Panasonic RF-1101 AM/FM/TV Band Portable Radio

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  • @cee128d
    @cee128d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting radio. I had a Panasonic RF 549 for about 30 years until it was misplaced in a move. It was only Am/Fm but had a similar battery/cord arrangement as this one. Best portable radio I've ever owned. Used it at work for several years and used to take it when camping and fishing.

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm surprised it split FM and VHF-Lo TV into separate tuning bands. Most radios with TV audio capability combined the two, so that the FM band only took up the upper third of the dial. And the VHF-Lo TV band isn't exactly contiguous. Between channels 4 and 5 there is a gap between 72 and 76 MHz, which is used by things like wireless microphones and model aircraft.

  • @HPad2
    @HPad2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I picked up a nice radio about 6 months ago, its in rough looking shape, but its neat!. It has the TV band, AM,FM, Weather Band, AirCraft band lower 115MHz? and goes all the way up to the weather band freq so get the local Fire, Police, EMS as well.

  • @RandyDarkshade2
    @RandyDarkshade2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recently started getting into such radios and portable radio cassette players. Got a bunch I have fixed up. I'm no expert but I am enjoying learning. Great video, great little radio.

  • @ReCkLeSsErr0r
    @ReCkLeSsErr0r 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love them old 80s portable radios... Lot of aesthetic and memorable value.

  • @97redsonoma4
    @97redsonoma4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice radio, I have two General Electric radios, a 7-2881C and a 7-2880B. I found both thrown out in the garbage at work, they both work fantastic, in fact it was raining out when I found the 7-2881C and I thought it would be ruined but luckily I was wrong.Just like you mentioned about your radio they pick up stations everything else I have can't. They sure made them well back then.

  • @VA7RLI
    @VA7RLI 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    UXWBill.... You have such an amazing selection of FM stations where you live! I heard The Beatles, The Eagles, Rod Stuart, Air Supply, Steve Wariner...You're Lucky, my friend....

  • @TrakSpock1
    @TrakSpock1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the 1980's and 1990's you couldn't go wrong buying anything Panasonic. Well built and always outlasted the competition.

  • @themisfitsmessiah
    @themisfitsmessiah 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandmother had something like that but it was more jacked up. It would receive weather and airplane signals as well. spent hours listening to that thing. It was housed in a black leather case. In the 80's cordless telephones were coming in vogue and you could pick up signals from that but usually from your own home.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Radios with those features were quite popular during the 70s and 80s, and some of them were quite good. I'm guessing it might have offered limited coverage of the "ham radio" bands (particularly the six meter band) as most cordless phones would have operated on a frequency around 49 MHz at the time (same as with some radio remote controls and walkie-talkies).
      I first found out about eavesdropping on the cordless phone while playing around with my father's police scanner as a youngster.

    • @themisfitsmessiah
      @themisfitsmessiah 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      About 20 years ago I bought a Radio Shack hand held scanner. It was the exact same as the Bearcat. Enjoyed listening to cordless phone conversations more than actual police calls. I do recall now that it picked up the local Wendy's drive-thru.
      I do recall this was the time when Radio Shack removed the crystal that allowed the pick of cellular phones. When I worked for Radio Shack back from '01 to '03 I remember telling customers who brought in their older scanners for repair that the crystal for cellular pick up was going to be removed. I don't know if this was law or RS policy. Some customers were not happy about it.

  • @zx8401ztv
    @zx8401ztv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just imagine that style of radio with a uk 240v mains plug, it would have been impossible to fit the cable into the compartment :-D

    • @mr.smash698
      @mr.smash698 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just cut the end of the cable off :-)

  • @evefavretto
    @evefavretto 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remind I had a radio that had TV bands, but instead of splitting the TV bands, it had a extended FM band to the low end and the TV channels marked on the dial. I'm not sure that model worked for high VHF though.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've seen a few radios whose tuning dials were laid out that way. It would actually be a little easier/cheaper to arrange things that way, since the (US/NTSC) low VHF TV band runs from 54-88 MHz, right up against the FM broadcast band.

  • @robertestes4703
    @robertestes4703 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope they come out with a digital radio compatible to digital television stations.

    • @stereophonicstuff
      @stereophonicstuff 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They already have: it's HD radio and its just as much of a nuisance as digital television is for anyone who doesn't live a block away from the transmitter.

