Three Junk Radios and a Signal Tracer - Will they Work?
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2023
- On our annual hiatus to Melbourne I picked up a signal tracer and three old radios. I wondered if they would work without any repairs. With some rudimentary testing equipment I check each one. Will they Work? This video is out of order but the video I was going to show is in two parts and due to some personal business next week I would not be able to reply to comments for several weeks.
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I agree that every self-respecting restorer should carry their equipment with them on holiday. I’m still working on a small briefcase design that will fit my scope, signal generator, dim-bulb tester, two multimeters, signal tracer, soldering station, screwdrivers, resistors set, full set of tubes, tube tester, etc. The filter caps I’ll just carry around in my pockets (thanks for the tip) 😊
Thanks for the good start to my weekend. Have a great one.
Hi Manuel, I took half of the items on your list, even some tubes. I don't like to be caught short 🙄🙂 Having a pocket full of caps is a great conversation starter at parties 😄
Thanks Manuel.
@@DavidTipton101 🤣😂🤣
That sounds great!! A pocket size briefcase would be even better.
A testament to a time when things were made to last for a long long time. Well done mate
Thanks @rciancia 🙂
Everybody in Australia carries capacitors in their pockets haha
That was a good one. Nice field repair Dave!
Thanks Daniel 😄
I' waiting for Aldi to stock them.
Nice to know, certainly everyone in Canada carries capacitors and a hockey puck. Hello to our commonwealth brothers & sisters in Australia. :)
Hi Dave,
To think how many old discarded radios, that could have been repaired, are buried deep in landfill sites. In my early teens, during the latter half of the 1960s, I’d take a trip across our city to various designated dump sites, and usually within thirty seconds of arriving someone would pull up in their car, lift an old radio out of the boot, and head with it to one of the dumpsters. Having intercepted, I would go home with a radio (or two) LOL.
You being technically competent, the ‘quick test’ method you used in this video to get those old radios working was pretty much similar how I, as a thirteen to sixteen year old, proudly got radios to work, but that was the extent of my electronics knowledge those days …it was a time before I began my apprenticeship.
The point I’m making here Dave is cars, fridges, toasters, electric irons, washing machines, gas cookers, tellies, radios, and many other durable consumer goods were not only repairable those days, they were mostly built to last. It goes to show, with technical competence (which you have), and a few basic tools and minimum required components (which you had to hand), the more ‘motley-looking’ of old radios, that have stood somewhere unused and unloved for decades, can be woken up to some level of functionality.
I, for one, am looking forward to seeing you restore the signal tracer. You will certainly find it to be a useful piece of bench equipment.
Nice chatting with you Dave, catch you again after your next video, all the best, Phil.
Oh I agree Phil, so much stuff still goes to landfill today that can be easily repaired. Most people have no idea how to do the repairs and there is nowhere to get it done anymore. My friend Chris has a channel called The Ultimate Recycler, he get stuff left at his shop worth hundreds of dollars which only need a simple repair to get running again. So much waste. I'm glad you think I have the same radio repair aptitude as you did at sixteen 🤣 Just kidding, I know what you mean. Thanks Phil, till next time 👍🙂
Great video Dave. I love seeing a rough and ragged unit spring to life like this. Basket Case radios may not be fun to work on. But they are great to watch you bring back from the dead.
Thanks @1974UTuber, I had fun 😃
Loved it, hope to see them get restored when you get back home. Especially the signal tracer.
Yes, I too would like to see the signal tracer restored. I would also like to see a circuit diagram of the tracer.
Hello @radio-ged4626, I will do the signal tracer but not sure about the others. The big Astor JJ, the one that worked, has potential 🙂
Good idea 👍
Those things are amazing. They work and work, regardless.
Agreed 😀
Great video Dave. Thanks for taking the time to do something even when you’re on holiday - with capacitors! It’s amazing how these old radios still work in really bad condition. Come the apocalypse, valve radios will win.
Thank you Dave. I think the russians continued to use valves in military gear for that reason 🙂
Holiday triple radio resurrection video with bonus home made signal tracer to boot. It's amazing that stuff that looks ready
to be tossed into the bin ( or came out of one ) can be be repaired with a little electronics knowledge. Take the lot home
and later they may be 100% fixed at the home bench. Full Shango type electronics repair videos always entertain!
