4 Tube Personal AM Radios and AES Battery Eliminator

Those civil defense/CONELRAD frequencies would come in handy about now.

I love the plastic dial on that General Electric radio. Brings back rich memories of what things looked like when I was a kid.

Former airplane owner: Heard your comment about leaded avgas. After more than two decades we recently got an unleaded 100 octane gas approved. The impact on your aircraft noise is going to depend on how much more expensive it is than the leaded stuff.

I've watched Shango066 for years and never commented. I feel like I am sitting with a doctor during an examination of a subject and enjoy it immensely. The show is about the radios and TVs and not about his face or superlab. The added wit and the road adventures are all a positive plus. The pace is perfect for relaxation and I feel as though I am sitting with a friend. The knowledge base here is vast, and his true appreciation for electronics is overwhelming. If it isn't enough to make a cat purr, it definitely won't make one growl. Meow!

A "Hunt for the Testing Lady" would make a great video.

Only recently discovered this channel. Watching you repair and resurrect these old valve tv's and radios. Brings happy memories back to me of watching my late dad repairing these sets for people when I was young. He did progress to the solid state stuff but always admitted to having a passion for the valve stuff.

I'm with you on the "You've Got This" crap. They pop up with these little sayings out of nowhere and then everybody is using it, makes the antennas go up when I notice that stuff.... I was talking to a customer service guy the other day and he said "I know that's not the outcome either one of us wanted" oh make me vomit. Lots of fakeness out there!

I Love people who work on old technology - It brings back so many memories I became a service engineer just as valves were leaving. Where I lived not far from the Air Force Base, when we watched American movies, like Star Trek and Time Tunnel, we turned the TV Volume down, and tuned to FM on the Radio to get it in English

Chinese counterfeit parts are a plague. I bought many Toshiba and Motorola audio output transistors online. All were counterfeit. Never again. I since bought them only at well known distributors. They were supposed to be 200W RMS but the die inside the plastic casings were as small and even smaller than the one you'll find in a BD 139/ TO-220 types. There's also many counterfeit capacitors as well on the market. When the price is too good to be true, that's because it isn't. I'm glad you address it! Those are shyte.. Edit: English isn't my language.

Cool!! I have built the AES battery eliminator kit back in the late '80s or so, and have used it to power several types of battery tube radios, including an Atwater Kent 20C. It is a great kit, I still have it but need to change the LM317 regulator for the "A" supply because one of the leads broke off it while moving! I always think these old personal portable tube radios are cool, especially "subminiature" ones, but also the regular miniature tube ones as well as larger earlier "suitcase" type with the larger octal tubes!

had a vintage 2001 kreisen Glass LED display, it was 47 volts, it's off-campus power supply melted it's own connections, one could fry an egg on it~ thems was the good ole days

You have a dead personal radio ? "Don't worry, you've got this".

Love your videos. I have a few 5 tube radios, a 6 tube radio, and a wooden 7 tube radio, all working. Also a Curtis Mathes am fm all tube wood console, also working. It has a separate 4 tube fm stereo demodulator in the base of the console.

My favorite dystopian u-toober. Very interesting stuff never seen a tube portable before

You're incredible! So knowledgeable on radios and tvs that there's almost anything so broken or destroyed you can find a way to make it come back alive. And not only that you make them better. I love your archeological trips finding pieces and bring them alive. You should be the curator of a Radio- TV Museum.

Interesting old radios. According to Radio Museum, the GE was made in 1954 and the Harpers was made in 1960. Their time was short. I got my first portable radio in the late 50s, and it had transistors. Same 9 volt battery that is still commonly used. Tubes were still used in table radios into the 60s, because I bought one in 1963 when I went off to college.

That’s a great collection of radios. I hope 🤞 they all have a dial cord diagram in the back of them. Battery tube type radios seem very rare to come by at any yard sales. I’d probably run 🏃‍♀️ these on a 12 volt car battery, since it would seem the most sustainable source. Your friend, Jeff.

I thought the Caltrans testing lady left the air, unless this was recorded a few months ago, But if this is newer video, then can I suggest doing a transmitter hunt for the source of the Caltrans testing lady. I'll bet the transmitter is on the side of the road right near a major road or interstate. The antenna is usually fiberglass white and a bit taller than a Solarcon A-99 CB antenna

Warching from philippines 👍👍

Nice testing station 😍