This have to be the best reality show on earth. A guy berating a old cat, the reading of nostalgic letters, playing old records, and also radio repair. A pretty good combination.
Yes you're right..and best thing that amazed me the phonograph that I tried to make one when I was student in school in 1965 and contaminated my hands and clothes and there I didn't have other than them while I need to go to school...no enough drinking water other than washing my clothes..sorry for that those days.."THE PAST COMES AGAIN TOMOROW" a Film that was shown on TVs at that time..💚🌷
@@MUN.A1988 You gotta figure that’s the timeframe in which Pearl Harbor happened and Japanese blew up that USS Arizona brighter at the same time, so yes they would have been interested. I believe in Japan on the radio and World War II time in America plus everyone was fearful of Japan make a bigger attacked. That’s what Roosevelt said.
I have 6 cats i know how it feels when they destroy someting that you are working on i am pasionated by electronucs too i have a 40" tv and i want to keep the cats well away from it
Definitely Brad... it looks kinda like a small thermonuclear demolition utility went off inside each of the 5Y3GT's plate structures and vaporized those plates to dust.
@@TheGuitologist Roger that, Brad... and no doubt someone else reading this tread is thinking, "you're both wrong... that tube looks like it got hit by a DEW"... lol :-D
Looks like the radio came via New Mexico. The letter was addressed to Berdena Mae (Chesnut) McGhee, born 8 July 1927 in Naponee, NE, deceased 17 October 2009 at Lordsburg, NM. She was married to Donald Andrew McGhee in Denver, CO in 1946. Husband Don passed away in 1997. Ref: obituary, Deming, NM Headlight, October 21, 2009, page 2. There are three living children who might like to have that letter.
@@1marcelfilms Sometimes. You can burn a system down, get electrocuted etc. long before the circuit breaker trips. Breaker only works if the current in the circuit exceeds the breaker rating AND for the proper amount of time. Breakers have two ratings.. current and response sensitivity which tends to be a function of how long it takes the breaker to heat up.
Back in the 50s you would sit with Barbara near Christmas time and listen to the radio and pet the gray haired cat! Wonderful resurrection of a 74 year old radio / phono!
Great video as usual. In '85 we got grandma's 46-1226 122 Philco My son used it as an amp to play cassette tapes until It died in '90. As a neophyte I fooled around for the next 30 years trying off and on to repair it .In 2010 I recapped it and replaced 2 weak tubes But no joy Last year I borrowed a loktal tube socket test adapter which let me measure all the voltages. It tuned out that one lousy resistor hidden under the band switch was open . It runs great now
Lorraine sounds like she was good people. That letter and this stereo are relics of a more civilized era. I'd love to have something like this, but on Facebook marketplace down here, they're asking ridiculous sums for partial radios that have been used as chicken coops for half a century.
My dad has that exact same radio. My grandparents bought it new in 1946. That rod for the records is supposed to be bent that way, part of the way it changes the records. I would be interested in it if I didn't live half way across the country. Dads is restored and the radio works but they never serviced the turntable.
The bent spindle is normal. It seems to work like the old Garrard changers. Yucktal tubes! B+ is high because your line voltage is higher than it was in 1947.
and i hate those loctals also, luckily they werent used that often here in the UK although there were variations on the base used by european valve/tube manufacturers, some had bright plated pins(philips/mullard), more reliable contact!
I just restored the sister model of this radio, a Philco 46-480, with AM broadcast, FM, shortwave bands, push button tuning and no phonograph. Almost every single capacitor was leaky or shorted. After restoring the electronics and aligning the set, I discovered that it is a great performer.
That chassis was designed in 1941 and became a holdover when the war ended. The unused socket is for the output and power to the exciter bulb of a beam of light changer.
Did anyone ever acquire this radio? I am really gaining respect for these old floor models. The sound is great. Wow , i never saw a rectifier tube EOL like that one! Great content man. Keep up the great work!
Another VERY enjoyable video. I have never seen a rectifier EOL like that before. Must have been one hell Of a current draw when that happened…. The dynamic range of late 40’s/early 50’s 78’s was surprisingly very good when reproduced electronically.