Hi Steve. How lucky was I to pick up three free radios on a trip, I paid for the tracer. I have them home but there is some case damage to two of them which will make repairing them less attractive. I think Shango would be proud. Thanks Steve 🙂
Very interesting stream from Dave's Mobile Radio Repair Service 😄
Haha... it's a bit like that, thanks Mike 😄
Morning David 👍 Wife’s out today so cuppa in bed (and Frosties) watching your video! 😮
While the cats' away eh VRE. Morning 👍🙂
Hope you are enjoying yourself down here with our cold wet weather. Thanks for showing us your new radios.
We had some very nice autumn days there. Mixed in with the cold ones of coure. Thanks @Seiskid 👍🙂
26:03 minutes and three seconds of free therapy! I finally figured it out, you remind me of a human "OBD II" auto scanner.
It never ceases to amaze me of your diagnostic capacity.
Haha... I've never been compared to a OBD scanner before, Thanks Neil 😄
😂❤ chuckling away with myself, good to see you back on David ,
Thanks Martin 😃
Another interesting video David. Shows what can be done with the minimum of equipment and the know how. 👍 thanks again. Derrick.
Thanks Derrick 👍🙂
Hi David. Well you certainly ‘made’ Shango’s day! 😄 We are NERDS one and all.
Shango does it better, Thanks Martin 😃
Good finds and analyses. Everyone in Australia travels around with caps in their pocket, explains so much. The finger dab on the grid cap approach always makes me laugh, fortunately there are never any high voltage to grid shorts.
Thank you @ralphj4012. The grid cap test is very quick and useful. You have to be careful though, some valves have plate voltage on there 😲
Thanks Dave, hope your vacation is a relaxing one. Field dim bulb tester, I like it🔌💡🕯️😬
I'm back home but a good trip thanks 😃
I was on a light ship, which is a lighthouse on a ship built in 1958. I couldn't believe my eyes at how many valve and transistor radio there were, also several transmitters. You would have loved to have seen them. I'm keeping in touch with the owner of this light ship and has asked me to return later in August to meet others involved with this collection of radios. I would guess there must be about 150 different radios, most of them look in good condition.
Sounds right up my alley Nigel. I hope you get to see it again in August🙂
Great video as usual. My dim bulb and variac setup is all in one case and could be portable but I've never thought to take it on the road (it's quite heavy). It's amazing how a radio that's 70 - 80 years old will work with very little attention. I'm sure that they will come out like new once back in your workshop. Looking forward to those video's.
Hi Ian, haha... sounds like half the youtube radio community will be taking servicing equipment with them next holidays 😄 I'll see if I do any more to these radios, two cases are in bad shape. Thanks Ian 👍😃
Just sat enjoying a nice morning cup of tea watching a bit of CZcams when who should pop up but Mr Tipton. It's amazing how these radios fire up after being stored away for many years. This Christmas my sister bought me a 1938 HMV battery table radio. This set had been stored in a loft for more than 60 years, I connected it up to my battery eliminator and it worked. Amazing. Great video as usual. All the best. Terry
Hi Terry. Yes, pretty amazing alright. Thanks Terry 👍😃
Very pleased to see a video from you just now!
Thank you Mark 👍😃
Good afternoon this is a very informative video thanks regards from England 🇬🇧
Hi Phil, thank you 🙂🦘
You are amazing. Absolutely love your videos. Thank you.
