I am 70 & in shock how the entire owning class has turned on the population. I see homeless everywhere, all ages. Despair, addiction. And all un-necessary. Money goes to the already rich as they fight for eternal global empire. Forget rebellion. They will shoot or imprison us first.
I don't celebrate new year anymore - I celebrate, that I survived a year once again. Really liked this series. I found an old ARRL handbook (42nd edition - smells like cigar and glowing electronics), started reading it - sometimes I get what's going on in these videos. I think I'll start to look for some expendable junk and play with it.
Shango: On the loose plate-cap of the horizontal output tube,: You can drill a small hole through the plate cap plastic (and sometimes necessary the plate-cap's metal socket) without drilling into the tube's plate-cap; then use a small rod (or the drill-bit) to push the tube's plate-cap out of the plate-cap's socket. You can then use a ceramic style epoxy squirted underneath the tube's loose plate-cap to re-secure the plate-cap to the evacuation nipple of the tube. You may be able to use JB-Weld although I've used the stuff from Dextor HYSOL, which is expensive and hard to get being an industrial product. Just make sure you clean everything with a non-residue solvent. If you do this, you can permanently fix the tube without worrying every time you remove the plate-cap. 73...
@14:50 yes, keeping a small current going thru the horizontal output tube (and maybe other tubes of the TV section) while the AM radio is playing prevents the tube from dying due to cathode poisoning. That's also why the filaments of the radio section are switched off when the TV is playing and not just the B+. The problem has been known since the days of the first AM-FM radios that used a super-regenerative Fremodyne converter whose B+ power was cut off in AM operation while the tube filament was kept on: after a while the tube emission (typically a 12AT7) was gone.
@@АндрейКурачев-с7р Indeed, the filament of the converter tube was part of the series string of the whole receiver. Also, if the filament was turned off, then every time the receiver was switched to FM mode the user would have to wait an additional 20..30 sec for the filament to heat up to get FM reception.
Indeed I mention this problem with the Fremodyne AM-FM sets on my cool386 website. I added a resistor to keep a few mA flowing through the unused valves.
Thanks for mentioning that the Rose Parade was one of the 1st color broadcasts. Actually, it was the very 1st nationwide color broadcast on Jan 1, 1954. This was the 70th anniversary.
It is a pure pleasure to watch these videos. And the best thing about getting older is that after a while I forget the older uploads, so I just watch them again as if for the first time :) Thank you, Shango!
Mmm, the quality (?) of the terrible soldering and the kludging in of the caps leads me to believe the tech was a hack. Get it in, bodge the shit out of it, ship it.
@@quantumleap359i knew a brilliant aerospace engineer, and consumer electronics were child’s play to him, but all his practical work ( soldering, changing design and components) was absolutely garbage, looking like a child did it.
At 15:11, "why would they want the tube powered up when it's on radio?" That is to prevent cathode poisoning which occurs when the cathode is heated, but there is no electron flow. It's actually good design practice.
the weird little Hotpoint portables, you can imagine in a kitchen or something, are neat. not a ton of color content to watch back then. a true "appliance" with radio for the kitchen placement
A commercial in place of the ball drop... I guess that's America for you. Still, hard to believe. Remember, kiss your loved one during the ibotta commercial!
This has been a great series. I dont have time to watch this whole video right now. Wow, those mods! Great job finding them all. I cant imagine how many hours you have into it. I want to know what brand of ciggies this guy (the modifier) smoked! I'm thinking Lucky Strikes. I mean that in a good way. Pretty interesting research that had to occur to make it work.
Great video Shang. This poor thing has been through the wringer, but you pulled a decent picture out of it. That CRT is in amazing condition. Once restored, this little set will be a winner.
At 70, I see a crumbling nation ruled by idiots busy blaming faraway people that had nothing to do with it. Bombs away! Our own ruling class did all this. No one ELSE.