Nice unit. I would love to have one of those. My grandparents had an old console like this in my grandfather's garage when I was little. Good memories of listening to the baseball game while working in there.
I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons that used to make me laugh. Fast forward 35 years and I always look forward to seeing your videos for great entertainment and a great laugh😂🤣 I spat out my coffee by the 10 min mark 👍🏻😅. Keep up the great videos and keeping us informed and entertained. One liners are the best!!😎👍🏻
@@joseppuig925 Yup... and if the music on the record seems a little too cold and tired one could turn up the hot side, which will add a touch of Benny Goodman to the tune and pep up the music with a bit of hot swing... lol :-)
Excellent resurrection video Shango066! Great troubleshooting on the IF static! And I am dumbfounded that the cartridge on the 78 RPM player was still hot! I would have sworn it would be dead. I don't think I have ever seen one play as well after 80 years!
I love all of your videos. But this one was really cool. The cat and the letter you found was amazing. It’s awesome to learn some of the history of the people who once owned this radio.
Such good videos! As one who has to repair customer's electronics, I really appreciate how down to earth you explain the trouble-shooting! It is often hard to find the problem and you have such a good way of explaining the procedures that lead to the solutions and repairs! Many do not realize that one has to use intuition and years of experience to get very old electronics to work well again! Good Job!
Very good that you noticed the ungrounded negative end of the filter capacitor. Many of those Philco radios had that design. About half of them that I’ve repaired have been incorrectly repaired before with a grounded negative end. The radios then played very crappily with zero bias. Super common. It’s satisfying to fix a 65 year old mistake.
i enjoyed this video very much shango. the nice letter, beautiful guy lombrdo tune and bringing that radio back to life made me very happy. hoping someone adopts it.
Splendid moments with the master shango066 Old radios have such character, and to have the phono working? You have to love this homely entertainment system. Must be pushing all 8 watts to the speaker. Thank you for your work 066
It was "homely" but was also cheap. It was Radio for the masses, or the Model T of radio. Philco kept that same design for nearly 10 years, and sold thousands of them yearly. One could buy 10 philcos for 1 Zenith, or RCA,. So yes, they were ugly, but provided entertainment before television was perfected and became the next home media outlet.
Thank you so much Shango. This video is a piece of anthology. The resurrection of a old battered almost completely gone 40's radio, that sweet cat, and you, taking the time of getting us to get (@1h19min) the "feel" of that Guy Lombardo piece, of what such a piece of equipment could bring in a home in 1946-7. I'm keeping this video in my "best bank". Just wishing you could have found a home for this one and a complete restoration. I'd do it if I was closer. Happy Holidays from Québec, Qanada. p.s. I'm listening my xmas music on a Loftin-White 45 amp that I built, and am working on a 20 year old 300B amp that I built too. Tubes are much fun! Sylvain Giguère
Again, well done! Thank you so much for the geek entertainment! I just recently acquired a 39-116 in pretty good shape, all original tubes. I may even get the mystery control. If you’re impressed with the sound of 78s on a standard player with a crystal cartridge, just wait til you hear Philco’s ‘beam of light’ phono pickup…
The cat might be slightly hard of hearing. And hearing shango66 saying change the dam caps might have got the wrong end of the sick and thought he said you should change the dam cat lol
That is so sweet reminds me of when I was a young lad great chose of records I I've it wish it was mine included the records thanks be safe and well God Bless
I do watch all your videos but this one is worth a comment more so because this old girl needs saving ....What a working classic and always man your videos are awesome...by an Aussie fan :-)
Your entire channel is fantastic. When I'm having a particularly bad day with my depression and anxiety your longer videos keep me engaged and interested and help me clear my head. Thank you. Hoping to find a tube-based radio in my city and get it to work again, I've only ever worked on solid-state electronics, keen to learn new things.
I got to say the record changer was a whole hoot all of it's own! Thanks for the laughs! I wouldn't have missed this for anything!!! Keep these videos coming, please!