Thank you @jantalcott8843 🙂
I know you know what you’re doing. But man I was waiting for you to get nailed real good. That was a bit tense to watch. And..... it’s clear to me now that you are clearly the nerdiest guy I have ever come across. And. And. I am comforted to know that , when I finally get to visit down under, I don’t have to worry about bringing extra capacitors since folks always carry a few in their pockets. You have proved again that you are something else. Good times
Haha... I was too @midnightwind8067 but I survived. Oh yes, we all carry a range of caps down here, you will be well covered when you visit. My wife often says "you are something else" although she uses a different tone 🤔🙂
Gosh, you can't kill these old radios with a stick! When you worked on the Astor, I thought you had turned it into a Theremin for a minute there. Almost played Good Vibrations! 😄 Sorry you had to endure the freezing conditions here. If only you had come the week before, it was lovely. I think that's what is said in Ireland. 😊
Hi Pauline. Yes, they're tough to kill aren't they. That feedback was loud and louder when I turned it down, I was taken aback for a second there. I left Melbourne about three weeks ago, we had some nice days and a few cold ones. Autumn is the best month in Melbourne but we should have been there a few weeks earlier for some better weather. Thanks Pauline 🙂
Hi David. Another busman’s holiday Shango style 😂😂. It shows what can be achieved with very little tools if you know what you’re doing. Well done breathing life into them all. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the restorations go. All the best Graham
Hi Graham. I can't seem to get away from them... or don't want to. I think Shango would be proud. It normally doesn't take much to get them going in a basic sort of way. I will probably only do the one that worked, the Astor JJ, the others have damaged cases. I could do the Peter Pan and paint the case, that would look pretty cute. Thanks Graham 👍🙂
Great work Dave! That signal tracer should be a useful piece of kit! Cheers mate!
Yes, the tracer will be very useful. Thanks @justicelut 🙂
Hello Mr. Tipton, I started laughing right from the start of the video when you described the temperature of your homeland. Here in Washington State, we start melting if it's over 80 degrees during summer. 60 degrees and we're bar-b-qing in our swimsuits. "LOL". Anyway, wanted to say "Howdy" and another great video to enjoy in my late evening. (THAT'S WHEN THEY POP UP HERE). Must be a time zone thing! Can't wait till your next adventure! "Cheers Mate".
Hi Kevin, I had traveled down south from Queensland where it was about mid 80s to melbourne in the low 60s, I was not wearing a swimsuit I can tell you. My videos go out when it's early morning in the UK late night in the US and evening here, it really doesn't suit anyone 😄 Thanks Kevin, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂
Looks like you have a couple of radios for up comming you tube videos. Yes once cleaned up and you wave your magic wand over them they will looka treat. A great find and looking forward to to a blow by blow video. Keep up the good work Dave.
Hi Stephen. I don't know which will make the cut, the Astor JJ is a good bet, the others have case damage and pieces missing. I have other more interesting projects to attend to first. Thanks Stephen 🙂
As usual another great video you seen to be well versed in repairing old radios ,I learn something new every video you put out
Thank you Sheldon 😃
It is amazing that those radios worked. As dirty as they are.
You never know until you try em out, although you did somes recapping .
Thanks Mike 🙂
Very cool Dave. Glad to see a video.
Thank you Phil 😃
The way the old radio hummed at around the 17 minute mark reminded me of the Phillips RF8 nothing but loud hum like that, its as if you fed 50 HZ into the amp directly ehehe. I still have to get around to replacing those big filter caps as you mentioned a few weeks ago.
Hi stevieboy, I did a cap replacement using Jaycar caps mounted on a tag strip in my last video on the RF8, they worked well 👍🙂
You even make fault finding interesting! Hope you have a good visit.
Haha... thanks Nevil 🙂
Great Video Dave, Love the Astor JJ, even in rough state still look and sound good
Hi Joshua. The JJ was very good and sounded fantastic even out of the case, it would be the most likely to restore. Thanks 🙂
Hi David great video and its amazing how the work is never done even when on holidays lol with goodies like them. Also just about that signal generator xraytony had something similar restored few months back worth to have a look. Keep your videos going mate love them kind regards George.
Hello George, I somehow attract radios, hence the emergency service GO kit. I will look at xraytony's video, thanks for the heads up. Thanks George 👍🙂
Ey Up
Fantastic, what a lovely selection of radios
Best regards Shaun
Ey Up Shaun, thanks 😃
Wow, great video. Really enjoyed it. Great to see you! :-)
Thanks Batman 🦇🙂
Thanks for the video David interesting stuff
Thank you Leslie 👍🙂
17c warm day here in Northern England! 😂😂. Nice reference to Shango66, reassuring to know if you bump into a holidaying Aussie he'll be travelling equipped...with radio spares, "Struth"
17C is overnight here most times in summer... and humid. Yes we Aussies always carry spare parts with us 😄 Thanks Ken.
