Selena Multiband Soviet Radio Fix Up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- One of the more unusual radios I own is a portable Selena multiband radio made by Tento in the USSR in the 1970s (I think). For the first time, I take off the back and look inside to see what a communist country radio looks like. I'm not sure how this radio got to Canada - I bought it years ago at a yard sale.
The radio was built at the Minsk Radio Works in Belarus, formerly paert of the USSR. They're lovely sets. I bought three new old stock Selena Radios, and thankfully they had the power cords.
Latest model of Selena radio, type B 217. This set is from late eighties, i saw a datecode 88 05 on a capacitor. By the way, TENTO is not a manufacturer, it means "Techtointorg" - organisation that covered export of Soviet electronics. Selena receivers were made in factory called "Gorizont", located in Grozny, Chechnya.
I ordered one on eBay from Ukraine and I discovered that the unit works well, only the tuner needs a bit of lubrication, as somtimes it not making good contact. It is a well made, and with a finish and detailing very unique. My most interresting radio right now.
I have one of these excellent radio with sound to match had it from new wouldn't let it go for anything short wave really good and good looking too use it daily hi from the UK
Mine from new but only works on fm but poor
The funniest way to disassemble propper old radio I've ever seen. Like in any normal older equipment before the era of cheap overseas products in which cheap is the main meaning bearing word soviet ones have a chasis: pull the knobs off, remove a fiew screws, disconnect or in this case desolder things like antenna and the whole thing is ready to be pulled out of its decorative case.
I have just bought one, I have a home 12 volt supply, so I am going to fit a 9 Volt Regulator in the back and fit a nice new power cord with cigar plug.
I fell in love with the look of the radio and the nice robust band change knob.
That's a lot like the tuner in a Hammarlund SP-600, which I now own thanks to your influence Jim!
Pro tip: watch series at Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Harper Ty yup, have been using flixzone for months myself :D
This Belarusian receiver also has an ancestor from the USSR. VEF family pyriemniks were produced in Riga.
This is indeed a Soviet one, they were known as Okean(Ocean) there. Have some weak components and some room for improvement, but overall are fine radios.
For sure, this is consumer grade electronics.
13:42 - it's a Perestroyka era radio.
20:15 - it's Cyrillic, says "made in USSR"
21:07 - coils and caps positions etc were all marked in Latin by 70s
I remember Radio Moscow back in the 70s, they really did sound super friendly, like USSR was the nicest place on Earth. Radio China is trying to sound that way too. I wonder if anyone ever believes it?
Tento made good binoculars, I have some. 7x50, 20x60, 10x50, multicoted zeiss copies.
I’ve one of these from new but only now works on fm but not very well I use it in my railway shed I’ve no knowledge of radio would love to get it working again
oone can easily fit an off the shelve mains powered 9V adapter inside the battery compartment to bypass the existing 220V internal power supply. Job done.
The secret police are coming for you. Clearly you got that radio to listen to the BBC, Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America! :P
This still has the weird round mains connector - same as the B211 model. I own a B215 - a slightly newer model which looks the same but is already equipped with the western standard 2-pin.
The black component 7ГЕ2А is a selenium stabistor. The electrolytic capacitors are probably leaky.
what year is it ??good morning ..i have this radio but it doesn't get anything except sw1 2 3 what should i clean ??
The old soviet radio does not want to serve the capitalist ass despite being tortured with WD-40 and losing a limb. The cold war continues...
Делали на века
Excellent demonstration, that you. Would also be grateful to know if the 9V battery can be used permanently instead of the 6 D-cells, or if there is any other substitute (having lost the AC power cord)?
Not a true Soviet radio since from my research the eastern bloc/USSR used a different FM band that went from 65.9 to 74 MHz in order to prevent citizens from being able to tune into western radio stations that operate on the present day 88 - 108 MHz band.
I have seen a few videos of Soviet transistor radios, they seem pretty well made. I'm curious if there are any Soviet *tube* radios still around.
there are in the UK under the Rigonda name
I have this one but the FM band could not catch the signal, could you advise which part should i need to check ? Thank you.. #radiolover from indonesia
I have this model Selena radio here in India but it does not tune to any of the frequencies here , the FM too does not work here.
1st - clean the contacts of the turret, their silver plating oxidizes over time.
Then for FM you have to replace C5 (51pF), C15 (33pF), C19, 27, 32 (24 pF) and C53 (51pF) cause they usually lose their capacity over time.
