@ibprofin100 That depends greatly upon where you are located. Some low power and "translator" analog television stations remain the US, and this set could receive at least part of the analog cable TV "band" were it connected to such a system.
It can also be used with a converter box, some of which can be adapted for use with batteries.
You talk about Duracell being a devision of Gellette(?) at one point, is that the same Gellette(?) that makes men's shavers? From the way you speak, am I to understand that digital TV broadcasts on the same frequencies as Analogue TV, similar to HD Radio in America?
@Lachlant1984 They have been for a number of years and still are today. Yes, it is the same Gillette that produces shavers and shaving supplies. They are now a division of Proctor and Gamble.
Digital TV broadcasts take place on some of the same frequencies as the old analog broadcasts did. Other frequencies were "recovered" for other use. The main difference is more efficient use of spectrum, or "so we're told".
@uxwbill Gillette, the best a man can get. I couldn't resist that, I remember the jingle from when I was really young. Here in Australia digital TV and DAB+ Digital Radio are on completely different frequency spectrums to their analogue counterparts. In fact I understand that DAB+ broadcasts on the same wavelength as standard analogue TV, I may of course be wrong, but that seems to be the case. If anyone out there can correct me please do so. We use DVB-T digital TV as far as I know.
i have a 1987 magnavox portable 5.5 inch colour TV with VHF low, VHF high, and UHF bands and also am/fm radio with digital clock with a timer and the TV settings are v-hold, contrast, brightness, color adjust, tint, focus and screen adjust, AFT on off button, external antenna, headphones and a degauss button if the screen ever gets magnetized and a 9volt battery slot for the clock if the power goes out
You mentioned "The Digital TV Fiasco" in your video, and as the analogue signal is being switched off here next year(Ireland), do you have any advice or thoughts on how to prepare for it? Many thanks.
@MagnusVideos Get the very best performing TV antenna you can find, and install it...or arrange to have it installed. I would recommend reading reviews to find out which antenna that is...and think about how it will fit into your home. Some places do not allow outdoor TV antennas.
@Matthew55904 The CRT is very small, probably less than two inches when measured diagonally. Even smaller CRTs than this one have been made, as many camcorder viewfinders used them from the earliest machines up to sometime in the 1990s when LCD panels finally took over.
Your second question can be answered with a web search using your favorite search engine. You could also search Wikipedia.
I notice that their nothing at the thrift stores over here etheir, in the pass two weeks. But found a technics SA-160 and Sony CD recorder with changer.
The adaptors always are almost missing due to they will try to sell them separate and they will magically appear weeks later for sale. Then complaint about it. Of course they know that I know that they sell stuff on eBay and their accounts they list under, needless to say they no longer sell the adaptors separate anymore, problem solved.
I like micro television sets, I think that they are cute, especially the ones with little picture tubes. I have a pair of little portable TV sets that were both made by Orion in Korea, one was a white Canadian Tire "Pulser" set with an AM and FM radio that a friend gave me. I can't remember the brand of the other set but it's almost identicle except for being red and not having a radio, I found it in a construction dumpster a few years ago. Both work but they both need a 600 ma power supply.
@OlegKostoglatov Small TV sets are cool. It's always interesting to see how the manufacturers solved the problem of putting a TV in such tight confines. I always thought the tube used in the Sony Watchman was a very cool piece of engineering.
It's too bad the TV wasn't branded Canadian Tire...that would have been pretty funny!
@fatmikey00032000 I've thought about it, I even have one of the units that is easy to convert. But really...have you seen what's on TV these days? I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not watching TV.
My co-workers talk about TV all the time. I don't get what they see in it. I'd talk about finding and fixing the busted 7812 voltage regulator in a stereo receiver, but they don't get what I see in it. ;-)
@bamdadkhan The term "short wave" refers to the wavelength and not the actual method of transmission used. Amplitude Modulation is commonly used, though other modulation types (various sideband types, continuous wave) can be used when broadcasting on the shortwave "bands".
What is generally considered the "AM broadcast band" is more correctly known as "medium wave" broadcasting. Longwave (LW) is seldom used in the US.
@poopskinTheLiar I know what you mean...radios that could play audio from the "TV band" were so very useful when a TV was not practical or usable in a given situation.