Thanks, always interesting.
Thank you for your support Maurice 👍😃
Love your new Shango style repairs Dave.
I went the full Shango there @dogribmoon 😄
@@DavidTipton101 Next you'll be exploring old mines in the desert, and remarking on the crusty look and smell of radios owned by heavy smokers...
Haha... no! 😄
A good bit of bush repair there Dave. I recently restored a model JJ. I see you have the same issue I did of missing knobs. I was fortunate to have 1 that I was able to use to make a mold and cast a second one. If you need a mould I can made you another. Cheers Bob
If I did restore the JJ I was going to put out an APB for the knobs. Nice to hear you can make some. Thanks Bob, I'll keep it in mind 👍🙂
Very nice finds David. Always love how you find the fault super fast ❤️
I think you way more addicted to radios than me 🤣.
Hi Khaled. Luckily these were a pretty easy fix which makes it easy. I think I might be 😄
Great work David see you soon
Thank you @haythamchannel3553 🙂
I did enjoy that! Good fun!
Thank you Michael 😃
a nice mixed bag of lollies there david :) look forward to seeing them all smart and cleaned up...
I don't know if they will be restored, I have many better radios to do first. Thanks @ceebee23 🙂
Dave on safari!
A radio version of the Layland Brothers!
Wow... that brings back memories, who didn't watch the Leyland Brothers back in the 70s. The original CZcamsrs before CZcams was a thing. Thanks @dogribmoon 😃
Thanks David. I find your vids fascinating & extremely enjoyable. You explain things so well for us non radio types. I just love old tube radios. Keep 'em coming please mate. Cheers from the mid north coast NSW.
Hi @navypti, thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them. Nice area the Mid North Coast, we do trips there from time to time 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 If you're down Tea Gardens way, give me a yell if you want. I've got 4 old classic radios you might like to have a squizz at. The coffee, tea & bikkies are on me ha ha. Cheers mate.
I don't know if I've been to Tea Gardens. I'll keep it in mind, Thanks @navypti.
David Great
Work from
signal Tracers from
Victoria it was fun Getting them going with only basic Test equipment full marks Mate Regards Ian,
Hi Ian, I had hoped all would work but 3 out of 4 is pretty good. Thanks Ian 🙂
Now that's my kind of vacation. Great work as usual. You make the coffee taste that much better in the morning here in California. Hey! You have world wide reach! Any other continents out there want to chime in?
Haha... yes freezing and working on old radios, it doesn't get any better 😃 Thanks @videolabguy.
That signal tracer will come in really handy do some minor repair and new test leads and maybe some new labels !
I'm hoping so Richard, it will be very handy 🙂
Always learning from you Dave. I've yet to experience feedback caused by a reversed speaker connection but in future if I do, I now know what to try. Thank you.
Hi Jim, my first encounter with feedback had me stumped until an old hand said to try reversing the wires, I've never forgotten it. thanks Jim 🙂
Great stuff, Dave! Oh, don’t scrap that little Peter Pan. It’s cute! You can’t do that, Dave!
;-)
I'll reconsider the Peter Pan, it is cute. Thanks @superhet7281 🙂
Hi David. Thanks for yet another entertaining video. It seems these old radios just want to work. You've only got to give them half a chance! Anyway, what's wrong with taking a few caps in your pocket, and some resistors... and a soldering iron, multimeter, maybe a bag or 2 of tools, dim bulb, sig gen, scope, maybe 3D printer, coil winder, lathe ...
Cheers Dave
Hi Don. thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I expected them to work first up, I was surprised when they didn't. I had most of the things in your list except the lathe of course, that would be ridiculous 🤣 Edit: I actually had the coil winder with me... and wire 🤦♂️😄
Nice haul Dave, a fun video.
Thank you @brianyoung9014 🙂
Hey Dave I was going to mention you in the comments of Shangos valve radio video, I was going to be a bit cheeky and say "your no David Tipton". Thanks Dave for your good work, it's allways a good day when you post a vid.
