you ever notice that old Norelco electric razors with 1/3 of the blades inside work better than the new ones? I have some that are 45 years old and still humming old things were made better
I've been looking at one of these sets in an antique mall. I just discovered they are a bit more than a plain All-American Five as they have an RF amplifier stage.
Did you have to replace the pilot light? I read if they are burned out they can kill the rectifier tube.
Admittedly, printed circuit boards made electronics easier to repair (at least until they started miniturizing everything), but these old radios can be a fun challenge to work on. Looks like you did a good, neat job. The music is... interesting. Did you perform it all "live" or did you record each individual part separately (guitar, drums, bass)? (As you can tell I'm not quite familiar with how Garage Band works!)
New tubes are being made in former Soviet countries and elsewhere, pretty well made also. Check around and you should be able to replace your failing RF amp tube, it's a pretty common new tube now woth tube amps becoming once again popular with musicians - they just sound better.
A lot of why electronics since the late 70's or later are also not repairable - proprietary chips. The manufacturers have specially made chips that they are the sole source for and they limit production so that when units are out of production they only have repair stock so they can sell you a whole board rather than you ordering common chips from a supplier. RCA's "works in a drawer" was the first to start this board replacement scheme way back. Nice sounding long lasting radio you have now.
you ever notice that old Norelco electric razors with 1/3 of the blades inside work better than the new ones? I have some that are 45 years old and still humming old things were made better
theeasybeats 1 month ago
I read that running 2 capacitors in series doesn't last to long. What did you hear?
toadabc 7 months ago
@toadabc So far? the news, a couple Canadian radio stations, and some spanish sports channel.
bbishoppcm 7 months ago
I've been looking at one of these sets in an antique mall. I just discovered they are a bit more than a plain All-American Five as they have an RF amplifier stage.
Did you have to replace the pilot light? I read if they are burned out they can kill the rectifier tube.
nickb333 1 year ago
i have ge radio looking 2 put a out put jack on it so i can play my ipod touch any ideas
druzutube 2 years ago
hey do you have a old hard drive thats works the size has to be more than 160gb
cmarshall1018 2 years ago
Great work.
I like to pull the tubes and test the resistors before putting a unit back to work.
desertbard 2 years ago
nice radio
digidude86 2 years ago
That job looks great and the radio is much happier too.
jefferyb304 2 years ago
What a nice radio, good work!
Jo0ngle 2 years ago
Admittedly, printed circuit boards made electronics easier to repair (at least until they started miniturizing everything), but these old radios can be a fun challenge to work on. Looks like you did a good, neat job. The music is... interesting. Did you perform it all "live" or did you record each individual part separately (guitar, drums, bass)? (As you can tell I'm not quite familiar with how Garage Band works!)
vwestlife 2 years ago
New tubes are being made in former Soviet countries and elsewhere, pretty well made also. Check around and you should be able to replace your failing RF amp tube, it's a pretty common new tube now woth tube amps becoming once again popular with musicians - they just sound better.
rhblakeman 2 years ago
A lot of why electronics since the late 70's or later are also not repairable - proprietary chips. The manufacturers have specially made chips that they are the sole source for and they limit production so that when units are out of production they only have repair stock so they can sell you a whole board rather than you ordering common chips from a supplier. RCA's "works in a drawer" was the first to start this board replacement scheme way back. Nice sounding long lasting radio you have now.
rhblakeman 2 years ago
Seems to work alot better now. The loud hum is gone now! Good job!
MrMoterKid 2 years ago