"I wonder what speed the parts will fly off the wafers?"... "I don't think we want to find out do we?". I think I speak for the majority when I say, we are more than a little curious. If the customer hadn't paid the bill, then we all know what the answer would be, but under the circumstances, we will just have to remain disappointed.
Actually, it’d be ruined long before then as those little hand-wound coils would be bent out of shape. Then you might as well spintwerkulate it to max power. 😅😂
If you think TV commercials are bad - and they are - RU-vid now forces me to watch the most ludicrous adverts every two or three minutes on some content - It's as if they've had a competition for who can come up with the most ridiculous ad's possible for things hardly anyone can possibly be interested in, just to be as annoying as possible, in the hope I'll subscribe to their ad free thing.
Howdy, Your Fluke 27/FM multimeter appears to have display troubles. I've seen similar symptoms on many of these older Flukes, and the source is usually ageing/contamination of the display LCD contacts. The solution I've used successfully on many units is to open the case and remove the main board, then carefully remove the frame of the display and remove the glass LCD and the zebra strip, then gently clean the gold PCB contacts, the transparent contact area of the glass plate, and both narrow edges of the zebra strip(s) with isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip. Allow to air dry, then carefully re-assemble in reverse order. This procedure has never failed to work for me, except the one time I got careless and chipped the corner of the glass -- oops! You may want to clean out any dust and add some lube to the rotary switch contact suefaces and detent piece while you have it apart. Cheers and happy troubleshooting, Dave
Keeping the horizontal output conducting might be to mitigate the emisive material collecting on the control grid and causing high grid current. Because they leave the heater on full power for the horizontal output tube. When there is no plate or screen voltage the cathode coating can collect on the control grid over a long time. But judging by the fact they leave all the heater on in radio mode, I doubt they would think of that. Probably just glued together circuits.
I just watched your 2-hour resurrection on the1955 Traveler. The missing Dag can be fixed with spray tack and tin foil. It's a lot of fun watching you.
That ion burn was probably from a technician using the tube to check a set with just the end cap and high voltage lead, bright spot in center Quickly burns a spot. It was a quick in hone test when those test crts were Cheap and plentiful!
Love this content!!! Yeah, this past new years on tv was an absolute JOKE for those in my area looking for the ball drop over the air because it didn't exist-smdh!!! Only thing we could tune in was the Nashville new years :( I and many of my neighbors wanted to see the times square/new york new years like we've all seen over the air for many years past but not this year----for whatever reason :(
Nice repair. It should work great if the owner finishes the restore, at least you helped him get a good head start. Weird watching 2024 new year on a tube tv from the late 50's! Cool though. Thanks for all your content produced in '23, great entertainment and I get to learn something as well.
That was Mrs. Cleaver's TV and she used the snivet snuffer to open cans and sometimes used to hit beaver with it, when too many Barkhausen oscillations were coming out of his loudspeaker.
Happy New Year🥳🥳 Wooow very hard Job. It's more complicated as the Technik today's. You must have a fundamental knowledgement about these technology. Good work👍👍👍
Great Saturday morning no Crape erase commercials and Hey it's just 5000 easy payments of $49. JK love the gimmicks in sales and no ball drop figures they make you suffer in junk commercials. I almost don't watch TV except You Tube. I have a set like this so one day this video will help. thank Shango Love your channel at least you're honest.
an incredibly patient person, needed to deduce the problems here, agreed, time will take it's toll, note how things smell, if they are outgassing, it will be evident~
Maybe it was a family affair. I run a car workshop and a few weeks ago I fabricated an adaptor for my nephew so he could run a Volkswagen Passat distributor (which I had laying around) in his Opel Ascona (for which a new distributor would have been (it is rare) about 250 Bucks). If it would have been a normal customer and not my nephew that CNC milled adapter would have cost at least 500.... Edit: I "charged" him a barbecue and a case of beer.
Years ago, my father noticed that these shows do not show the ball drop for some reason. They'll show nothing or just show people there but not show the ball drop even 10 years ago. There has to be a reason they don't, and it probably has to do with only one entity having the right to broadcast it or something. Who knows?