The Watchman was a pretty cool device, especially in its earliest revisions with the "flat" picture tube. I have one of those somewhere.
Hey William, I didn't read through all the posts but if you take some water and baking soda on a toothbrush you should be able to clean up those battery terminals.
@uhrsker I had better fortune than that. After dumping the wrecked batteries out, I found that the terminals were undamaged after carefully scraping the gunk off of them. That has never happened before!
William, you could put the end of a bared copper core from a live coax cable into to the base end of the retractable antenna. I owned a similar unit and could receive good quality tv signals this way.
@canadaeast I have no live analog cable television or coax coming in from an outdoor antenna. For a while after the digital TV fiasco had taken place, I had very basic cable TV. As I never watched it, the service was cancelled. I don't find myself missing it at all.
Do you live far away from a major broadcasting area? The AM band seemed to be very devoid of activity. Also, I usually don't notice much noise coming from CFLs unless I put my radio within 3 foot of one. I even regularly pull in AM DX stations at night with a radio 5 foot away from a CFL.
The shortwave performance didn't surprise me; without a good external antenna almost all HF radios won't pick up much unless the ionosphere is active.
@sandmanxo I do not live near a major broadcasting area, although I do feel that the AM radio reception on this set could/should have been better. I can usually hear many AM stations with little more than a simple wire antenna. Some of my CFL bulbs are much noisier than others.
I really thought the shortwave performance was quite good...tuning would have been easier with something like a bandspread dial, though.
@NovaScotian1992 There is a lot of duplication on the dial (many "mix" stations playing a variety of lite rock formats, plenty of rap/R&B, a few "variety FM" formatted stations and a lot of newer country music.
When it comes to "oldies" music, classical music, jazz and older country music, there isn't a lot out there catering to those who want to hear such a format.
I had one of these when i was younger. i think i payed 30 bucks for it used. As i remember the battery life was actually good. I also had the magnifier. and the cover for the front.
If that thing has the clip on antenna connectors on the back you could probably use one of those adapters to hook up a digital conveter box or cable box with an RF out.
cute. sad the way you cant get a tv channel on it. it will be the same hear. no wonder the world is fucked they make it so good old stuff wont work and ye have to get new things.
@V8Jagnut It is unfortunate. I would not have such a complaint against digital television broadcasting here if it worked well under adverse reception conditions and in more rural locations like mine.
At least the radio has been left relatively un-fooled-around with and for that I am glad. HD Radio has not taken off (probably a good thing), and in some cases, older technologies like analog AM stereo broadcasting have actually come *back* into use!
@uxwbill What's really hard to come by in any medium (or so it seems) is true excellence in broadcasting...it's not so much the methodology (stereo, mono, AM, FM) as it is whether or not the people behind a given station care about what they're putting on the air. Luckily, there are a few stations here that seem to care and have excellent audio quality as a nice bonus.
What a natty little tv/radio combo, many years ago i had a "crown" unit with similar functions,The later ones had tape as well but the idea seems to have died, shame.
As you said, the digital fiasco has happened in the u.k, what a bloody mess, the analog tv transmissions are gone and we have a system called "Freeview" that runs on the same antenna but picks up the digital multiplex channels.
Sounds fine but the picture quality is crap, it locks up, it crashes, and other computer related hell.
In 1992 I asked my Dad if there were such things as battery operated TV sets and he told me their were, he later moved into a house with a woman who indeed had a battery TV that was probably made in the 80's, I think it was a Misuta brand one. Tandy Electronics made scads of battery operated TV's, most of which were sold with the Realistic brand on them, oh I love that brand name. Talk to DrCassette about cleaning the battery terminals, he may be able to help you.
@fedorauser1001 I don't know how long Panasonic would have been selling them, but radios that could tune the TV band and play TV audio were very common. Sony produced a large number of such sets, as did many other companies like Emerson Radio. My grandfather has a Panasonic TV-band radio with AM, FM and (I think!) "weatherband" coverage. It's in very good shape, though it has dirty controls. I may make a video about it soon.
Those sure are some old cold forgotten batteries! I believe you could get a clip-on CRT magnifier lens as an optional accessory. Shortwave is much more fun at night, when the foreign stations come in, and you should be able to get the WWV time signal at 5 MHz.