Haha... don't do that, I don't want the wrath of Shango on me 🤣 I do enjoy his videos and I have learnt so much from him. Thanks @alast3897 👍🙂
David sir you handle any type of radios you are master. good knowledge is better to great person invented!! Keep it up sir
Sir junk or fully dead radios you touched ones a time come back running like new one this is awesome work I appreciate your hard work and video editing nice sir. Thanks for the sharing this video ❤😊😊
Hi Nath, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed my video 👍🙂
Thanks!
Thank you for your support Christopher 👍😃
That looks like 👍 a pretty 😍 good 😊 deal. That’s even better than buying them at a yard sale. I hope 🤞they’re all tube type. I’m not sure 🤔 if the speakers 🔊 are field coil, or permanent magnet 🧲. I hope 🤞 there’s no issues with the dial cords. Just be careful, in case this radio 📻 may have a short in it. It’s probably just cooking 👨🍳 off the dust. Hopefully 🤞 the dial lights 💡 are good 😌 (where applicable). That newer speaker 🔊 was permanent magnet 🧲. Your friend, Jeff.
Thanks Jeff. I wasn't worried about any of those things, if they caught fire it was no big deal 🙂
Great vid Dave and love the nerdy pockets full of caps thing! Fine if you are driving down to Melbourne but you'd better be careful of airport security if flying - I'm not sure they would understand! 🤣🤣
Hi Chris, I was just heading to your channel to catch up. We watched a number of your videos in the car on the trip down to Melbourne and back, my wife quite enjoys watching them. I had hoped to drop in again on the trip back but time got the better of us. I hope you and Christin are well. I wonder what airport security would think of caps in the carry on... parts of an explosive device by a disgruntled ex employe 🤔😄
@@DavidTipton101 We are well thanks - yeah, you guys are welcome whenever you can make it 😊 Hope you had a nice trip.
Haha, yeah I had forgotten you were disgruntled.. err, I mean an ex employee! 😉😆
That would make carry on electronics parts even more risky!! 🤣🤣
Next time Chris 👍😃
I love it good 👍
Thank you @UpinkProduction 👍🙂
Very Nice ;P
Thank you Stanley 🙂
18:03 If nothing else, this old Astor radio would do well as a foghorn! LOL😁
Indeed 🙂
@neilforbes416 that would keep the ships away haha
@neilforbes416 i was holidaying up on the mid north coast in 1975 )I won't say the area) a one of the unit we stayed in had an Astor fridge i would say it be least 8 to 10 years old
Hi Dave... I was just going to say that very thing to you... please be careful when you are fiddling with unknown radios that have been passed on to you. I know you have lots of experience but you do need to take care. Anyway that was an interesting little jaunt down radio lane. When you look at the state of some of these old radios it makes you wonder where they have been sitting for the past x number of years.
Hi Kenneth. Yep, you have to on your toes all the time. It only takes a second to get caught out. I believe two of the radios were stored in a farm shed. Thanks Kenneth 🙂
🏖 as always you can get junk working again 😂 nice job cant wait to see what they are going to look like when your done
Thank @CantKillMe. we will have to wait and see 😃
This Signal Tracer just reminds me of when I took a telecommunications technical course in 2000. I had one of these, but it was much more modern and adapted to the analogue technology of the time. According to what the course instructor said that the tracers were always in the hands of someone listening to someone else's conversation (cell phones at the time were analogue, therefore captureable with an analogue tracer) and from what he said... it was jaw-dropping! As the course was close to the big hotels here in the capital of Brazil, everything could be heard: from common conversations to parliamentarians and executives requesting "certain" services. But now the technology is obsolete.
Hi Carlos, setup correctly the tracer would certainly be able to do that. Interesting, thanks Carlos 😃
@@DavidTipton101 I don't think it can be used for capturing VHF and FM waves, it would be more appropriate for tracing medium waves and long waves. But I would like to clarify a doubt: at the time of World War II, it was common for Germany to sabotage shortwave transmissions against Soviet war propaganda and against the transmissions of government broadcasters such as the BBC in London, in the case of Australia there were attempts whether sabotage and cover-up of shortwave by the imperial Japanese government?
@@carlosandino821 I have no idea Carlos. We did receive Shortwave broadcasts from Tokyo during the war but from what I know they were messages from POW's Saying they were OK even though some POWs had since died. The Japanese altered the messages to make it sound like they were living in paradise which they were not. I don't know if the government tried to jam the transmissions or not.
