REPAIRING A RADIOLA IIIA RADIO

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This is an old 1925 RCA Radiola IIIa radio that came from a junk store. It was of course not in anywhere near operating condition so it needed not only wiring but a set of WD-11 tubes, which typically cost $50-$100 each on ebay! (the radio itself was bought for $75 at the junk store) We go over the wiring and fix all the problems to get the radio to not only look great but to work as well!

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@Peter_S_ 4 года назад

Restoring a radio with tubes you've made yourself is about as gangsta as it gets.

@danmiller6890 4 года назад

I tell my friends that this gentleman is "The Radio Whisperer". I wish I could tap into this genius mind. I say this with absolute sincerity. Great video as usual. Much respect.

@electronkaleidoscope5860 4 года назад

I still cant get over how cool it is that you just, like, *make* vacuum tubes. freaking inspiring dude, great work as always!

@ct92404 4 года назад

It really is amazing. I never heard of anyone else making their own homemade vacuum tubes! I've dabbled in antique electronics off and on for years, but I wish I had even half the knowledge he has!

@mrbyamile6973 4 года назад

No quality control inspection from the feline. I'm sadly disappointed that I didn't get to see your curious cat :) Nice job, and to utilize your home made tubes is just awesome. Not many people can say they not only restore antique radio gear but to also manufacture tubes is just great.

@8308776 4 года назад

I am so glad you are back doing these videos. I learn so much watching you.... Thank you.

@addisme7561 4 года назад

When do we get to see your radio collection Ron, and maybe a shop tour ??

@proluxelectronics7419 4 года назад

Always refreshing to see a repair that doesn't involve a microscope. Big Thumbs Up..

@agustinbarcelo9653 4 года назад

Congratulations. Very good job.

@DK-vx1zc 4 года назад

another resurrected beauty! thanks for sharing, and thanks so much for keeping these classics going

@TheGalaxyhopper 4 года назад

Thank you for a peek back in time, wow!

@lb6cgthode671 4 года назад

Plees show us your collection.

@catcook3324 4 года назад

Another great video. Missed the supervisor, though.

@triodehexode 4 года назад

So did I , 😿 , he might be on the PC giving email supervisor advice to Peanut and Shadow up in Canada

@johndengler4595 4 года назад

After watching this video, I think you'd make a great detective. It's amazing how quickly you find what's wrong.

@anandarochisha 4 года назад

Thank You. I always learn a ton a minute.I swear to God that You are a National Treasure.There should be people there recording what You are doing that it may be preserved.

@Braindomme 4 года назад

I just discovered this channel today after falling down a rabbit hole of vintage radio repair videos. Subscribed! 💜

@ashleyschooneman2998 4 года назад

Love your comment,from ash

@richardbrown8409 4 года назад

Beautiful! I think your videos are the best of its kind on RU-vid! I wish I had your skills.

@nitemover1 4 года назад

Another fantastic restoration by the master. I wish you and superviser kitty a very merry christmas and a great new year.

@CanizaM 4 года назад

That part when you just casually mention that you made those tubes was amazing. Great work!

@radionutio81ij79 4 года назад

Nice repair and restore on this old radio always a joy to watch you work the magic regards from the uk.✌peace

@chadcastagana9181 4 года назад

Peace on Earth

@DK640OBrianYT 4 года назад

Always a delight to watch. We're now entering a decade where radios are getting to be true antiques. Stunning. There's only 63 years until the Compact Disc is an antique.......Really odd :D Take care over there. Merry Christmas from Denmark, Scandinavia :)

@RayOvacRadio 10 дней назад

I luv your videos you are a very intelligent engineer, thank you for your time to pass on the knowledge. 👍

@josephtaverna1287 4 года назад

Great video Ron keep up the good work

@OverUnity7734 4 года назад

Nice lookin' radio, good job.

@codin7516 4 года назад

Absolutely beautiful ! Greetings from Athens Greece !

@stevesmith3556 4 месяца назад

Big help on this one. I bought one of these a couple of months ago. Going to check the coil wires and tube sockets. I'm sure that will get it. Grat video and knowledge. Thank you!

@rich-f-in-tx6388 4 года назад

Hey Ron. 👋 Love watching your videos. ✌🇺🇸

@nikoladivic2786 4 года назад

Thank you.All the best from Croatia !!!!!!

@bobcat56as 4 года назад

nice work

@joohop 4 года назад

Ron Your A STAR Great Work Earthling

@earleclemans4836 4 года назад

Really liking the paint

@jdmccorful 4 года назад

Fascinating repair on antique radio! Thanks.

@aimanalsegaey8820 4 года назад

Can you make a video about your bench power supply that you are using. Great informative videos. Thanks.

@tommyn.j3628 4 года назад

Great job glasllinger nice radio . Best regards from 🇩🇰 🇩🇰🙂

@alexandretsilefski2308 4 года назад

Hello, it is always a pleasure to see you working and giving life again to all these beautiful radios! Congratulations!