And have you ever come across a GE Portacolor? It was the first portable (but AC-only) color TV, and GE sold them by the gazillions in the '60s and '70s -- it was the last TV to use vacuum tubes, too, manufactured as late as 1980!
@vwestlife I was utterly astounded that the leakage had not consumed any of the contacts or harmed any of the circuits. Miracles happen, I guess. :-)
I can well recall listening to my dad's Sony shortwave/AM/FM set as a youngster, and later standing outside the garage, using 'furhead as an antenna with a Heathkit GR-64 and listening to Radio Taipei. Most recently I heard Radio Beijing very late at night on a Grundig portable, in perfect clarity.
Sounds like with that beeping and distorted voice you ran into some amateur radio communications on shortwave. In the early evening you might hear some communications in good old AM.
@bratina501 I think you're absolutely right. The Morse Code had been going on for a while, as before I made this video, I had been listening to it. It was tuned better then...the tuning is very touchy on SW and a bandspread dial would have been a big help.
Excellent vid, Bill. Question though, You are always concerned about the "copyright police" coming out and knocking on your door, but could they get you for broadcasting a radio program back over the net on a YouTube video? It' not like you are in a "for profit" outfit. It's an amature video site, am I right?
@pskittle488 I don't believe it will be a problem with radio broadcasts, at least not commercial ones, as radio stations have already secured the rights for what they play from the MAFIAA. I also keep the audio short, well within the seemingly "de facto" 30 seconds of "fair use" time that Youtube allocates before fully engaging Content ID. (That said, I do have four content ID matches, all from Sony Music. It appears that SME is pretty reasonable, and Youtube says "no action is required".)
@uxwbill I have played radio broadcasts when testing out tuners and I still get e-mails from YouTube about something being ID'd. I've just made sure that absolutely nothing is over 30 seconds now, to be safe. I don't mind Sony or any other company putting ads on my videos if I use 'their' music just do I don't have to file the paperwork on reporting performances. :-) I don't make any money on those videos anyway, so I don't bother.
@pskittle488 YouTube's "Content ID" system can detect any segment 30 seconds or longer of any song in their database, regardless of what the source is. Musical segments shorter than 30 seconds are unofficially considered "fair use", and I haven't had any trouble including them in my videos. I have a few videos which Sony Music Entertainment has decided to block in Germany, but that's about it.
@vwestlife What amazes me is how fast they can ID the content, I uploaded a video as a private video (Just needed to show somebody something and then was going to delete it) before I even got it sent to the person I was going to show it to, They had already IDed it.
@NJRoadfan Its about the same here in central Indiana and the country stations are the equivalent of CHR in the pop world. The same 40 or so songs over and over again.
Wow, what a great find Bill and at an awesome price, my dad had the Radioshack version , he would take it to the ball game with him so he could listen to the action.Nice vid, thanks for sharing
pissed that my thrift store wont sell electronics anymore. there were some cools things that pop up from time to time. no more :(
i ahve something kind of like your portable tv. similar in size, had a same size screen, radio, clock, atenna, and a battery bay for like 10 big batteries haha
it was an RCA, still have it, never used it. mine was black and white though
@randomrazr It's quite possible that any electronics being left at their drop off locations are being put into the trash. If you really want 'em, it's dumpster diving time. (That said, don't do anything that would endanger yourself or others.)
wow 3rd on a uxwbill vid never thought it would happen as always great vid and i have a portable color tv much newer might make a vid as it has a problem that you might be able to help me with
what if you use a rf modulator? will that be able to view dvd's?
ChristmasCreature 1 month ago
It won't work anymore, Analog broadcasting has ended, and digital is the only broadcasting signal out today.
ibprofin100 1 month ago
@ibprofin100 That depends greatly upon where you are located. Some low power and "translator" analog television stations remain the US, and this set could receive at least part of the analog cable TV "band" were it connected to such a system.
It can also be used with a converter box, some of which can be adapted for use with batteries.
uxwbill 1 month ago
You talk about Duracell being a devision of Gellette(?) at one point, is that the same Gellette(?) that makes men's shavers? From the way you speak, am I to understand that digital TV broadcasts on the same frequencies as Analogue TV, similar to HD Radio in America?
Lachlant1984 1 month ago
@Lachlant1984 They have been for a number of years and still are today. Yes, it is the same Gillette that produces shavers and shaving supplies. They are now a division of Proctor and Gamble.