It's amazing the turntable worked with so little effort just a sticky motor, some ex beatnik just yelled Guy Lombardo's back in town! Great video I've been addicted to the dry humor for a while.
I think I remember radiotvphononut talking about those solid state rectifiers, Basically do not use them unless you want to destroy tubes, love the channel, keep them coming !!!
They work fine if you put a ballast resistor inline to get the proper voltage. You almost have to anyway, even with the valve rectifier, due to the line voltage being so much higher than it used to be.
Hi Shango0. Sad for your cat. I know how he feels. That's a cool radio / phonograph. Wish I were closer. Anyway always great to see a video from you. All my very best.
If I didn't live 3000 miles from you, I would "adopt" that radio for sure. This was made when America made everything in our own factories and we had total pride in the quality of our work.
I enjoyed your LEGACY BOX video. It would be cool to see an oscilloscope alignment video with associated silver mica / tube wigout. As a millenial, your video motivated me to repair an AM radio, a bandscan is on my channel. I chaned all the transistors with brand new modern parts (gain and biasing is key) and an IC audio amp instead of the PNP dual transformer. It is LOUD now and enough to get me in trouble where I live.
When it found out that it might be junked, it's desire to live caused the record player to start working. It's ALIVE! Oh, and by the way, the cat was right, it didn't need a total recap.
1:27:20 cool to see Brazilian music in a Shango video! Cool radio by the way, it deserves someone to take care of it. I'm impressed with that cartridge and how it still works 74 years later.
that cat reminds me of DiodeGoneWild... Very smart cat, you should have followed XD Overall, very relaxing and wonderful and informative diagnosis, resurrection, and repair... too bad for the rectifier tube that his plates got melted... For the letter that was stuck there on that vintage radio, though old, still made me reminisce of the simple life from the origin and I hope its descendants will find that letter.
I’d take that thing in a heartbeat! The wood is in good shape, and floor model radios always look nice. Heck, I’d give you at least a hundred for it. Where I live, people list broken ones for more than that.
You said it, "for historical reasons", something to that effect. :) I cool. It really gets you into the mindset of the day, doesn't it. Thanks for sharing.
Period correct music on the phono!!!! Love it!!! Nice sound with the 6K6 push pull audio out. Nice work getting it going! Love the smoke alarm mounting! Hahaha! I wasn't aware there were any auto turntables back then. Wish I was nearby. I'd grab it loctal or not.
Too high B+ is running the tubes rather hot. But the radio does work now. Could check for leaking capacitors going to ground. Loctal sockets are a pain. IF transformers have mica caps at set values and they can go bad. Geriatric feline seems hungry and deaf! Great resurrection of the old girl. Surprised the old crystal cartridge still works! Music still heard like it's 1947 all over again! BTW Chichicastenango is a town in the mountainous part of Guatemala. Your records are better than anything played on the AM band today Shango! This lowboy console is a keeper!😍
That's a very nice floorstanding radio, I'd restore it if I ever came across one. Here in Europe such style of radios before the 1950s was rare, almost all of our radios were tabletop or shelf units. In the 1950s in the western part (Germany, France, etc.) there were console combinations, but they were wide, not nice and tall like this. Here in former Czechoslovakia we had very few vertical radios like this Philco. One exception was Tesla 1106A "Maestro II," made in the late 1950s. A rather unusual-looking radiogram, but very elegant.
I had a similar Philco in 1967, great bass. Mine had push buttons like a car radio used to have for radio station tuning. If I pressed more than one down together I could tune Long wave in. Short wave worked too. The 78 record player arm was broken off so I never played a record.
I have a philco similar to that I forget the exact model but it's from 1949 or 1950 I think. Was like the first year that they had FM on it. Pretty neat. Anyway this video reminded me of mine and that I need to get around to restoring it finally so thanks for that
Yes, I can hear that beat, in the "Jungle Drums" song. I enjoyed hearing these 78's, good fidelity on that Philco. I am amazed beyond amazed that cartridge is still working at all! Maybe the drier climate out there helps? In my area, those old cartridges are always dead, as found.
