Glad you are back. Been missing your vids in this time of semi-isolation. Looks like you've got some interesting projects awaiting your attention. Look forward to them.
Hello radiotvphononut, Glad your doing well and making videos. It's all good, the radio series is of interest. Would you explain safety caps and where and when to use them, I trust your knowledge and experience, please and thank you. Best, C.
Hey, radiotvphononut, I have a nice little solid-state Admiral table radio from the late 1960s, it is in perfect shape but doesn't work. I have not even opened it up or spent any time checking why it doesn't work. It is not my type of thing, if you would like it I will give it to you and I will pay to ship it to you. My email is on my RU-vid profile.
@@delorean00 Thank you for your generosity, it's little things like this that keep my faith that humanity has a hope. That & seeing in this vid that some folk at least take on board what B says about packing things to survive the postal system :)
radiotvphononut I wondered if you could give me info on my Hallicrafters S120. I love vintage radios and I have 40 myself. Uaben98@gmail.com is my email hope to hear from you
Would ceramic tube sockets work better for the heat problem I hope so I bought a couple ,they either come gold plated or silver ,got then from Aliexspress for about 2.00 bucks a pair .haven't used then yet they for my stock of parts.I like your pin tighten fix ,thanks for teaching
18:55 the loop antenna setup is interesting... looks like a long strip of cardboard rolled into that oval shape and the loop wire itself is wrapped around the outside of the oval.... or, is the loop wire attached to the whole strip and coiled up inside as the strip is coiled?... I can't quite make out that antenna-structure clearly.
I wonder if there is a second dial light for the lower half (blown) as the top light (working) is being shadowed by the variable capacitor, the static [pops/cracks] picked up on the AM band is an indication of thunderstorms quite far from the radio/in the area - turn on the TV to see the current weather forecast/tune a weather radio for alerts/the states civil-defence sirens start walling the alert = one of the approaching thunderstorms is severely convective/has a mesocyclone, and spawned a tornado 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧
@radiotvphononut Citric acid and water for crappy tube contacts, edible and it eats corrosion like hell! You can usually get these as crystals or powder from the grocery store even now just ask we who bake cakes use them for tangy flavor cake! Make a solution that tastes like really awful lemon juice (it's food grade you can tell if it's gonna work by how SOUR it is but it ain't gonna hurt you) it and water really it works and it is also absolutely edible if you get it from the grocery store!
By the way, should mention more often we appreciate you & Shango and Bob Andersen, Dave@12voltvids and all the others keeping us sane during this strange time we're in. That last set with no brand on it looks rather pre-war to my eye EDIT you said as much, must pay better attention in class!, be interested to see it ID'd and repaired/restored at least as much as the others.
And speaking of Sonora, I got my Sonora Melodie tabletop phonograph and it works after I did polished and everything looks neat. This brand Sonora was manufactured under another company after Sonora went bankrupt in 1930. It was originally the Sonora Phonograph Corp. in NYC from 1913 until 1929 and made windup phonographs where they were competing with Columbia and Victor phonographs.
Nice that you got a Sonora and Majestic- 2 record companies that also made radios and TV's. I have records from them, but never saw their radios. I was always curious about them. Thanks for the videos. PS I've been watching the storms on the weather channel, and always think of you when they talk about MS.
This is a pretty cool old set, with the 4 speed conversion record player and all. If you want to give away or sell this set some time in the future I would love to take it off your hands. I hope you're doing well during this "pandemic" we're all dealing with.
I’ve never seen a modified 4-speed record player in a 1940’s unit before. They did a good job of removing the motor from the 78 player and replaced it with an 3 or 4-speed turntable conversion. Imagine if I see a rare Bing Crosby Junior Juke, it will convert to an all-speed record player to play 33, 45, and 78 instead of 78 only. I have a Howdy Doody kiddie record player and it was busted, so it needs to convert into an all-speed record player as well.
Hope you are well. You had some nasty weather rolling thru Mississippi That just complicates things with the Corona Virus. At least you have enough work to keep you busy. My work has dwindled down significantly. Can you use another electronic tech for a few days to help you repair things in your shop? I work cheaper than the Mexicans
Thank you for posting these I love watching old Tech Restorations especially the talking with machines I came into the program and 75 after everything was sold state again thanks
12:50 Why not replace these low ohmage carbon resistors with wire wound ones? Being made of metal these wire wound resistors would be better for surge protection?
Because they were unreliable. In the late '40's, they introduced plastic-cased paper capacitors that were supposed to be the "be all, end all"; but, these ended up being worse than the old wax covered capacitors. I think the problem is that they absorbed moisture through where the leads exit the capacitor. Things didn't improve until the mid '60's, when they started using Mylar as a dielectric.
That turned out nice, and I can't wait to see the videos on the radios you just picked up. Speaking of which, I was shocked that the seller actually went through effort to pack them pretty well
Hi. Maybe I've been watching too many Mr. Carlson's Lab videos? Why not remove the miniature tube sockets, install the octal sockets and appropriate tubes. This would change every circuitin the radio: no doubt to its original design. Bet he'd play better than ever. EH?
Well, the resistor would be different as tube voltages on the filament voltages are different, different tubes mean different capacitor values and other resistor changes. (easy for me to say)