Digital TV broadcasts take place on some of the same frequencies as the old analog broadcasts did. Other frequencies were "recovered" for other use. The main difference is more efficient use of spectrum, or "so we're told".
uxwbill 1 month ago
@uxwbill Gillette, the best a man can get. I couldn't resist that, I remember the jingle from when I was really young. Here in Australia digital TV and DAB+ Digital Radio are on completely different frequency spectrums to their analogue counterparts. In fact I understand that DAB+ broadcasts on the same wavelength as standard analogue TV, I may of course be wrong, but that seems to be the case. If anyone out there can correct me please do so. We use DVB-T digital TV as far as I know.
Lachlant1984 1 month ago
i have a 1987 magnavox portable 5.5 inch colour TV with VHF low, VHF high, and UHF bands and also am/fm radio with digital clock with a timer and the TV settings are v-hold, contrast, brightness, color adjust, tint, focus and screen adjust, AFT on off button, external antenna, headphones and a degauss button if the screen ever gets magnetized and a 9volt battery slot for the clock if the power goes out
greatwhitenorth112 2 months ago
You mentioned "The Digital TV Fiasco" in your video, and as the analogue signal is being switched off here next year(Ireland), do you have any advice or thoughts on how to prepare for it? Many thanks.
MagnusVideos 3 months ago
@MagnusVideos Get the very best performing TV antenna you can find, and install it...or arrange to have it installed. I would recommend reading reviews to find out which antenna that is...and think about how it will fit into your home. Some places do not allow outdoor TV antennas.
This is another comment I never saw.
uxwbill 1 month ago
how small is that CRT i didnt think they came smaller than 5in and what is shortwave radio?
Matthew55904 3 months ago
@Matthew55904 The CRT is very small, probably less than two inches when measured diagonally. Even smaller CRTs than this one have been made, as many camcorder viewfinders used them from the earliest machines up to sometime in the 1990s when LCD panels finally took over.
Your second question can be answered with a web search using your favorite search engine. You could also search Wikipedia.
uxwbill 3 months ago
@uxwbill i had no idea camcord viewfinders were CRT how can u put a high voltage wire on a screen that small?
Matthew55904 3 months ago
hey, you wouldn't have happened to have gotten that at Habitat For Humanity...because I've seen a TV exactly like that at the thrift store here...
ElisVlog 4 months ago
@ElisVlog No, it came from an indepedently owned and operated "antique" store. (In reality, this place sells just about everything you can imagine.)
uxwbill 4 months ago
I notice that their nothing at the thrift stores over here etheir, in the pass two weeks. But found a technics SA-160 and Sony CD recorder with changer.
The adaptors always are almost missing due to they will try to sell them separate and they will magically appear weeks later for sale. Then complaint about it. Of course they know that I know that they sell stuff on eBay and their accounts they list under, needless to say they no longer sell the adaptors separate anymore, problem solved.
RetroPCDOS 4 months ago
I like micro television sets, I think that they are cute, especially the ones with little picture tubes. I have a pair of little portable TV sets that were both made by Orion in Korea, one was a white Canadian Tire "Pulser" set with an AM and FM radio that a friend gave me. I can't remember the brand of the other set but it's almost identicle except for being red and not having a radio, I found it in a construction dumpster a few years ago. Both work but they both need a 600 ma power supply.
OlegKostoglatov 4 months ago
@OlegKostoglatov Small TV sets are cool. It's always interesting to see how the manufacturers solved the problem of putting a TV in such tight confines. I always thought the tube used in the Sony Watchman was a very cool piece of engineering.
It's too bad the TV wasn't branded Canadian Tire...that would have been pretty funny!
uxwbill 4 months ago
you should modify a DTV converter to use with this, i have seen them run off of battery power, and they are quite small
fatmikey00032000 4 months ago
@fatmikey00032000 I've thought about it, I even have one of the units that is easy to convert. But really...have you seen what's on TV these days? I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not watching TV.
My co-workers talk about TV all the time. I don't get what they see in it. I'd talk about finding and fixing the busted 7812 voltage regulator in a stereo receiver, but they don't get what I see in it. ;-)
uxwbill 4 months ago
Looks very good for it's age!