@telluridecolorado8918 4 года назад

Always look forward to watching your videos, thanks for posting.

@hightechstuff2 4 года назад

Excellent work as usual! I'll have to add one of these radios to my list of things to rebuild one day.

@jp-um2fr 4 года назад

Merry Christmas Ron. Thank you for the videos this year, enjoyed every one of them. Takce care - Regards.

@geoffquickfall 4 года назад

Thanks for another wonderful video. Working on my refrigerator Westinghouse radio thanks to YOU! Best wishes!

@priestblood 4 года назад

I always look forward to your videos and you never let me down,what a great radio thank you Ron

@chipbush0111 4 года назад

Another excellently educational video, Ron! Thank you!!

@michaeloleary1867 3 года назад

Love it! I just got a Radiola III-A. This is a big help. I have an ARBE iii power supply and a 20's speaker for it when it's done.

@chadcastagana9181 4 года назад

21:20 The use of a variometer to control the regeneration(reaction) is archaic even by the mid 1920's. Rotating the "Tickler" coil inside the main coil to control the feedback, will have a sharp detuning effect on the radio receiver

@prooftest9484 4 года назад

MY FAVORITE CHANNEL WATCHING THEE DAYS THAT KNOB FANTASTIC

@nickblackburn1903 4 года назад

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for your lovely videos and you have taught me a lot. All the best. Nick, Isle of man, UK

@andrewc8903 4 года назад

“Technology is changing very rapidly” says the voice out of the 100 year old radio lol

@conundrum112 4 года назад

Hi Ron, expert work as usual.

@kd5ozy 4 года назад

I just finished a Radiola 18. Fine job sir

@hestheMaster 4 года назад

To familiarize viewers with this radio I suggest going to Nostalgiaair website. Look at resources for R.C.A. Victor Co. and click Radiola III-A. Amazed he has any working WD-11 tubes or he actually made them! Dig that variometer type oscillator design!!! Just fantastic stuff Ron!📻👍🏻👍🏻

@markbuxton2368 4 года назад

the master at work, thank you Ron

@papaloongie 4 года назад

Thank you so much Great content but even better lighting and sound than ever!!

@mixolydian2010 4 года назад

That's something I,'ve not heard on another repair video,here's one of my tubes. All the best for Christmas Ron.Take care.

@carlyonbay45 4 года назад

great video Ron ...and pretty nail polish x

@lawrence_ferreira 4 года назад

I would like to have just 1% of your knowledge!!! Great work!!! Congrats from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@priestblood 4 года назад

Thank you Ron ,what a great week it's been to watch two of your fantastic new video in 7 days, I wish you a happy holiday and new year ,And I am looking forward to watching more of your videos .I must of watched all you video at least a dozen times each and I will watch them in a glasslinger marathon on Christmas Day .Best wishes to You and your family and of course your kitty cat

@loricastro3772 4 года назад

Amazing video! Thanks a lot for sharing with us.

@batman387 4 года назад

Always love your start to finish videos. Thanks for sharing. Hi to supervisor kitty :-)

@MRCNC1967 3 года назад

You know things are serious when the Weller comes out.

@smstiao-tecnologia 4 года назад

Bom trabalho! E que paciência sua em descobrir os problemas deste RADIOLA IIIA .

@sonofeloah 4 года назад

Awesome! You are the only radiohead I know of that makes his own tubes. BTW, the russians make new tubes for all types of radios, no matter how old. And their quality is great! And good pricing as well. That is something to think about when you finally get tired of making your own tubes.

@GeorgeWMays 4 года назад

Great fun. Thanks very much for the video. It's appreciated.

@dstoll7958 4 года назад

Very cool, really enjoy your video/s thank you for sharing your "know how" !

@jim8230 4 года назад

Excellent video as usual.

@repairitdontreplaceit 4 года назад

another great vid ron . keep up the awesome work

@stevemar7952 4 года назад

Excellent work! Nice old radio. It's amazing that you can make your own tubes. Who else can do that??!! Thanks.

@bobbyvarnell9350 4 года назад

“This is my homemade tube, I like the way it looks better than the original” Not very many people can say that, and it be true.

@schraubnix1583 4 года назад

fine job , and a nice radio , thumb up greets Uli

@fuzzwack1 4 года назад

Very Nice! I have a rare table top Arline 6 battery radio,Im scared to do anything to it,Cant find any Information on it,..But I would love to get it to work!

@josephconsoli4128 4 года назад

Another enjoyable and interesting vid! I have the Radiola III with the balanced amp making it essentially a Radiola IIIA. A very good sensitive radio. If you find a Barkelew switch for it, it makes for much easier antenna selections and looks very good with the set.

@arashghasemi 3 года назад

Can't explain how great you are

@eduardoalfaro575 4 года назад

Muy buen trabajo mi amigo, felicitaciones

@oldmaine4314 4 года назад

Ron, I couldn’t help but notice your great desk top custom made power supply - I’ve also seen it make guest appearances in some of your previous videos. : - ) I’ll order the voltage / amp indicators and add them to my AES based power supply. Looking forward to it as one of my winter projects.