My Grandpa had this exact radio and even still had the wooden box which became a door in his cellar. Bought it after the war. Brought it up to his cabin once the family got a TV in the 50s. Was there until the late 90s, when his son brought it to his house. Still works good even though it probably hasn't had any work done on it for over 50+ years, but it could use a restore. That antenna is no gimmick. These radios are crazy sensitive. Grandpa's could easily pick up 650 WSM Nashville and 750 WSB Atlanta crystal clear from the Allegheny National Forest in northern PA.
I wonder how hot that tube really got to melt the plates, that's crazy! Great resurrection! I was blown away as well that the cartridge on the phono still worked, sounded pretty good. The Decca record was from late 1940. There is a website I go to to date American 78's. I hope someone takes it and gives it a good restoration.
This have to be the best reality show on earth. A guy berating a old cat, the reading of nostalgic letters, playing old records, and also radio repair. A pretty good combination.
Yes you're right..and best thing that amazed me the phonograph that I tried to make one when I was student in school in 1965 and contaminated my hands and clothes and there I didn't have other than them while I need to go to school...no enough drinking water other than washing my clothes..sorry for that those days.."THE PAST COMES AGAIN TOMOROW" a Film that was shown on TVs at that time..💚🌷
@@MUN.A1988 You gotta figure that’s the timeframe in which Pearl Harbor happened and Japanese blew up that USS Arizona brighter at the same time, so yes they would have been interested. I believe in Japan on the radio and World War II time in America plus everyone was fearful of Japan make a bigger attacked. That’s what Roosevelt said.
It;s so sweet how the cat wants to be with you, it must love you very much, such devotion.
Its catnip time!
I have 6 cats i know how it feels when they destroy someting that you are working on i am pasionated by electronucs too i have a 40" tv and i want to keep the cats well away from it
@@constantinjitariu1439 pets in general tbh, the dog stays out of my room.
1hr and 30 minutes of shango66 bliss
That rectifier was really something. I haven’t seen that much melted steel since 9/11.
inb4 "too soon".........it was 20 years ago and that joke was fucking brillant.
Definitely Brad... it looks kinda like a small thermonuclear demolition utility went off inside each of the 5Y3GT's plate structures and vaporized those plates to dust.
I’m trying to figure out how they got the thermite inside the tube.
@@TheGuitologist Roger that, Brad... and no doubt someone else reading this tread is thinking, "you're both wrong... that tube looks like it got hit by a DEW"... lol :-D
Heard there were explosions at the base of the tube 🤔
Definitely an inside job.
Electrons can’t melt steel plates
That thing deserves a good home.
That red plated tube is a keeper.
Looks like the radio came via New Mexico.
The letter was addressed to Berdena Mae (Chesnut) McGhee, born 8 July 1927 in Naponee, NE, deceased 17 October 2009 at Lordsburg, NM. She was married to Donald Andrew McGhee in Denver, CO in 1946. Husband Don passed away in 1997. Ref: obituary, Deming, NM Headlight, October 21, 2009, page 2.
There are three living children who might like to have that letter.
I bet the near-newlyweds treated themselves to the radio in ‘47 or ‘48. Maybe the Mayflower tag came from a move from Colorado to California.
Great work man!
9:00 I am truly impressed with your high level of safety. Well done, Sir.
Safety is nothing more than making an effort to keep the wires from touching each other.
@@fredflintstone8048 safety is the breaker
@@1marcelfilms Sometimes. You can burn a system down, get electrocuted etc. long before the circuit breaker trips. Breaker only works if the current in the circuit exceeds the breaker rating AND for the proper amount of time. Breakers have two ratings.. current and response sensitivity which tends to be a function of how long it takes the breaker to heat up.
Clearly safety is number one in his book.
Safety is no accident.
Back in the 50s you would sit with Barbara near Christmas time and listen to the radio and pet the gray haired cat! Wonderful resurrection of a 74 year old radio / phono!
That old cat is so damn cute.