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5 1/2 hours for batteries on my old Sony “Watchman “.
    In my collection I only have 1 that has the TV band. Late 1990’s Studebaker.
    I think it’s cool that you actually have a radio actually from your family.
    I have found replacements for a couple of radios that my mom bought for me.( very cool but not the original).
    Thanks for sharing.
    📻🙂

  • @techmaester
    @techmaester 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:15 = "Over The Shoulder" by Ministry, Twitch album (1986). Industrial Metal.

  • @nikolaroshupkin5410
    @nikolaroshupkin5410 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have 6-7 Panasonic radios ( different models). From Early 60-th to 90th. Best design and ergonomi, according my point of view. All of them have excellent sensitivity and sound.

  • @MichaelFlatman
    @MichaelFlatman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know you are tired when you look at this and think oh a window air conditioner

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Those would be some very cool tunes!

  • @STOG01
    @STOG01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nostalgic, for sure.

  • @Lachlant1984
    @Lachlant1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I expect that unused portion on the back of the radio was used on models not equipped with TV band reception. I have a National Panasonic portable radio similar in design to this one you have except mine does not receive TV audio and the volume control is a knob, not a slider. The AM/FM switch on my radio is located in the small recessed pocket on the back of my radio above the battery compartment. Like your radio, mine also has a permanently attached power cord, and as you say, storing those power cords on the compartment provided is an "adventure".

  • @ReCkLeSsErr0r
    @ReCkLeSsErr0r 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss when the analog TV bands would work on these things, i remember hearing the simpsons playing from the global TV channel here in canada, back when i owned my realistic antique radio back in 05....

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ┗(-_- )┓TURNT Japan FM frequencies: 76-95 Mhz and Russian OIRT 65-74 Mhz. Also RHA68 Two Way Radio from Finland (68-72 MHZ).

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's quite intriguing to see TV bands on a radio, over here, the VHF stuff got turned off in the 80s when they decided to go 625 Line "High Definition" only, and those channels were up in the 500-800MHz UHF range, so not really something to capture on a portable radio (that and only having 5 TV terrestrial TV (as of the mid-90s) channels, not really much point in trying... :)

  • @mercuryoak2
    @mercuryoak2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neat little radio. I have a good question. For anyone . Is therea way to make a record player a Craig suitcase type have a better more bass preamp and modify with a switch to turn it off to speakers to use the rca out like a regular record player without amp ti plug in my receiver

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A lot depends upon how far you really want to go:
      1. Easy answer: find a better turntable
      2. Tap the signal coming directly from the stylus and use a better quality preamplifier either hidden in the unit or situated externally. This may not work if the cartridge is a ceramic type, whose output is considerably higher than a magnetic cartridge.
      3. Modify the existing preamplifier. Odds are good that its tonal 'character' is set by several passive components. You can experiment with different values (for as long as the circuit board lasts) but don't be surprised if you hit other limitations in the design.
      If you want line level output, that's easily enough done: the simplest way would be to visit a car audio store (a good one) and get a set of speaker to line level converters. A higher fidelity approach is to again venture inside as above and pick whichever method suits you best, along with tracing the circuit and drawing a schematic to figure out where line level audio heads into the amplifier.

  • @Jeffnham
    @Jeffnham 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great little set! We can usually get WSM here at night, only thing is there is so much interference on the AM band around here, probably due to computers, smart meters, etc., that's it's best to go outside and tune it in. Picking up radio stations on other frequencies is called "harmonics"!

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is too much computer noise in this house. At least I can fix that.
      I believe the harmonics in this case are being created locally by the tuning circuit's design, thus I think it correct to say they are "images". (They also don't show up where they "should" if they were truly harmonic frequencies.)

  • @retroguy74
    @retroguy74 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Bill, thanks for sharing this with us! In a way, it saddens me that these TV bands have gone silent, rendering these types of units obsolete, at least on the TV band side. Do you know if, just for nostalgia's sake, if there is a device that converts digital TV back to analog for these types of devices, if nothing just the audio? I know that sounds stupid, but hey, there are people out there using devices to dial up BBS's on their Apple II's, so I think this is in the same realm. Anyway, thanks again!

