I recently found my grandfather's in his basement workshop cleaning it up the first time since he passed many years ago. He used to work at general electric back then so he's got a couple different ones and I was curious if I could get them running. Thanks for the video! :)
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. That’s real neat that you have your grandfather’s radio. I’m sure you will get a lot of enjoyment out of playing it and remembering him. 👍
I have a 7-2500B and I take good care of it. These radios were well made and fairly robust. Great for use during a power outage in a Hurricane. These radios were built so much better than most of the stuff at Wal-Mart today. Even thought it does say made in Hong Kong on the back, I think the standards were still much better back then.
You’re so right, even a cheap radio was well made and was a decent performer. Some of the radios made today are just horrible. Any radio made by QFX comes to mind. Thanks for stopping by. ❤️📻
Nice Review! I did about five takes when I came to that "thong" part. Kept cracking up, too funny. You got a deal on that radio. Great job! Thanks for the shout out ;) Us "thong" brothers have to stick together.
Had one 35 years ago. Listened to it every day until the NiCD battery died in the early afternoon. After 1-2 summers, the audio IC burned out. Those audio IC's have a finite life, like most audio amplifiers. The innards are exactly as they were during the daily battery change.
Definitely a great deal. G.E. Radios were really reliable, made for hard daily use. The fact that there are a lot of G.E. radios around is testimony to that. I have 7 G.E. Radios. I just picked up a 7-2582G for $5.oo. ( I did have to clean it up some). Great review. 📻🙂
Yep the GE pocket radio from the 70’s and 80’s are built like tanks. Good deal getting a radio for $5! eBay has sure gone crazy with prices on older radio like yours.
TheRadiogeek eBay is nuts❗️ Prices are all over the place❗️ Radio Attic prices can be high, but at least you know what you are getting. I’ve had good fortune onFaceBook Market Place. May have to drive a bit. But I can look it over and try it first. ( I purchased 3 radios from someone in St.Augustine. They do “Trash-outs” on houses/properties for Real Estate companies - good money, and plenty of “ finds” for garage/yard sales. Now, they saw the video of the first radio on Tom’s Radio Room Show, and they just tell me when they find radios. - that $5.oo G.E., Was only one radio they gave me for the money. Sadly, the others do not work fully.) 📻🙂
Wow, this one is in very nice condition, congrats on the great find. Nice to see the innards and description of the IC. They only mention one AM IC stage...it performed well on AM considering, if this is true. Plenty of stations on FM!
Chuck Ermatinger yes I was luck to find one in such good shape. It's a very nice little pocket radio that is a good performer. I would say that hamfest are good places to find transistor radios. Thanks for stopping by.
Do you have the link for the data sheet for the IC chip? I have the same radio, I’ve had it for more than 40 years. Still works, although I have to use a super heavy duty battery, an alkaline battery will not work with this radio, well, my radio.
I have a Model 7-2500A and I think that it is too loud. As soon as it turns on it seems to be at full volume! Running the wheel up doesn’t really change it much. Can it be adjusted to more quiet?
The ground connection on the volume potentiometer is likely not making contact, either externally or possibly inside the potentiomater itself. The ground will be at one of the end terminals (not the center one). If the broken connection is external, easy fix (maybe resolder the terminal lug) but if internal, needs a new volume potentiometer.
@@loupgarou1261 Spray a can of deoxit in the volume wheel first. These are very prone to dust and lint. Mine you have to whack the FM/AM selector to get the stations to work.
Thong? I like this radio! This radio came out in 1979 and sold for $12USD, I have a GE 7-2840A (which can be seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4cxraWiUtDQ.html) that came out in 1980 and sold for $20USD, mine has weather and it has the same radio chip...I'd have to look at mine on the inside, but I think maybe close to the same design? Mine is not working and I just haven't had time to work on it. For 2 dollars, ida bought it also, great price, great radio and great video. ~Jack, VEG
Vintage Electronics Geek with a date code of 1980 on the IC, I would say that time frame would be about right. I took a look at your video and would love to that radio play again. I know we all need more time to fix radios. I hope you can get it going again, I'm sure you can. Thanks for the radio info and for watching Jack.
Kevin Cotham I found the following: The second digit in the date code is the last numeral in the year. That sort of date code started in the 1970s sometime, so thus far, your radio date code 4806 means either 1976, 1986, or 1996 doubtfully. The 7-xxxxJA with a 7- prefix, means early 1970s at earliest. Some clues from the radio itself: does it have digital tuning? it is 1986 or later, not 1976. And, since the 7-4100JA model is offered here on eBay as a 1988 model, it is probably from the 1980s and is thus (from the date code you cited) a 1986-made model:
