Philco 8 transistor QT-85 BKG

[radiotubes]

plays good.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks radiotubes 

[MrChupa2009]

Hello,

How did you power up this item.

I found one of these at a garage sale.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I used batteries and alligator clips.

[qseru82]

nice;)

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks. I have not seen another one anywhere.

[n4120p]

great small little gem you have ,I love and collect almost any radio I can get for little money, seems like one 3volt photo battery may fit in there i think is cr 123 or some like that, thank you for sharing. Ernest.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I filled in the gap with those little metal spacers from Radio Shack. Worked great. Thanks!!

[BassmasterBling]

Great video! Is there any way you could make it work with regular batteries?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

YES!!!!

I searched for the largest batteries of the right voltage that would fit in the radio. Then I made a metal spacer to fill in the gap. It was pretty cool having a small radio playing, but with substantial sound.

[sidebander]

Nice sound coming out of that little rig...

Keep up the good work with more vids to keep us tuned in.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I'll try and Thanks!

[CameramanLink]

This radio is amazingly small! It would be really hard to replace any parts if something went wrong.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

You would have to use Jewelers specs to work on it.

[coolbluelights]

Wow! Philco sure made some cool looking radios, it's such a shame that they aren't an American company anymore..hardly anything is these days. reading mario's comment, We did used to have an old Philco ford refrigerrator, that thing lasted almost 30 years.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

You're so right it is a shame! I could not believe it when I found this radio. And it's so amazing that I can not fine any information on it. So far I put up the most information about this radio. I hope that changes because I would like to know more about it.

[CassetteMaster]

WOW! That is AWEOME! SOO SMALL! Cool to see the circuitry! Sounds very clear, too.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks Ricky. I hope to find more information about this radio. When I Google "QT 85" this video pops up, so I'm in a loop right now.

[Hammondlover2]

It sounds good. It's very similar to the Micronic Ruby. I wonder if Philco made it to compete with the Ruby?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

When I first saw it I thought it was a Micronic Ruby and was very surprised to see the name Philco on it. I think your right about it competing with the Ruby. I wonder if they both were manufactured by the same company. I have not found much information about the Philco. And thanks.

[Organgrinder010]

Interesting little unit. Does it actually heat up enough to provoke the Thermister?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I have no clue what the Thermister is for or where it is in the radio. I would like to get the schematic for it and then maybe I could figure out. My wild guess would be that it is in the audio output. But three volts could not produce much heat. Maybe they did what I do, vastly over engineer.

[mariopica]

Excelent video. Very beautiful radio.

Philco today is a brazilian brand. In Brazil first was Philco, then Philco-Ford, then Philco-Hitachi, then Philco-Itau, then Philco again, and today is Philco but owned by Gradiente I guess but will be sold to a chinese groupt.

Thank you very much for this interesting video.

Best regards,

mario.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks Mario. That is so interesting about Philco in Brazil. I knew about Philco-Ford but had no idea about the others. I really do find the information fascinating and I appreciate your comments. Thanks again, best regards,

Rick

[detumama]

The thermistor usually controls the voltage of the base of the

output transistors if ambient temp goes up the voltage goes

down preventing sound distortion , not all radios had this

type of circuit (excellent radio)

[damusician]

crowded component make hard to change out bad part. it seems that way with my tape deck. nice radio btw. i think itz from the early 60's due to the printed circuit board.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Your probable right, I have not found much information about this radio. I did find a picture on the web and that was it. I'll have to find my transistor radio book and look in there. Yep, working on these boards is a real pain.

[damusician]

yes it is! especially when you have to replace a component and you can't fiqure out which one it is on the foil side of the board usless itz labeled or if it has less parts. i have a 1966 voice of music tube record player with amp chassis on a printed circuit board. i'm in the middle of recapping it.