Love the cat photo-bomb! Cat says: "If you've quite finished messing with that old radio, I require food!" 😆😄
Great video as usual. In '85 we got grandma's 46-1226 122 Philco My son used it as an amp to play cassette tapes until It died in '90.
As a neophyte I fooled around for the next 30 years trying off and on to repair it .In 2010 I recapped it and replaced 2 weak tubes But no joy
Last year I borrowed a loktal tube socket test adapter which let me measure all the voltages. It tuned out that one lousy resistor hidden under the band switch was open . It runs great now
Lorraine sounds like she was good people. That letter and this stereo are relics of a more civilized era. I'd love to have something like this, but on Facebook marketplace down here, they're asking ridiculous sums for partial radios that have been used as chicken coops for half a century.
there's still a lot of good people out there. but were getting outnumbered. that's the plan
You said if you're not interested in this just skip over - - - are you kidding? I don't skip ANY part of ANY shango video!! Great job, as usual!
My dad has that exact same radio. My grandparents bought it new in 1946. That rod for the records is supposed to be bent that way, part of the way it changes the records. I would be interested in it if I didn't live half way across the country. Dads is restored and the radio works but they never serviced the turntable.
I like the little propeller. The little tiny platter is cute, too!
The phonograph, letter and music. Reliving the history. Super.
The bent spindle is normal. It seems to work like the old Garrard changers.
Yucktal tubes!
B+ is high because your line voltage is higher than it was in 1947.
and if the output tubes are a bit low emission, they'll take less current, meaning less load on the power circuit, so higher voltage ,
and i hate those loctals also, luckily they werent used that often here in the UK although there were variations on the base used by european valve/tube manufacturers, some had bright plated pins(philips/mullard), more reliable contact!
Also has a solid state rectifier.
Indeed. Back then 110 vac opposed to 120 on input today. But that 10vac could mean 50 additional or more on the output.
@@Rev22-21 doubt it, maybe up to 30v more, easily solved with a resistor in series with mains input or even an inrush suppressor thermistor
I just restored the sister model of this radio, a Philco 46-480, with AM broadcast, FM, shortwave bands, push button tuning and no phonograph. Almost every single capacitor was leaky or shorted. After restoring the electronics and aligning the set, I discovered that it is a great performer.
That cat deserves a nice warm bath & a good brushing ! :3
That chassis was designed in 1941 and became a holdover when the war ended. The unused socket is for the output and power to the exciter bulb of a beam of light changer.
As I mentioned in my post...I have one of these in a plastic tote with the complete turntable, antenna and speaker..
Darn. If I had any way to come get that unit, I would. I hope that it finds a good home. Thanks again for the videos, and peace. :)
Same I can’t believe no one wants it it’s so nice
I'd give it a home, but I'm in Florida...
@@foxyloon me too but I’m in Texas
That's actually a good radio/player. I have the the 47-1227 and love it! Philco actually made the first 33 1/3 turntable for Columbia in 1949.
Poor old kitty looks like he needs some love. Not long for this world me thinks. Great vid as allways Shango!
love, a bowl of food and lots of pettings are in order
Priorities: Cats come first, old radios come second.
That cat is jealous of the philco's health
The cat is disappointed there aren't any spiders coming out of the radio as what usually happens when Shango fixes stuff outside.
It was a $500 bonus. Today that's over $5000.
It was a 5 dollar bonus and yes that would be a nice bonus back in 1955.
In 1955 not $500, but $5.
Did anyone ever acquire this radio? I am really gaining respect for these old floor models. The sound is great. Wow , i never saw a rectifier tube EOL like that one! Great content man. Keep up the great work!
Another VERY enjoyable video. I have never seen a rectifier EOL like that before. Must have been one hell
Of a current draw when that happened….
The dynamic range of late 40’s/early 50’s 78’s was surprisingly very good when reproduced electronically.
I've found radios with bad 35W4s, and in some of them it was the only thing keeping them from working.
What a beautiful record and an amazing audio comes out from the radio as well. The resurrection has been a total success!! 👍
Nice unit. I would love to have one of those. My grandparents had an old console like this in my grandfather's garage when I was little. Good memories of listening to the baseball game while working in there.