Eggzackly right, maybe they didn't sign with KIA for as yet unknown clauses restrictions fees addendums Somebody owns the RIGHTS to the Ball Drop and maybe the city charges him for security,crowd control and cleanup
The best stuff to glue anode caps and tube sockets back in place is phenolic brake lining glue. It is the same stuff the sockets had been glued with in the "good old days" when those tubes were manufactured. It is a little bit toxic, though. And a little bit hard to get. Use it in a well ventilated area.
Wait, that was a real interview with the real president. Nice. In Bulgaria, on new year's eve programs, if they announce a live "interview" with the prime minister, you better gear up for a 15-minute comedy sketch, with people impersonating every important political figure, ministers etc.
TV analysis skill: Master level. State of the world analysis skill: Master level. (Unfortunately the state of the world = 'BAKED', so time to get in the last of the knob twaddling before the Earth releases its "magic smoke". Nice vid, Shango.
I don't buy into the engineered early obsolescent theory. Made cheaply to compete for a price point is more like it. You get what you pay for, in most cases (there are exceptions). If a company actually made a decision to bilk a customer into replacing the short-lived item, would surly go out of business in short order. This television Shango is working is a unique example of fitting several functions in one unit. Sharing the circuits to save money and complication. I'm curious to see if there was a manufacturer service bulletin outlining the mods for the Horz tube replacement. If not, the individual who made the mods did have a good understanding of the issues but had poor implementation. Although it did work. Maybe a flipper? I'm picturing a handy dad who made this work for a son's/daughter's dorm room?
I saw the design of the set meant it would draw way more current than an ordinary 5 tube AAM5 radio set because some of the TV tubes are triple purpose TV/Radio/Phono tubes Being as frugal as Emerson MFG was in building this set it would not be surprising to find their parts buyer found a great deal on some soon to be NLA stuff buts good enough to get a repairman a workaround (complicated) in order to make a buck off the deal Plenty of hours involved in those chassis mods
As a former Hughes net customer it might not be the service it might be the customer support and policies. Not only did I get ripped off and the installation the fair access policy was fairly accessing nothing during the day.
Test tube might not have ion burn. It could be just screen burn from leaving it on full bright with no deflection and just a hot spot in mid screen. Where did you get that tube?
As others have mentioned, some thought went in to the botched looking mods. That Horizontal tube swap in particular. To bad being Shango066. You don't have an entertaining, educational video to watch every week! ( Nyuk Nyuk.) I have a similar looking pink and white set i used to use for three stooges marathons with fellow workers. Love the drill routine!
Super this and super that and super steam right, Shango??? Those Ads are really a thing... Best regards and nice work! Like your videos so much. Please make and upload more, please! Love your work and also your videos. Should more "normal" people watch your videos would make them more "normal" if we can say that. I think people should have their feet more on the ground because they live on another world that is not the reality. They need to be a little bit shaken just to revert to a normal way of function. The world is living a kind of dream or nightmare or something like it and they forgot to live reality just like it is. Sorry about my poor english and I hope that America and all other countries to start to thing about reality and ajust to that and live just like they should with all the problems all we have. Best regards and continue the good work you always do. Once again take a hug from Portugal. Big thank you!
that was a Fine JoB on the video. In 2024 a ball drop could be something completely different. Like when big Mike O. dropped a ball out of his panties on the ellen show..
I don't think it's a case of ion burn-in, but rather that the picture tube was operated in a chassis where the light spot suppression was defective before. This produces a very strong afterglow on the screen when the set is switched off, which then burns in. At least that was an error that occurred in German TV sets. It's a pity about the picture tube in any case, as it still seems to be quite good otherwise.
None of these American TVs have spot suppression. You get a spot when you turn the set off but it's only for a few seconds as charge already on the tube bleeds off. You'd need to be doing this thousands of times to make an impact.