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank *you* for watching.
      To answer your question, there are a few ways. Most every DTV converter box ever made has an RF output on channel 3 or 4. It's not very powerful and won't get out very far, but you can still use it for a test as I did in an earlier video: th-cam.com/video/nKJj5IyNvck/w-d-xo.html . Another way involves the use of so-called frequency agile modulators, of which there are actually quite a few on the secondhand market. (They may even still be made. Many of them found use in Cable TV headends.) You'd want to make sure whichever unit you chose could transmit on one of the VHF channels.

    • @retroguy74
      @retroguy74 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, exactly something like that...I had no idea a hack like that exists. Guess it wasn't such a stupid idea after all, you've already done it! Very cool!

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      uxwbill Channel 3 is 65.7 FM and Channel 4 is 71.7 FM. You can import TV sound radios to Japan and Russia.
      You can hook your DTV box to your old Russian OIRT receiver.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Retro Active TV band radios isn’t obsolete in those countries. Japan’s analog TV channel 1 (90-95 Mhz) replaced for FM expanded band up to 95 MHz from 76 Mhz.
      Japan’s FM frequency are 76-95 Mhz,

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Retro Active Japan and Russian FM bands.

  • @quillbin4065
    @quillbin4065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Although most places in the western world have shut off analog TV , this definitely is pretty cool.
    United States: 2009
    Canada: 2011
    Portugal, Great Britain and most of the EU: 2012
    Mexico: 2015

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There still exist a few low power analog "translator" stations in the US and even fewer operating as an FM station at 87.7 MHz.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      QuillBin Japan’s NTSC TV shutdown 7 years ago. Replaced analog TV channel 1 in Japan for FM expanded band up to 95 MHz. Japan’s FM are 76 Mhz - 90 MHz but expanded up to 95 MHz after analog TV shutoff aka WideFM.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      QuillBin RUSSIAN OIRT FM still alive. Still you can use this radio in Russia amd Japan.

  • @Edman_79
    @Edman_79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to listen to the tv via radio in my bed during late evenings when I was forbidden to watch tv or to be awake at all :)

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is definitely another use for these. Only every station I wanted to hear was on UHF!

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      uxwbill That's pretty cool you use to be able to tune a radio to TV. I've also found
      UHF antennas work great to boost ones FM radio tuning. For some reason ever since I moved my Sony 5 changer stereo FM stations didn't come in clearly, no idea if it was structure, EM from wires in the wall it's next to, or signal reflection. All I know is the UHF TV/FM antenna I set on top of the shelves unit stereo is next to fixed it.

  • @The_Magic_of_Zelda
    @The_Magic_of_Zelda 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My 1998 Panasonic TV still works great after all these years. They made great products up until the early 2000s. What's the name of that song by Steve Wariner?

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think the name of the song is Small Town Girl.

    • @The_Magic_of_Zelda
      @The_Magic_of_Zelda 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@uxwbill Thanks. I'll look it up. Country music in the 80s and 90s was amazing.

  • @kuroistuc
    @kuroistuc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    uxwbill, have you ever tried a Software-Defined Radio? I've never tried one yet (except those ones that work over the web) but they look pretty cool.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. They're (generally) amazing and considering the price, doubly so.

  • @robertestes4703
    @robertestes4703 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is also good for inclimate weather such as toranados hurricanes and flash floods. During that time you are more interested in hearing what the weatherman has to say rather than see him.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not everyone is within reception range of a weather band.

  • @SJBrianexe
    @SJBrianexe 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    uxwbill you mention that channel 6 can be picked up on the FM dial - is that around 87.7 by any chance? when I was young (when we had analog tv) our local channel 6's audio could be picked up on 87.7 -unless- the tv station also broadcasted audio on that channel - if my parents and I were out in the evening they would have the channel 6 news or jeopardy/wheel of fortune audio in the car

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it is around 87.7 MHz.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      uxwbill Philippines have ETC channel 6 in Cebu City and 87.5 DWFO FM1 in ManilaZ

  • @WeatherSTARIII
    @WeatherSTARIII 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm surprised you didn't do the sprinkler wire trick for the analog VHF TV tuner like what you did on the Sony ICF-M410V "Liv" radio video. I would love to see how the Panasonic radio would have handled with a digital TV converter box (despite of the AM radio reception interference with the digital TV converter box).