I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons that used to make me laugh. Fast forward 35 years and I always look forward to seeing your videos for great entertainment and a great laugh😂🤣 I spat out my coffee by the 10 min mark 👍🏻😅. Keep up the great videos and keeping us informed and entertained. One liners are the best!!😎👍🏻
@kevin barker LOL!
I hear ya!
Yes, coffee spitting is a definite risk when watching these videos. Be safe! Bahahaha!
Love watching your vids. Best photography, great commentary, and I learn so much....well done! (Keep em coming)
This was a beautiful resurrection job, Shango. Well done, sir.
That’s so awesome how you got that thing running. Perfect record to match too
The two aluminum posts on the turntable are to hold the record in place the reason they turn is for the different size records 10 and 12 in
They really look like the hot and cold water tap handles.
@@joseppuig925 Yup... and if the music on the record seems a little too cold and tired one could turn up the hot side, which will add a touch of Benny Goodman to the tune and pep up the music with a bit of hot swing... lol :-)
Excellent resurrection video Shango066! Great troubleshooting on the IF static! And I am dumbfounded that the cartridge on the 78 RPM player was still hot! I would have sworn it would be dead. I don't think I have ever seen one play as well after 80 years!
Your the only one i have seen that does things properly and show people the reason to replace capacitors and valves etc.
I love all of your videos. But this one was really cool. The cat and the letter you found was amazing. It’s awesome to learn some of the history of the people who once owned this radio.
Such good videos! As one who has to repair customer's electronics, I really appreciate how down to earth you explain the trouble-shooting! It is often hard to find the problem and you have such a good way of explaining the procedures that lead to the solutions and repairs! Many do not realize that one has to use intuition and years of experience to get very old electronics to work well again! Good Job!
Very good that you noticed the ungrounded negative end of the filter capacitor. Many of those Philco radios had that design. About half of them that I’ve repaired have been incorrectly repaired before with a grounded negative end. The radios then played very crappily with zero bias. Super common. It’s satisfying to fix a 65 year old mistake.
Fantastic Shango066 video. I needed a big dose and I got it! Thanks for sharing with us and take care!
i enjoyed this video very much shango. the nice letter, beautiful guy lombrdo tune and bringing that radio back to life made me very happy. hoping someone adopts it.
Keep Resurrecting my friend love to see that old stuf from the past.
Greetings from the netherlands.
Splendid moments with the master shango066
Old radios have such character, and to have the phono working? You have to love this homely entertainment system.
Must be pushing all 8 watts to the speaker. Thank you for your work 066
It was "homely" but was also cheap. It was Radio for the masses, or the Model T of radio. Philco kept that same design for nearly 10 years, and sold thousands of them yearly. One could buy 10 philcos for 1 Zenith, or RCA,. So yes, they were ugly, but provided entertainment before television was perfected and became the next home media outlet.
Dude, the stuff you do is so cool.
Thank you so much Shango. This video is a piece of anthology. The resurrection of a old battered almost completely gone 40's radio, that sweet cat, and you, taking the time of getting us to get (@1h19min) the "feel" of that Guy Lombardo piece, of what such a piece of equipment could bring in a home in 1946-7. I'm keeping this video in my "best bank". Just wishing you could have found a home for this one and a complete restoration. I'd do it if I was closer. Happy Holidays from Québec, Qanada.
p.s. I'm listening my xmas music on a Loftin-White 45 amp that I built, and am working on a 20 year old 300B amp that I built too. Tubes are much fun! Sylvain Giguère
Again, well done! Thank you so much for the geek entertainment! I just recently acquired a 39-116 in pretty good shape, all original tubes. I may even get the mystery control. If you’re impressed with the sound of 78s on a standard player with a crystal cartridge, just wait til you hear Philco’s ‘beam of light’ phono pickup…
You get me so excited to work on my radios and TVs everytime you make a new video..
The cat might be slightly hard of hearing. And hearing shango66 saying change the dam caps might have got the wrong end of the sick and thought he said you should change the dam cat lol
cap nap
I enjoy your videos and you often make me laugh....Thank you....A Former LA Resident and retired tech..........