Firthy2002 4 months ago
@MrDennis8805 That sounds like a pretty good deal to me, especially if it works.
uxwbill 4 months ago
I didn't realize just how small that is until you picked it up. That this is so tiny
TheMrbum 4 months ago
@TheMrbum It's a lot of functionality packed into an extremely small casing...yet the internal layout seems pretty clean and sensible.
uxwbill 4 months ago
i'm not an expert on radio technology, but isn't short wave practically AM, because it's amplitude modulated as opposed to FM (frequency modulated)?
on my grandpa's old radio (which never heard of FM) we had LW MW SW USW for long, middle, short and ultra-short wave.
now if i'm not mistaken, USW is where you got what's today's 'AM', but it was a loong time ago.
could shed some light on this, please? :)
bamdadkhan 4 months ago
@bamdadkhan sorry as it turns out, USW *was* FM. but my question still stands: isn't short wave practically AM?
bamdadkhan 4 months ago
@bamdadkhan The term "short wave" refers to the wavelength and not the actual method of transmission used. Amplitude Modulation is commonly used, though other modulation types (various sideband types, continuous wave) can be used when broadcasting on the shortwave "bands".
What is generally considered the "AM broadcast band" is more correctly known as "medium wave" broadcasting. Longwave (LW) is seldom used in the US.
uxwbill 4 months ago
@uxwbill ah, i see. thank you. i'm going to do some reading up on the subject.
bamdadkhan 4 months ago
Wow bill! You have so many FM radio stations that come in in your area! Here in upstate NY there are maybe 5.
theimaginator16 4 months ago
I had/have a Watchman. Too bad it stopped working after the digital transition, it was pretty handy.
poopskinTheLiar 4 months ago
@poopskinTheLiar I know what you mean...radios that could play audio from the "TV band" were so very useful when a TV was not practical or usable in a given situation.
The Watchman was a pretty cool device, especially in its earliest revisions with the "flat" picture tube. I have one of those somewhere.
uxwbill 4 months ago
Leave it to Ford :) Great vid man!
dosman01302 4 months ago
Great video!
-Marshall
gatrwrks 4 months ago
Hey William, I didn't read through all the posts but if you take some water and baking soda on a toothbrush you should be able to clean up those battery terminals.
uhrsker 4 months ago
@uhrsker I had better fortune than that. After dumping the wrecked batteries out, I found that the terminals were undamaged after carefully scraping the gunk off of them. That has never happened before!
uxwbill 4 months ago
Could you imagine playing super Mario bros on that little TV? lol
Superluigi5458 4 months ago
William, you could put the end of a bared copper core from a live coax cable into to the base end of the retractable antenna. I owned a similar unit and could receive good quality tv signals this way.
canadaeast 4 months ago
@canadaeast I have no live analog cable television or coax coming in from an outdoor antenna. For a while after the digital TV fiasco had taken place, I had very basic cable TV. As I never watched it, the service was cancelled. I don't find myself missing it at all.
uxwbill 4 months ago
ahhh i hate the nasty batteries on these types of things
powerlockit 4 months ago
Do you live far away from a major broadcasting area? The AM band seemed to be very devoid of activity. Also, I usually don't notice much noise coming from CFLs unless I put my radio within 3 foot of one. I even regularly pull in AM DX stations at night with a radio 5 foot away from a CFL.
The shortwave performance didn't surprise me; without a good external antenna almost all HF radios won't pick up much unless the ionosphere is active.
sandmanxo 4 months ago
@sandmanxo I do not live near a major broadcasting area, although I do feel that the AM radio reception on this set could/should have been better. I can usually hear many AM stations with little more than a simple wire antenna. Some of my CFL bulbs are much noisier than others.
I really thought the shortwave performance was quite good...tuning would have been easier with something like a bandspread dial, though.
uxwbill 4 months ago
Wow, you guys have a lot of FM choices. lol
NovaScotian1992 4 months ago
@NovaScotian1992 There is a lot of duplication on the dial (many "mix" stations playing a variety of lite rock formats, plenty of rap/R&B, a few "variety FM" formatted stations and a lot of newer country music.