@@DavidTipton101 Thanks dude. This fact I did not know, referring to what would be the eastern side of the war.
jolly good show David! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Thanks Buzz 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Cool video. Clean up that nasty dirt and send it to Shango. He likes that sort of stuff...
Thanks @volktales7005. Shango would want it with the dirt 😄
Please don't give up on that dusty old radio Bring it back to Life,
I'll see... thanks Sean 👍🙂
Love the radiophonics workshop radio , could make a new Dr who signature tune :) ofcourse all the radios will work with Mr tiptone in charge
Hi Leo, it made a racket didn't it? Dr Who would be proud. Thanks Leo 👍🙂
Thanks Dave for taking us along on your vacation,
So which relative want you to take a look at their computer while you're?
(Kidding aside thanks for all great tech tips I've hijacked from your videos)
My pleasure Mack. I do get asked to look at various things when I go visiting, it can interfere with drinking time sometimes 😄
Nice, a radio with wall-to-wall carpet.
I also use to pack all kinds of stuff I might need on a trip, multimeters, scope, components etc,
but i never get to use them, and the stuff I end up needing, I forgot to pack.
Maybe a trailer with a fully equiped workshop could be something...
It was a thick layer of dust. If I take the car it's no problem to throw in a few items in case of emergency. I'm also thinking a bus with Dave's Radio Adventures stamped on the side 😄
@@DavidTipton101 Looking forward to the first episode from the bus 😁
@@DavidTipton101 Will you be repairing the radios' while driving the bus, or parked on side of road? How long will the power cord be? I've been told that Australia is a BIG country!
I like the trailer idea 💡
That would be a hoot repairing radios while my wife drives, imagine the mess. The bus will be EV, so I can power my equipment from the battery, should give me a bus range of about 50 kms 🙂
Good morning David
Good morning @haythamchannel3553 🌅🙂
Brave brave man
Nah, no brains 🙂
Thanks David! You really brighten up a shitty day! How hard can it be to get an ancient radio this a ton of dust to go? The signal tracer is interesting, look forward to that restoration. It seems a good idé to carry a emergency kit, it can also help this, i'm not sure that you say in english, radio abstinense?
It amazing how most of these old radios will work with a minimum of work. I will do the tracer soon I hope. I can't go too long without working on a radio 😄
I want to see the full restoration of these little Champs....
I will try and do at least one in the future. Thanks Kushal 👍🙂
Superb troubleshooting
Great comment/warning about using only one hand with these mains voltage radios. Especially important with twice the "pressure" of 240 verses 120 VAC either is enough to fibrillate ones heart however.
Were Bakelite housed radio shiny when new and naturally become dull over time?
Thanks Craig. Yes Bakelite dulls over time from sun and heat generated by the radio. It can be brought back with polishing and light sanding to remove scratches. Heavy sanding can break through the 'skin' of the Bakelite into the coarse grained core, that will never polish 👍🙂
That doesn't mean nerd Dave that is one of the basic principles of the boy scouts! Be prepared! Sadly that's not being taught to the youth of today! Thanks for posting and take care!
I think it's still a little bit nerdy to show up at mother-in-laws house with a full range of capacitors in your pocket 😄 thanks @bigmotter001.
Hi David, great haul. Is that a capacitor in your pocket or are you just gald to see me?
It will be interesting to see how the JJ comes up. Everybody here agrees they sound fantastic, mine certainly did when it was working properly. Just as a service to others reading this the Peter Pans were recabineted Astors, as were the the Adelaide made National's. I picked up the beautiful Peter Pan JKL in brown, but there was an almost identical (dial was a bit different) National P239 in cream that went for substantially more. Peter Pan "Snails"are highly sought rtoo.
The signal tracer is probably an electronics magazine "Kit" from the 50s or early 60s.
And yes I also have a radio tool kit and some spares in the car! My late wife tended to put my jeans in the wash with checking, so I don't carry caps in my pockets! I don't have a dim bulb in the car though, but I've got my old one somewhere....
