ... very cool looking set, always look forward to your videos and good humor.

If the content is great then it doesn’t mind the pubs. And your content is great so no big deal.

A great end to my week. Thanks Dave. I would be happy to throw a dollar or 2 your way once a month on Patreon if you had it. And if half your subscribers did the same then it would add up to a decent amount. Always love your videos Dave. They are entertaining, educational and never dull. Sometimes they are even humorous 😁 Nice tidy up of a pretty nice looking radio

Great channel

Damn that AWA Radio has a really good tone to it.. APU I dropped a like.. BTW.. I don t mind adverts as long as they are a maximum of 20 seconds " if there are two adverts per intrusion I can Tolerate 30 seconds max" BUT as long as there are no more than three add intrusions per hour, My policy is to unsubscribe from channels if there is a lot of long intrusive interruptions, and don't get me started when the intrusion spoils the moment, because I unsubscribed from Foxtel & stopped watching Free TV because of that, now all I watch is RU-vid and Netflix. I mean who wants to waste away over an hour and a half just to watch a 20 minute Video, And what's more via Foxtel pay for what essentially is advertising, that's right... Foxtel's Subscribers are actually PAYING for the production of advertising!!!..

Excellent video, thank you for uploading! Bit late from my side, but on the AWA, it often helps a lot to recalibrate the ferrite bar by carefully heating wax with hairdryer and repositioning coils for best reception after recap. Re rust spots: do you have a small dremel tool and wire brush attachment to buff out these blemishes? With the duff valves and the tester: Most testers run the small signal diodes and some triodes with a minimum current which is too high (it has to deflect the instrument somehow). As soon as the valves have some hours on them the emission decreases somewhat, but because in the circuits they are in there is no current flowing, this issue is irrelevant and often stated so in the instruction manuals of the testers. Old valves (even NIB) can go "sleepy", to wake them up they can be heated at 150% filament voltage for 5 mins, then heat at 100% for 30 mins, repeat 5 mins at 150%. (no anode voltage) and only then apply highest permissible anode voltage for a few mins. Helps in a lot of cases. Cheers from Germany

Hello David. Regarding the knobs... I'm not sure how many different kinds of plastic this procedure works on, but submerging the plastic in peroxide and bathing it in uv light provided from a strip of uv diode lights will lighten fading and yellowing. I can send a video link if you'd like. As always. Well done!

Jolly good show,

Nice warm bass.

Dont worry about the ads if you can make a few bob its ok with me ,i always enjoy your videos. from sunny cornwall

David, Good to see another video from you! This is a nice set. From the beginning of the video, I felt sure that it was in good shape and probably had been worked on...which it had. I'm glad that it didn't need any more work than it did...shows that it had been taken care of by the previous owner(s). The layout of this one is a bit strange though. They certainly didn't take the repairman in mind when they put the tuning capacitor so close to the power transformer, but with your usual expertise, you got it sorted out. Do you already have something else in line for the next video?

Always entertaining. No need to apologize. (Adblocker Ultimate is the answer. oops did I say that out loud)

No need to apologise. Another enjoyable video.

It is a nice looking radio.

That is one very attractively designed radio; definitely a late '50s, early '60s design, just think about how many breakfasts, lunches, and dinners took place within earshot of this fine radio. I imagine that by now, Australia and New Zealand has received the news that the US-FDA approved the "Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine" as being "generally safe, well tolerated, and almost 95% effective". Hopefully, the world will notice, that we can make our lives "better by leaps and bounds", if we only would work together. We need to get on with our living, and not become consumed by watching far too many die, from a disease likely caused by a country whose given us nothing but wholesale unsolicited grief. As far as the adverts go, like wayne parris, below, watching a ten minute video would often take more than double the time listed as the video's length. The truth is, that my heart will most likely give out by Easter. I derive pleasure and relaxation from these videos, and I literally don't have the time to watch videos which are often from questionable advertisers; some going so far as to tell bullshit stories of "how the product came to market, only because an honest design engineer combined his talents with an honest "necktie" administrator. These advertisers mock our intelligence, and I'm certain that many would try to sell horse sh*t to an Amishman on Sunday. Cheers, David, for a fine job!

What? Only 34 minutes? I want my money back! Just kidding great video as always. Thanks for posting!

A very nice and elegant radio indeed. The end of the week, and a new Radio Adventure: always highly appreciated! How many signal generators do you have? I think I've seen three or four different ones. Anyway, thanks for sharing again, and a (advance) Merry Christmas!

now thats a decent size speaker

Tidy looking radio, nice restoration someone did to it. Shame the dial is a bit discoloured, just spoils it a little, otherwise it looks quite clean. Nice sound as well now that you have just gave it that tiny tweak. I am surprised you didn't repack the disconnected capacitor, just because it was not right! Nice one, and it was not boring, it makes a change to have a short video every now and again. Stay safe out there.