@robtitheridge9708 4 года назад

another great video Ron .

@Draugluin999 4 года назад

Back from the grave nice work!

@ct92404 4 года назад

ooh...I know what I need next for my radio collection!

@777queens 4 года назад

Nice job good looking radio

@JohnSurf5 4 года назад

I really enjoy your videos. And I am sure I’m not the first person to ask this but it’s a beautiful restoration and it went into your collection we’re all very curious to see this collection. Would you ever consider doing a video where you let us have a glimpse of what you’ve restored? And also what you’ve just collected. I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas season!

@glasslinger 4 года назад

Coming up! It is a BIG collection so it is taking quite a bit of video work!

@inductorbackemf7204 4 года назад

@@glasslinger Great to hear looking forward to it Ron! Alex.

@JohnSurf5 4 года назад

@glasslinger Thank you so much. I’m excited to see the upcoming video! It will be exciting to see a long time collectors collection, I have collected them since the mid 90s. And I can remember the gems are used to find in junk shops and antique shops. Of course the Internet makes that a little easier but the prices tend to be a lot higher! And in 90’s they were often still fresh out of the attic after being put up for years

@chb46 4 года назад

Great job ! 👍😃

@pickles-to9fq 4 года назад

Fascinating, wish I had your knowledge and desire, any chance you would share your life history of how you became so knowledgeable in this area? Thanks

@dennisqwertyuiop 4 года назад

great work

@monteceitomoocher 4 года назад

Nice job ron, you do find em, i think you should do a separate tutorial on that power supply though, just asking!.

@simonstergaard 4 года назад

Could you please make a video about photomultiplier tubes and how they work....

@hpelisr 4 года назад

Yes I would not mess with that box. that is a piece of history. I have never seen a radio like that, reminds me of the radar system's that rotate.

@glenwoofit 4 года назад

You really had to drive those old sets.

@gsetful 4 года назад

Magician at work!...

@joohop 4 года назад

When You Was Tuning That Little Set In I Hoped You Was Gonna Find " John Denver You Fill Up My Senses "

@roylarsen7417 4 года назад

wow this is amazing !!!

@eletronicatotal9835 4 года назад

Parabéns pelo vídeo. Um abraço aqui do BRAZIL 🇧🇷

@eugenetheodore2956 4 года назад

Ron, can I use any back, with an antenna attached, for a radio that I have that is missing it's original back, that had an antenna attached?

@davidknight3643 4 года назад

Hello glasslinger love your videos, also your power supply have you done a build video of it? Only recently subscribed many

@zezefaria8908 4 года назад

Hellow glasslinger Boa tarde!! olha meu amigo adorei você ter arrumado esse radio, ficou novo e funcionando muito bem, eu gostei abraços do Rick Mallow

@Tesla_Radio 4 месяца назад

Nádhera.👍

@astralchemistry8732 4 года назад

Hi glasslinger, I would need some advice on cathode ray tubes / the possibility of getting a small one from you. Unfortunately, RU-vid has removed the private messaging feature. Is there a way I could contact you privately? Regards, AstralChemistry

@LA6UOA 4 года назад

Thanks, Ron! Great video!! Now that you have better quality videocamera, please could you re-do some of the old tube videos? Make them all over again? 73 de LA6UOA!!

@keithrosenberg5486 4 года назад

My father must mentioned that he built a 'peanut tube" (AM) radio during WWII. I found a schematic, parts list and assembly directions for one (probably one of many) in a 1935 radio magazine. Have you ever seen one? I am wondering if the parts are even available. The resistors wold be and capacitors/condensers. The tube, probably not.

@Me11oIngenuity 4 года назад

Excellent work! Great nail color too.

@wasnhas 4 года назад

I know they exist, but can you try making transistorized WD-11 that function the same but look original? I don't collect early RCA radios just for the reason of having such a rare tube.

@niktesla3939 4 года назад

I'm beginning to see connections between laser maser magnetron crt and night vision

@jameskolby 4 года назад

Beautiful radio and great work! I'm curious, what is the name for that type of vise, that you used to hold the chassis at one point?

@hestheMaster 4 года назад

That is a Panavise 396. Model # 591-396 and available from Mouser Electronics for $74.99! Look on Ebay to get an older version ,much cheaper!

@jameskolby 4 года назад

@@hestheMaster Thanks! I would never have found that thing looking on my own.

@glasslinger 4 года назад

It is a "panavise" you can buy on Amazon. They make about a dozen different models.

@jameskolby 4 года назад

@@glasslinger Thanks!

@bzuidgeest 4 года назад

Question: I believe you said your reproduction tubes draw much more current than the original. Would that not make a risk of burning something out? Although I also heard you say the filament circuit was basically just a bus bar.