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sure it would have worked just fine. Setting all that up on the kitchen table just didn't seem worth the bother.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      WeatherSTARIII STILL BRING THIS RADIO TO JAPAN AND RUSSIA to tune it on local stations. Normal FM receivers (88-108) in Japan are useless but FM expanded 64-108 Mhz can be used overseas including Japan and Russia like that radio in this video.

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You mention the Sony; I have a four-band radio-only Walkman, that I got @ a thrift store. Quite small & runs on one AAA battery. Even had an old pair of Sony earbuds in my junkbox.

  • @DJComputerguy
    @DJComputerguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I must say it is quite unfortunate that there are so many generic pop stations on the FM band these days, in my opinion, i woulddn't even call it music, its just people saying 3 things and then a bunch of ear bleeding sounds and such.

    • @DJComputerguy
      @DJComputerguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My youtube glitched and i cannot see your comment, but i am assuming you are Mr. Smash 69, We have classic rock stations here too but it is not really my taste of music, but i hate the pop music stations that we have, you cant even understand half the stuff they say in their so called "music"

  • @yorgle11
    @yorgle11 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    We had a couple of "portable" CRT TVs that were mostly used in our family van back in those days. One came after the other had died.
    They must have been set up to accept a 12VDC input, I don't know how common that is.
    It never really got used except on long trips, and then by using a VCR or a game console. I don't remember ever having a good experience watching television with it. My memory is fuzzy on whether that could be blamed on our location at the times we tried to use it.
    In general I think portable TVs had very limited usefulness. The battery cost was totally impractical IMO. About the only good scenario I can think of is something to use on a back porch with a long extension cord, but which can be easily packed away when you go back inside.

  • @RegalCobra097
    @RegalCobra097 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you replace the capacitors in it? It almost sounds like a new radio.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      No. It hasn't needed any service other than to have the volume control slider cleaned.

  • @bills5271
    @bills5271 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i had a radio that picked up tv band as well am & fm band ,ah such memories . hey it that a jar of home made pickles I see in the background ?

  • @Quiparounddreams1999
    @Quiparounddreams1999 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i have a 1972 ge am/fm radio that looks very similir to this one.

  • @KrissBartlett
    @KrissBartlett 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Bill when i was young i had a Tube radio i played with a few times i got zapped with the electricity may-bee that is why im like this now hahah but like you i had small battery operated radios to mine was small but you know my mum at 93 still has her radio cassette player a old one that is still good

  • @jordantomblin2302
    @jordantomblin2302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm kinda surprised this video is still up after playing 2 seconds of Eagles/Don Henley. UMG is an absolute stickler about music...

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TH-cam provides for a "grace" period of around 20-25 seconds. (In all my years of doing this, I've never had a copyright strike. I have had a few content ID matches, but those are not the same thing.)
      If it came down to such, you'd better believe I'd contest any claim made against this video as a matter of fair use. The situation is ridiculous, but it's just what the major rights holders want.

    • @jsciarri
      @jsciarri 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It usually takes about 30 or 40 seconds for a song to play clearly before the copyright police intrude and place a strike.

  • @curiosity2314
    @curiosity2314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought we lived closer than we do, If you can't get 720 wbbm you must be pretty far downstate.

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can get it.

  • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
    @JohnSmith-xq1pz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Time to TUNE into uxwbill. Lol

  • @HDXFH
    @HDXFH 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need a converter box lol

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      They definitely can be used that way, but it's unwieldy. (And ATSC is absolutely worthless if you're moving.)

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      uxwbill Hanrongda HRD-831 FM transmitter 0.2W.
      Tune it to 65.7 , 71.7, 81.7 on your Hanrongda FM transmitters from your iPod Mp3 players. On TV sound frequencies.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      HDXFH Wideband 60-108 MHz FM transmitters from Hanrongda HRD-808 or HRD-831.

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      HDXFH Need and FM transmitter (64-87 MHz). There are no FM stations in Norway back in 2017. They only have DAB digital radio (174.928 - 239.200 MHz; 38 channels). Some DAB tuners have FM modulator built in (87.5-108.0 Mhz).

  • @MsJinkerson
    @MsJinkerson 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have unsubscibed because
    i get no info about servers

    • @uxwbill
      @uxwbill  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's a nice way to say "don't let the door hit you on the way out"?

    • @MinecraftMarcus1
      @MinecraftMarcus1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean no info about servers?

    • @MsJinkerson
      @MsJinkerson 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      showing how to build 1 and connect it and how to access files later