And 3d - check the frequency range of FM band of your Selena cause USSR had different frequencies (67 - 74 MHz). In this case you have to change the FM heterodine frequency range (in a little alluminum box) usually by changing some capacitors and reducing the number of turns of two coils. IF is 10.7 MHz for FM.
You need to remove the four posts where the back cover screws were conected and the wave band knob after that the front panel shoud come off.
May I ask if the posts are threaded?
Since I'm trying to change the bulbs and it's hard to get them from the back
@@k0mpotjar817 Yes. They need to be unscrewed. The bulbs are very rare (2.5V 0.068А)
If you remove the waveband knob and perhaps the whole case comes off if I remember right ,
I think it's two grub like screws that hold the turret waveband knob
Yes. The basic disassembly of this radio (and all other Selena models) is really easy. It is held together by the four screws joining the front part and the rear cover plus you have to remove the band selector knob. Unfortunately, all the Selenas I had repaired suffered from dirt in the volume potentiometer and bad soldering / cracks on the power supply board, both of which are not very well accessible. Beside these two problems, the Selena is a high quality set built to last, with perfect reception and really pleasant sound.
That has a Turret Tuner system. VEF, a PP7 VT7 is what you are looking for and that PP3 will not last very long maybe just 5 minutes, I wonder where you picked the radio up from was it someone who was working for BP in Canada before he had to return to Northern Ireland but got snapped up by a good looking lady from Quebec.
Seemed to be quite a few radios like this in the 70s, a lot of cheap ones too. It could have an immigrant or a traveller brought it with them or importation could have been via an intermediate country. Sets like the Barlow Wadley should have been unobtainium due embargoes against South Africa in the apartheid era but were imported via another country, effectively sidestepping the ban. Likewise many US imports to the UK after WW2 were banned while the UK repayed a debt to the USA. Many found they could import via another country and escape the embargo.
In Soviet Russia, the radio listens to you!
Wow...when I read the title of the video I was expecting some actual repair of the radio, like at least changing the potentiometers that gave you trouble...but you actually just sprayed some "lube" into it and think you "fixed it"...also I need to advise you to acknowledge the existence of multiple alphabets in the world besides the Latin one (or English as you wrongly call it) since you're publishing videos to the entire world
put some teak oil on it
Yes almost all Soviet made components, from the board to the coils. Typical Soviet design, with all the screws with that flat thin slot, and with the different resistors from various suppliers thoughout the old USSR, made around 1986 from the power supply capacitors, though the design probably dates from the 1970's, but the plastic moulded transistors are post 1980 or so, when they were making semi decent consumer products, though often with machinery brought in from the Chinese side but bought from Western manufacturers. Resistors with green paint are Soviet, but the colour banded ones probably were imports from the West, via long routes to hide the final destination from the suppliers. I have a collection of those, probably from the same western suppliers.
A typical resistors made in Poland around 1986: annmaz2010.sklep2.pl/rezystory-do-05w-rmb-rww-rwc-c-1_2_11_80.html
you took red tube from inside before
Isn't that something, the cabinet is made out of actual wood..
the cabinet is made of plywood, but covered with precious wood veneer
i have one same radio in video .
антенну сломали
За 40 минут ничего не смог сделать, даже резистор поменять. Не будет он нормально работать пока не заменишь конденсаторы в полосовых контурах 51 пФ и 24 пФ. (5 штук). Тогда FM заработает.
не факт, если в селене укв, то ещё гетеродин перестраивать
@@mmxbow Да там много чего надо будет перестраивать. А иначе зачем вообще этим заниматься? Протирать тряпочкой- это не ремонт )))
Да там для начала лучше конденсаторы электролитические поменять. Они скорее из строя выходят и приём портят, нежели эти маленькие "тараканчики".. А главное человеку в голову не пришло, что ящик снять можно)). На одной ведь ручке висит))). Сидит, мучается, думает, как смазку в закрытый переменник залить))..
@@mmxbow это экспортная селена, она изначально на европейский диапазон укв настроена. Не зачем там блок трогать, и гетеродин крутить..
@@ntfs64 И их тоже заодно)). А мне сколько таких приёмников не попадалось, все эти красненькие были негодные. Но в некоторых стояли другие мконденсаторы(не красненькие) и их не нужно было менять.
These where made in Minsk Ukraine.
Minsk is a capital of Belorussia
Dose this radio have red mercury ? I hvvv this one
yes of course. Also we use them for room lighting (weapons-grade plutonium)
hi jim.