Hi Andrew, I remembered you had a JJ, this one even in it poor state worked very well. It is probably the only one I will attempt to restore, the other two had damaged cases. I think the tracer is a kit too or at the minium a homebuilt, it seems to be well made. It sounds like a lot of folk carry tools and components with them or they will in the future 😄 I may have started something. Thanks Andrew.
Got an astor like that a good radio
Astor made good stuff 🙂
24:40 sounded like the radio was picking up SW
It was a weird signal, I'm not sure what it was picking up. It's not a shortwave set 🤔
Well you do have a ' Crap of radios' a technical term for a radio that should be flushed down the dunney as early as possible :-D
I'm not sure if any of those radios are worth the trouble, but you do love pain david lol.
I don't think the radios will be restored but a bit of fun while bored in Melbourne. Thanks @zx8401ztv 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Have a bit of fun for a change 😀
You use the same trick i do, using a receiver to listen to a first osc mixer or i.f strip product.
I use an old yaesu 0-30 mhz communications receiver, and for frequencys above i drag the old realistic scanner.
No electrical connection, so no detuning.
Sorry david, im woffling, ill shut my trap lol.
The only problem with using a second radio is you can prove the radio is oscillating but can't definitely prove it's not. I end up saying it doesn't seem to be working 🤔
I see you have one of Dave's testers very good
I never leave home without it Goldenboy 😃
That was fun, and your humour is getting better?
Haha... I doubt it Bob, thanks 😄
You certainty got you hands full the signal tracer might worth saving.
Hi Michael, I will do the tracer for sure, thanks 👍🙂
As the old joke goes, "If you carry your tools and test gear with you even when on vacation then you might be a redne..., er, radio restorer." (Apologies to any down-under rednecks that might read this). Amazing those radios worked at all given their dusty condition. Will have to remember the swapped-speaker-leads-causes-oscillator-squeal trick.
Oh definitely only a radio restorer would do that. The swapped leads only get you once, you don't forget after that. Thanks Sincerely Yours 👍🙂
I think in today’s lingo one would be called a “analogue nomad” 😊
According to YT’s automatically generated subtitles there was a bit of mid-ass soldering at 15:53. 😮😮😮
Haha... half assed would have been better 😄
Oh yeah.
Thank you Paul 🙂
At 13:48 it sounds like a door hinge that needs oil.
Haha... it does 🙂
I think a isolation transformer on the mains would be useful. as some sets are AC/DC
I use one at home, not many AC/Dc set in Australia. Thanks itsonlyme 😃
@@DavidTipton101 Quite common in the UK. Cost saving I guess.
Always cool to get the tool to fix the sets you find for fun and profit. (You do profit from some of your work, do you not? - - - )
Hi Jerry, thanks. No I don't profit... quite the opposite 😄
The fault in that dirty radio is an open in the antenna circuit.
Yes, I think it is in the very front end mohinder 🙂
Not to mention that the incandescent bulb in your dim-bulb unit is in itself a museum piece. I suppose maybe Russians are still making them.
Unfortunately, if I traveled with my repair stuff I'd have to drive a small van interstate because I couldn't make up my mind what would stay and what would come with me so I'd have to bring everything.
I bought some incandescent bulbs from China a while back for dim bulb purpose.
Good point Ellesmere, they are hard to get now. I took the basics, DMM, soldering iron, some small tools and a bunch of common components in a plastic compartment box. The dim bulb I left there from last year 👍🙂
Hi Dave. Are you planning to bring them home and restore therm.
Hi Phil, I'm home, I will do the signal tracer but not sure about the others 🤔
I'll look forward to that. Take care my friend.
I know I am being thick but how can you touch the anode caps with voltages of over 100
The caps on these valves are the control grid, there should be very little voltage on them. Some valves use the cap as the Anode and they do have plate voltage on them. I am familiar with the valves in this video and know the cap is the grid. But if you are not sure of the valve you are working on, check the valve specs to be sure the cap has no voltage on it. Thanks @gowdsake7103 👍🙂
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Thanks Larry 😃
David, i think you found secret transmitter of illuminati.. 😂
Oooo... I always wanted to be in a secret society 😄
radio has a dalek voice effect going on at first
Haha... it does! 😄