That is so sweet reminds me of when I was a young lad great chose of records I I've it wish it was mine included the records thanks be safe and well God Bless
For an old turntable and primitive stylus, it sounds good. I enjoy your comments, and I’ve learned from your videos. Thanks Shango.
That card was great. Thanks for sharing Shango.
Another epic episode. Very nice candidate for a restoration.
That canned cat food looks almost like Nutraloaf. That was some really *classy* music playing on that old phono!
I do watch all your videos but this one is worth a comment more so because this old girl needs saving ....What a working classic and always man your videos are awesome...by an Aussie fan :-)
Your entire channel is fantastic. When I'm having a particularly bad day with my depression and anxiety your longer videos keep me engaged and interested and help me clear my head. Thank you. Hoping to find a tube-based radio in my city and get it to work again, I've only ever worked on solid-state electronics, keen to learn new things.
I have the same issues. Shango has been a big help in that area. His videos are good medicine !
Very interesting video, since I have one. Probably the first old radio I ever bought.
I got to say the record changer was a whole hoot all of it's own! Thanks for the laughs! I wouldn't have missed this for anything!!!
Keep these videos coming, please!
Philco, the gimmicks go in, the quality’s left out.
I like the old cat. He seems pretty relaxed. I'm glad you fed him.
It's amazing the turntable worked with so little effort just a sticky motor, some ex beatnik just yelled Guy Lombardo's back in town! Great video I've been addicted to the dry humor for a while.
You've shown us the amazing tech. that they'd it at 1930s and 40s....it's really mind blown..thank you so much for these videos Shango...💚🌱💚
I wish I lived close enough to pick that wonder of yesteryear up. Loved this one. Especially the cat and the old Decca sounds.
Damn, again a frikin nice video! What a blast!
I think I remember radiotvphononut talking about those solid state rectifiers, Basically do not use them unless you want to destroy tubes, love the channel, keep them coming !!!
They work fine if you put a ballast resistor inline to get the proper voltage. You almost have to anyway, even with the valve rectifier, due to the line voltage being so much higher than it used to be.
I have the same Philco but mine has the pushbutton tuning also !!! Luv your Videos and the cat !!!
Cool video. That chassis is in really good shape, actually. That infrared camera is pretty slick, and makes an excellent diagnostic tool.
I love your safety advice 😃
Hi Shango0. Sad for your cat. I know how he feels. That's a cool radio / phonograph. Wish I were closer. Anyway always great to see a video from you. All my very best.
Un complimento dal Italia, molto bravo.
If I didn't live 3000 miles from you, I would "adopt" that radio for sure. This was made when America made everything in our own factories and we had total pride in the quality of our work.
You just can't find nice units like this in Arizona. Keep up the good work!
Love the "period" music coming from the "period" radio/phono. So completely appropriate. Thanks for playing those old records for posterity....
Great resurrection, shango and kitty! As I watch this, I’m wearing a Philco t-shirt.
I enjoyed your LEGACY BOX video. It would be cool to see an oscilloscope alignment video with associated silver mica / tube wigout. As a millenial, your video motivated me to repair an AM radio, a bandscan is on my channel. I chaned all the transistors with brand new modern parts (gain and biasing is key) and an IC audio amp instead of the PNP dual transformer. It is LOUD now and enough to get me in trouble where I live.
When it found out that it might be junked, it's desire to live caused the record player to start working.
It's ALIVE! Oh, and by the way, the cat was right, it didn't need a total recap.
1:27:20 cool to see Brazilian music in a Shango video! Cool radio by the way, it deserves someone to take care of it. I'm impressed with that cartridge and how it still works 74 years later.
that cat reminds me of DiodeGoneWild... Very smart cat, you should have followed XD Overall, very relaxing and wonderful and informative diagnosis, resurrection, and repair... too bad for the rectifier tube that his plates got melted... For the letter that was stuck there on that vintage radio, though old, still made me reminisce of the simple life from the origin and I hope its descendants will find that letter.