When it comes to "oldies" music, classical music, jazz and older country music, there isn't a lot out there catering to those who want to hear such a format.
uxwbill 4 months ago
I have loads of little CRT portable TVs around the place, not really much use to me apart from some looking cool as ornaments :)
ThePhoneUpdate 4 months ago
I had one of these when i was younger. i think i payed 30 bucks for it used. As i remember the battery life was actually good. I also had the magnifier. and the cover for the front.
BlueFoxTV 4 months ago
Wgat a great find.
cogsinister100 4 months ago
i fucking love mini TV, but the problem is: there is no analog signal anymore so fuck it.
hitachi088 4 months ago
cool little telly :)
P55CxE9 4 months ago
If that thing has the clip on antenna connectors on the back you could probably use one of those adapters to hook up a digital conveter box or cable box with an RF out.
IAmNotAFunguy 4 months ago
cute. sad the way you cant get a tv channel on it. it will be the same hear. no wonder the world is fucked they make it so good old stuff wont work and ye have to get new things.
V8Jagnut 4 months ago
@V8Jagnut It is unfortunate. I would not have such a complaint against digital television broadcasting here if it worked well under adverse reception conditions and in more rural locations like mine.
At least the radio has been left relatively un-fooled-around with and for that I am glad. HD Radio has not taken off (probably a good thing), and in some cases, older technologies like analog AM stereo broadcasting have actually come *back* into use!
uxwbill 4 months ago
@uxwbill What's really hard to come by in any medium (or so it seems) is true excellence in broadcasting...it's not so much the methodology (stereo, mono, AM, FM) as it is whether or not the people behind a given station care about what they're putting on the air. Luckily, there are a few stations here that seem to care and have excellent audio quality as a nice bonus.
uxwbill 4 months ago
What a natty little tv/radio combo, many years ago i had a "crown" unit with similar functions,The later ones had tape as well but the idea seems to have died, shame.
As you said, the digital fiasco has happened in the u.k, what a bloody mess, the analog tv transmissions are gone and we have a system called "Freeview" that runs on the same antenna but picks up the digital multiplex channels.
Sounds fine but the picture quality is crap, it locks up, it crashes, and other computer related hell.
zx8401ztv 4 months ago
$5! That's a steal! Nice find. Looks like you pulled it right out of 1985.
odius94 4 months ago
In 1992 I asked my Dad if there were such things as battery operated TV sets and he told me their were, he later moved into a house with a woman who indeed had a battery TV that was probably made in the 80's, I think it was a Misuta brand one. Tandy Electronics made scads of battery operated TV's, most of which were sold with the Realistic brand on them, oh I love that brand name. Talk to DrCassette about cleaning the battery terminals, he may be able to help you.
Lachlant1984 4 months ago
You need to build another garage/Roach Palace just to house all these "new old toys" :)
SJSharkWannabe 4 months ago
How tall is the antenna?
SAIL4323 4 months ago
@SAIL4323 I want to say it is about three feet long when fully extended. Maybe a little longer than that, even.
uxwbill 4 months ago
@fedorauser1001 I don't know how long Panasonic would have been selling them, but radios that could tune the TV band and play TV audio were very common. Sony produced a large number of such sets, as did many other companies like Emerson Radio. My grandfather has a Panasonic TV-band radio with AM, FM and (I think!) "weatherband" coverage. It's in very good shape, though it has dirty controls. I may make a video about it soon.
uxwbill 4 months ago
Nice that it has a set of antenna terminals on the back. You can make it DTV ready. ;)
Madness832 4 months ago
Those sure are some old cold forgotten batteries! I believe you could get a clip-on CRT magnifier lens as an optional accessory. Shortwave is much more fun at night, when the foreign stations come in, and you should be able to get the WWV time signal at 5 MHz.
And have you ever come across a GE Portacolor? It was the first portable (but AC-only) color TV, and GE sold them by the gazillions in the '60s and '70s -- it was the last TV to use vacuum tubes, too, manufactured as late as 1980!
vwestlife 4 months ago
@vwestlife I was utterly astounded that the leakage had not consumed any of the contacts or harmed any of the circuits. Miracles happen, I guess. :-)
I can well recall listening to my dad's Sony shortwave/AM/FM set as a youngster, and later standing outside the garage, using 'furhead as an antenna with a Heathkit GR-64 and listening to Radio Taipei. Most recently I heard Radio Beijing very late at night on a Grundig portable, in perfect clarity.
