Thank you for the video. It is indeed a nice little radio. You mentioned earlier in a comment to me that you have bad MW reception where you live so what about setting up a frame antenna outside with an amplifier, feed in a coax. This arrangement can be connected to antenna terminals to any radio or loosely coupled with a small coil to an internal antenna. I think you would be happy with that. I don't think it is impossible to receive MW anywhere in the world where people have setled down maybe except the poles.
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ve pondered on the frame antenna idea years ago and there are certainly a tons of DIY videos on TH-cam regarding that. Perhaps I will in the future but ever since I got a decent satellite radio, I gave up on the frame antenna idea for now. I like having the option of listening to various news stations 24/7, various music genres and OTR stations instead of what the limited radio stations has to offer, also I can listen to stations globally with the satellite radio. The closest radio broadcast station near me is close to 40 miles away, if you call that near me and with the mountains surrounding me, the antenna could definitely help but I think it would still be a challenge even with the best well-built frame antenna. Thanks for watching my channel.
Thanks Frank, the small 60-watt bulb is good for the AA5’s but I might have to go up to a 75-watt bulb. I always check the watts and amperes during and after my repairs. The height of the camera/tripod needs to be moved up and closer as well as my lighting to adjust for the new bright ceiling lights. I'm finding some bugs in the new lab as I'm using it. :(
@@kenslab1973 You'll sort out the production problems for sure Ken. I use a 150watt globe only cos that was all I had at the time. It doesn't show the initial power surge or low wattage consumption but it does show those pesky shorts from caps or trannie windings etc. Keep it up :)
When doing videos, please have more close-ups of what you're doing. Hard to see what you're doing when it looks like I'm sitting ten feet away from your work bench.
Thanks for your concern; you are correct about the quality of this video. After going from a lower table to an actual 36” height work bench, I’ve been trying to adjust my camera/tripod to correspond with the extra bench height. That will hopefully be improved in my upcoming videos as well as better lighting since I installed ceiling lights and now using the side and over the top work bench lights, I have to work on preventing over lighting. Thank you for watching.
Thank you for the video. It is indeed a nice little radio.
You mentioned earlier in a comment to me that you have bad MW reception where you live so what about setting up a frame antenna outside with an amplifier, feed in a coax. This arrangement can be connected to antenna terminals to any radio or loosely coupled with a small coil to an internal antenna. I think you would be happy with that.
I don't think it is impossible to receive MW anywhere in the world where people have setled down maybe except the poles.
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ve pondered on the frame antenna idea years ago and there are certainly a tons of DIY videos on TH-cam regarding that. Perhaps I will in the future but ever since I got a decent satellite radio, I gave up on the frame antenna idea for now. I like having the option of listening to various news stations 24/7, various music genres and OTR stations instead of what the limited radio stations has to offer, also I can listen to stations globally with the satellite radio. The closest radio broadcast station near me is close to 40 miles away, if you call that near me and with the mountains surrounding me, the antenna could definitely help but I think it would still be a challenge even with the best well-built frame antenna. Thanks for watching my channel.
Good one Ken. That little radio sure sucks some power when started up. I thought you had an internal short somewhere. Luckily it was all good
Thanks Frank, the small 60-watt bulb is good for the AA5’s but I might have to go up to a 75-watt bulb. I always check the watts and amperes during and after my repairs. The height of the camera/tripod needs to be moved up and closer as well as my lighting to adjust for the new bright ceiling lights. I'm finding some bugs in the new lab as I'm using it. :(
@@kenslab1973 You'll sort out the production problems for sure Ken. I use a 150watt globe only cos that was all I had at the time. It doesn't show the initial power surge or low wattage consumption but it does show those pesky shorts from caps or trannie windings etc. Keep it up :)
When doing videos, please have more close-ups of what you're doing. Hard to see what you're doing when it looks like I'm sitting ten feet away from your work bench.
Thanks for your concern; you are correct about the quality of this video. After going from a lower table to an actual 36” height work bench, I’ve been trying to adjust my camera/tripod to correspond with the extra bench height. That will hopefully be improved in my upcoming videos as well as better lighting since I installed ceiling lights and now using the side and over the top work bench lights, I have to work on preventing over lighting. Thank you for watching.