I’d take that thing in a heartbeat! The wood is in good shape, and floor model radios always look nice. Heck, I’d give you at least a hundred for it. Where I live, people list broken ones for more than that.
That card. Great Scott, that’s heavy!
You said it, "for historical reasons", something to that effect. :) I cool. It really gets you into the mindset of the day, doesn't it. Thanks for sharing.
Oh! yeah! Shango, adoro os seus vídeos
Period correct music on the phono!!!! Love it!!! Nice sound with the 6K6 push pull audio out. Nice work getting it going! Love the smoke alarm mounting! Hahaha! I wasn't aware there were any auto turntables back then. Wish I was nearby. I'd grab it loctal or not.
Automatic turntables go back at least to the 1930s. Very practical in the days of 3 - 4 minute per side 78s. An "album" was a book of 4 - 6 disks.
@@dougbrowning82 Interesting! Thanks!
Too high B+ is running the tubes rather hot. But the radio does work now. Could check for leaking capacitors going to
ground. Loctal sockets are a pain. IF transformers have mica caps at set values and they can go bad. Geriatric feline
seems hungry and deaf! Great resurrection of the old girl. Surprised the old crystal cartridge still works! Music still heard
like it's 1947 all over again! BTW Chichicastenango is a town in the mountainous part of Guatemala. Your records are
better than anything played on the AM band today Shango! This lowboy console is a keeper!😍
It sounds great. It's also a loverly peice of furniture. I would love to have seen the rectifier let go, it would've been spectacular.
Hey Shango thanks thanks for the new video
I have this exact same model 46 Philco. Sounds like WWV is right on 10.000 MHz where it should be. You did a great job trouble shooting.
That's a very nice floorstanding radio, I'd restore it if I ever came across one. Here in Europe such style of radios before the 1950s was rare, almost all of our radios were tabletop or shelf units. In the 1950s in the western part (Germany, France, etc.) there were console combinations, but they were wide, not nice and tall like this. Here in former Czechoslovakia we had very few vertical radios like this Philco. One exception was Tesla 1106A "Maestro II," made in the late 1950s. A rather unusual-looking radiogram, but very elegant.
The screaming digital noise you were hearing was the FT8 digital mode on 20 Meter amateur radio.
Wow, the old radio was perfectly on time :)
I had a similar Philco in 1967, great bass. Mine had push buttons like a car radio used to have for radio station tuning. If I pressed more than one down together I could tune Long wave in. Short wave worked too. The 78 record player arm was broken off so I never played a record.
Hermoso aparato ¡¡¡¡¡...los espíritus de esos músicos deben estar contentos por que hoy tocaron su canción otra vez .
I really like the light bulb with outlet box you made
I have a philco similar to that I forget the exact model but it's from 1949 or 1950 I think. Was like the first year that they had FM on it. Pretty neat. Anyway this video reminded me of mine and that I need to get around to restoring it finally so thanks for that
Yes, I can hear that beat, in the "Jungle Drums" song. I enjoyed hearing these 78's, good fidelity on that Philco. I am amazed beyond amazed that cartridge is still working at all! Maybe the drier climate out there helps? In my area, those old cartridges are always dead, as found.
Amazing how old tube radios are are so sensitive!
You have a live audience today!😸
My Grandpa had this exact radio and even still had the wooden box which became a door in his cellar. Bought it after the war. Brought it up to his cabin once the family got a TV in the 50s. Was there until the late 90s, when his son brought it to his house. Still works good even though it probably hasn't had any work done on it for over 50+ years, but it could use a restore. That antenna is no gimmick. These radios are crazy sensitive. Grandpa's could easily pick up 650 WSM Nashville and 750 WSB Atlanta crystal clear from the Allegheny National Forest in northern PA.
Enjoyed the music being played on the record player.
I wonder how hot that tube really got to melt the plates, that's crazy! Great resurrection! I was blown away as well that the cartridge on the phono still worked, sounded pretty good. The Decca record was from late 1940. There is a website I go to to date American 78's. I hope someone takes it and gives it a good restoration.