I have not ever seen a Portacolor set.
uxwbill 4 months ago
14:22 I love that song! "Like the rising sun that shines, awake my soul, awake my soul and sing!"
TheGuineaphinea 4 months ago
Sounds like with that beeping and distorted voice you ran into some amateur radio communications on shortwave. In the early evening you might hear some communications in good old AM.
bratina501 4 months ago
@bratina501 I think you're absolutely right. The Morse Code had been going on for a while, as before I made this video, I had been listening to it. It was tuned better then...the tuning is very touchy on SW and a bandspread dial would have been a big help.
uxwbill 4 months ago
Excellent vid, Bill. Question though, You are always concerned about the "copyright police" coming out and knocking on your door, but could they get you for broadcasting a radio program back over the net on a YouTube video? It' not like you are in a "for profit" outfit. It's an amature video site, am I right?
pskittle488 4 months ago
@pskittle488 I don't believe it will be a problem with radio broadcasts, at least not commercial ones, as radio stations have already secured the rights for what they play from the MAFIAA. I also keep the audio short, well within the seemingly "de facto" 30 seconds of "fair use" time that Youtube allocates before fully engaging Content ID. (That said, I do have four content ID matches, all from Sony Music. It appears that SME is pretty reasonable, and Youtube says "no action is required".)
uxwbill 4 months ago
@uxwbill I have played radio broadcasts when testing out tuners and I still get e-mails from YouTube about something being ID'd. I've just made sure that absolutely nothing is over 30 seconds now, to be safe. I don't mind Sony or any other company putting ads on my videos if I use 'their' music just do I don't have to file the paperwork on reporting performances. :-) I don't make any money on those videos anyway, so I don't bother.
CenTexVideo 4 months ago
@pskittle488 YouTube's "Content ID" system can detect any segment 30 seconds or longer of any song in their database, regardless of what the source is. Musical segments shorter than 30 seconds are unofficially considered "fair use", and I haven't had any trouble including them in my videos. I have a few videos which Sony Music Entertainment has decided to block in Germany, but that's about it.
vwestlife 4 months ago
@vwestlife What amazes me is how fast they can ID the content, I uploaded a video as a private video (Just needed to show somebody something and then was going to delete it) before I even got it sent to the person I was going to show it to, They had already IDed it.
weasel2htm 4 months ago
DTV fiasco...you aren't the only person I've heard say that. Not much variety on the radio there, alot of country and Christian stations.
NJRoadfan 4 months ago
@NJRoadfan Its about the same here in central Indiana and the country stations are the equivalent of CHR in the pop world. The same 40 or so songs over and over again.
bratina501 4 months ago
Wow, what a great find Bill and at an awesome price, my dad had the Radioshack version , he would take it to the ball game with him so he could listen to the action.Nice vid, thanks for sharing
tommee10533 4 months ago
Nice little tv, I have one like that but a bit bigger.
redneckbryon 4 months ago
257th comment! Nah, just kidding.
I think I've always had a little bit of interest in early portable TV sets, they look neat and seem somewhat unique.
linuxlove4004 4 months ago
ooo interesting
Ltb0b 4 months ago
pissed that my thrift store wont sell electronics anymore. there were some cools things that pop up from time to time. no more :(
i ahve something kind of like your portable tv. similar in size, had a same size screen, radio, clock, atenna, and a battery bay for like 10 big batteries haha
it was an RCA, still have it, never used it. mine was black and white though
randomrazr 4 months ago
@randomrazr disregard my comparison of same size, it was 4 times the size haha
randomrazr 4 months ago
@randomrazr I think I have the unit you are talking about...or one *very* close to it.
uxwbill 4 months ago
@randomrazr It's quite possible that any electronics being left at their drop off locations are being put into the trash. If you really want 'em, it's dumpster diving time. (That said, don't do anything that would endanger yourself or others.)
uxwbill 4 months ago
The comment counters are out in full force tonight. ;-)
uxwbill 4 months ago
THAT IS TINY! wow smaller than i thought
joeyf504327 4 months ago
9th!!
TheCatMilton 4 months ago
wow 3rd on a uxwbill vid never thought it would happen as always great vid and i have a portable color tv much newer might make a vid as it has a problem that you might be able to help me with
joeyf504327 4 months ago
FIRST!!
bhstone1 4 months ago