Retekess TR614 A Look Inside

Today I take apart the Retekess TR 614 AM FM SW radio. After I took this radio apart I could not believe this is a $30 radio. Watch this video to find out what was inside!
Music : Rondo Brother www.Rondobrothers.com
Opening Song: Dolphin
Other Music: Space walk, Dreams Electric

[@dovpauzner5093]

Well done video, ty !

[@TheRadiogeek]

Thanks!

[@huntercarver1851]

So cool!

[@user-vt9hp9cq5i]

Спасибо !!!
Хоть один человек догадался разобрать и показать внутренности , остальные обзоры для меня болтология ни о чем !

[@VintageElectronicsGeek]

Very nice, crazy string! ~Jack, VEG

[@TheRadiogeek]

Very crazy.

[@elybanquillo]

Good job

[@SaulMonteiroYoutube]

ty

[@IAdryan]

Around 1:40 , can you tell me what is that T41 ? Seems like a voltage regulator. Thanks.

[@TheRadiogeek]

It looks like a 7330 3 volt voltage regulator.

[@IAdryan]

@@TheRadiogeek Thanks 😊

[@skycarl]

Look at that room, why you could build a condo in there I tell ya... Actually RG, I do like the fact they squeezed in a SW section.

[@TheRadiogeek]

I just wish it had more of the shortwave band. That board looks like it could fit inside a smaller pocket radio.

[@45AMT]

Not much inside these modern radios. IC's have taken the place of many components. Guess now they just make the case bigger so it seems like a normal size radio.

[@TheRadiogeek]

It does have a nice sound quality to it. A bigger case was needed for the speaker and all that dial wire routing. 😂

[@jeffking291]

Interesting .
I would like to see someone stuff a bigger ferrite rod into it and see what happens.
📻🙂

[@TheRadiogeek]

I’m not sure but I think that a bigger antenna would probably just over load this radio.

[@johnharris1846]

maybe all the empty room has a lot to do with the way the speaker performs?

[@aristobulocogua]

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[@Radiowild]

Quite a bit of unused real estate inside that radio. I'm surprised the ferrite for AM antenna is a s large as it is. I saw 4 I.C's in there on the circuit board. Kinda makes you wonder how many transistors were on those I.C's. Back in the late 50's on, the radio manufacturers were not shy about letting you know how many transistors were used on each set. Radio probably cost $3 to $4 dollars to make.

[@TheRadiogeek]

I was surprised at the open space inside. I remember reading that some radio manufacturers in the sixties listed transistors on the radio case and some of the transistors didn’t do anything. The more transistors the better. Marketing BS. 😜

[@spresc2180]

@@TheRadiogeek That is true that in some cases there were occasional transistors that did nothing. (old guy here).

[@jeffking291]

@@TheRadiogeek
I have a couple of those radios. I have a Juliette that boast “ 18 TRANSISTORS “. It is a good size AM/FM portable - performs like a 7 transistor radio - BUT, it has almost as much chrome as a’58 Buick❗️
📻🤣.

[@yambo59]

Frankly tuning string has nothing to do with performance, I like the radio and was going to buy one until I saw how little actual circuitry it has. Im just not seeing $30 in this thing, its a big $30 box of air not even a tuning capacitor just a low rent rheostat and a radio on a chip. I e xpect this kind of thing in a pocket radio but this uses a fake analog tuner dial and fake wood to jack up the price.