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Finale - 1940 Zenith "Long Distance" Portable - Vacuum Tube Radio 6D510 Part 2 [4K]

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Project Finale - Portable Zenith from 1940. Let's go through it and see if we can get it to play and sound good again.
ERRATA:
* Jim Burns' RU-vid channel is given incorrectly. It should be ‪@jimburns348‬ (apologies Jim)
See the checklist which appears, when status changes, for tracking what is discovered that needs addressing in Red, followed by Green when resolved.
NOTE: This is not instruction, it is for entertainment for people like me who enjoy watching projects and the experiences gained. If you attempt to do any of the things in this video you are at your own risk. I am using special tech-bench safety equipment not detailed here so don't take for granted you can just plug these old items in safely without them being checked and repaired correctly. Check out the link below to Mr Carlson's Lab video below.
VISIT: (tell them I said hey)
@jimburns348 (note I had it wrong in the video)
@Buzz1151
@RestoreOldRadios
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND REFERENCES:
[note: am in no way representing how these folks have shown doing these things - I don't even think they would approve.]
Suppliers:
dialcover.com
everythingradio.com
renovatedradios.com
Awesome discussion of bench safety including variacs and isolation transformers by ‪@MrCarlsonsLab‬ Mr Carlson's Lab (highly recommended):
• Tech Tips Tuesday, Iso...
Thanks to shango066 for championing the approach of "fix it first", before mass re-capping. See shango066 for many examples of that approach.
‪@shango066‬
Modification method for a commercial Tripp Lite isolation transformer for tech-bench use by Todd Harrison, his channel is called ‪@ToddFun‬
• ToddFun.com: Isolation...
Schematic: Nostalgia Air
Camera: Canon G7X Mark III
Mic: Rode Micro
Video Editing Software: Power Director
People interested in the following topics may be interested in this subject matter: 1940s radios tube radio repair, tube radio restoration, vacuum tube radio recapping, Zenith Radio, Zenith tube radio, radio recapping, valve radio

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4 сен 2024

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Комментарии : 23

@user-eg3yv3xr7s Год назад

When I was a kid, my dad and my brother were ham radio operators. There was many a time we stayed up all night listening to stations from all over the world !! That was soo much fun !!!!

@jeffreyhickman3871 Год назад

Good 😊 thing ya caught the problem now. A rubbing dial string WILL eventually break, and may cause ya worse of a headache 🤕 than to take care of it now. Your friend, Jeff.

@RestoreOldRadios Год назад

I love Zenith radios too and appreciate the mention. Another well done repair in a methodical and meticulous manner. Best, Don

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

Hi Don and thanks for stopping by, and for all the information you share. I enjoy seeing your work.

@hestheMaster Год назад

Nice logical set of repairs The new and clear dial face and the replacement back are fabulous. You remind me of my early teenage years listening at night to the AM band and getting East coast AM radio stations in Chicago from places like Boston (WBZ 1030 AM) and also heard Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and also Chattanooga ,TN. Not with a tube radio but listening on a 1973 Plymouth Satellite AM radio. And started the DX radio listening bug in me.

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

Hi Steve. Thanks, they do look nice. We used to use my Dad's S-38B back in the 60s and tried to listen in to SW, but we never had a good enough antenna set up. I was impressed at the reception with just that box wavemagnet in my shop. Hottest radio I think I have. Looking forward to cooler weather and putting up a wire in the backyard and listening in while doing one of my all-night smoker cooks. Thanks for the note.

@terryblackman6217 Год назад

You have a nice little set there that should last many years. Thank you for showing the alignment process.

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

Thanks. You are welcome on the alignment, let me know if there is a question about it you have. FM alignments are a bit more complicated and I am overdue to do another so I will be sure to show it as well when I get to it. Thanks again.

@jimburns348 Год назад

On that dial string, you have the patience of a saint. Thanks for the shout out. Great job on the alignment. On removing those pointers with a shaft band , I usually spread the band with a screwdriver to alleviate the pressure from the band and they will generally give loose. Great looks for this model. That dial cover really makes it POP!😊. Picking up stations more than 200 miles away makes it truly a “Long Distance” radio.

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

Thanks for the tip. Will need to try that. When I got Nashville I thought, "now that's a long way..." Thanks again.

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

So sorry I got your RU-vid handle number wrong in the video! I put in an Errata in the description to correct it. I jumbled the numbers - typical for me.

@user-eg3yv3xr7s Год назад

With all the work you've done this old radio, it looks like it would be in some ones house during the 1940's and 1950's.

@jimnewman5596 Год назад

I know the dial string was a major headache, but now it's right. That's a very cool little radio you have and it's a keeper for sure.

@rsmrsm2000 9 месяцев назад

Amazing

@PracticallyFixed 9 месяцев назад

Thanks

@knifeswitch5973 8 месяцев назад

Hey man, great video! Addicted viewer of Shango, Buzz, Tipton, Radio Shop and now you. Lately the post-war 7H series Zeniths have been my favorite patients and I have several. Can’t thank you enough for touching on the wave-trap trimmer. Nice job on this one sir! Mike

@PracticallyFixed 8 месяцев назад

Hi Mike, yes I recognize your handle from comments on those same favorite channels of mine. Thanks for your comment and I have some Zeniths akin to the ones you mention for future videos so hope you can drop by for those as well. Thanks again!

@knifeswitch5973 8 месяцев назад

@@PracticallyFixed your stuck with me now.

@DERB_Seymour_Indiana Год назад

Hey PF, nice job on the string, too bad your shortcut didn't work out. Wave trap, yeah that RCA 66X1 was the first radio I've worked on which had one of those. I like coupling the signal in with a loop as you've shown. Seems to me this is more in line with how the radio is meant to work. Turned out very nice, good job. :)

@PracticallyFixed Год назад

Thanks Doug. Yeah I showed everyone my mistake as usual, but I am glad I did the stringing correction. I am sure it was wrong. Next time I would just untie the string and redo it as I ended up doing it. It was only difficult because I didn't remove the pointer as I was concerned it would break. That wave trap worked pretty good as designed eh? Thanks again.

@DERB_Seymour_Indiana Год назад

@@PracticallyFixed Yeah buddy, it worked just fine. :)