The turntable rumble sounds like the motor needs some oil.

Simply splendid! What a challenge but mastered with the usual skill. I have a Sony cassette recorder (CF 420L) bought in 1973 and still going strong. However, I think I’ll probably need the cassette function belt changing as there is a slight wobble in the sound! Good to see old tech getting the attention it deserves. Excellent work.

This must have been updated on the second spring model because when you turn off the radio it unwinds slowly. Still it would be fully unwound in maybe 2 hours though. I think the wind is controlled by switching between a charging capacitor; and just shorting the generator, so if you turn off the radio, the capacitor is fully charged and the generator runs on short circuit, which means it will slowly leak the wind. It would be ideal if you could lock the handle in place. Also if you could wind through a differential, which means uninterrupted listening and winding, even if you need twice as many turns. Anyway the spring models were discontinued and replaced with rechargeable batteries and a hand crank generator. I do like the spring power though. It holds a certain charm, even if it's inferior technology.

First one made by Trevor Bayliss

3 sealed lead batteries to replace the battery system and the powabyke box...the batteries are 12volt 12 Amp hr batteries more then likely from Vietnam or China is the cheapest bet lad❤

You are so mistaken about this radio friend..... Bought mine back in the heady Art Bell days of 90s radio. Bought from C. Crane Co. Yours has some kind of "lamp" outlet on the back. Mine has only a blank hole. You forgot you have a 9volt + center power jack when you get tired of winding it. BTW 60 quick turns is great for a half hour. Try plugging a solar cell into the pwr jack also. These things are great. A bit bulky, could use an audio out jack, great sound and built like Granny's Rocking Chair. A Tank. I need to get into mine. Generator turns, no power to radio yet plays on AC adapter. You have one, keep it. Keep it running well.

That’s a real minter! Excellent condition. Clever solution to the fuel gauge problem. Coloured LEDs add a bit of style to the instrument panel too!

Back during the lock down of 2020, I made a suit case for my Durst M301 enlarger. It turned out very nice.

Back in the day, prior to 1980, Kodak Velox was a very slow printing paper that was well suited for these at home contact printers.

It should be paraffin in the fuel tank, not petrol. The little bowl at the bottom is where you put methylated spirit to heat the main fuel pipes.

Nice find! If you're interested in found sounds, you might want to take a look for 'Ben Roberts found tape archive' - about 1000 found tapes I collected since 1985 and recently exhibited in Barcelona!

Dad was in Radio back in 50’s & 60’s. I have maybe 500 reels like this but nothing to play them on anymore. Makes me want to find a decent reel to reel. Thanks

good stuff! I lately found old tapes with radio recordings of the moon landing accompanied with cut out newspaper articles from that day. Can't wait to have my tape recorder refurbished. it's always nice to stumble upon such things!

Tanks fo vid, outstanding bike n lovely channel! I wondered since winter passed maybe like ya say mo maintenance been done n all mo ‘sparkly ect ~~~might be a follow up vid? Cheers, Dave, GGG

the jingle in the recorded radio show it´s the same in the begining of wish you were here from pink floyd

i have a box filled with reels took one without a box and it recorded perfect from begining to the end, amazed how it was stored without the protection ,the others might be good also and in their card or plastic boxes, early 70´s ferric tapes only

This account of how the United States ruined AM radio for listeners in the USA pretty much reflects how the same thing happened across the planet. In addition to a reduction in audio quality at the transmitter, the quality of electronics inside of radios suffered when so called PLL based circuitry became the industry standard. “Around 1990, in an effort to further reduce interference between and to allow yet closer placement of AM stations, the FCC accepted the recommendation of the National Radio Standards Committee (NRSC) to limit AM audio to 7.5 kHz. This caused significant loss of fidelity in AM station audio quality.”

The chimpanzee Enos was launched into orbit on November 29, 1961, so there’s the date of that tape. Enos survived his spaceflight, which was a dress rehearsal for John Glenn’s historic orbital flight. AM radio did sound that good before regulators reduced the bandwidth in order to allow more AM broadcast licenses to be issued. AM radios were also of higher quality. I have tapes that I recorded that prove that. wish the old standards would be restored.

I have ahandfull of home recording from all kinds of people. would be nice to make a show with them, im sure copyrwight may be an issue, why i cannot share them, but somemare just people talking with songs back in the day..even some are on paper disks.. i converted,,

Hello Do you fix this model? I like to have mine repaired since stopped working I am in the USA Thank you

AM didn't sound that good, and it could be a bit too early for FM, so I suspect it was recorded at the Radio Hong Kong studios as it was going to air.

I was the Manager of the Electricity Board Showroom in Billingham Town Centre for a few years. I always had loud music playing for my customers. I wonder if anyone remembers me. 🙂

That money was pissed, they never told that part

The high quality of the audio, notwithstanding the mains hum, suggests that it was recorded from an FM radio. FM broadcasting began in Hong Kong in 1960 though I can't definitively prove that Radio Hong Kong was simulcasting on FM in 1961. Alternatively it may have been recorded from Rediffusion's HK cable service which carried radio stations.

I wonder if that's the voice of Eileen Fowler on the keep fit segment ....

I love old tape recorders too, and not quite sure exactly how many I have. I'll dig 'em out and count them when I get a wet afternoon! I made recordings of all sorts of stuff when a teenager (I'm now pushing 70) and like to hear them occasionally and listen to the news from back in the day. Also recording nonsense with mates on my parent's Grundig TK120, which I now own. Interesting video, cheers! I've got some tapes of radio shows where the oxide is shedding and I want to transfer onto better tape when the opportunity arises.

Had a Bell BT -76, now have an Akai GX 270, box of a couple dozen tapes from late 50's to late 60's. Forgot how to thread it.

That is a fine and well chosen collection from the Zenit stable. I started out on a Kiev 4A and progressed to a Zenit E. I learned the basics of photography on those cameras. I recall having Zorki 4A for a while too. The only Practica I ever owned was the EE 2. It had a program mode. The presentation was great. History in addition to a clear explanation of the workings of a mechanical SLR. I liked the photos too. Can’t beat black and white film. Looking forward to more videos on a photography theme! Cheers.

Is there anything on the other side?

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What I'm somehow missing in my overview of your camera collection and what you can really show off creatively not only in terms of collecting, but also photographically, is a camera from the Praktica VLC series, i.e. the Praktica VLC, the Praktica VLC2 or the Praktica VLC3. These are comparable with the Nikon F series, the Canon F series or the Pentax LX, i.e. SLR cameras that have interchangeable viewfinder attachments as well as the option of changing lenses. Prism viewfinder waist-level viewfinder and magnifying viewfinder. In terms of quality, the Praktica easily matches the others and costs a fraction of the price. For my part, I have the Praktica VLC2 and what can I say, I don't need the models from Nikon, Canon or Pentax, the Praktica is completely sufficient, and at its price the fun of taking photos with it tastes even sweeter. As I said, I recommend a camera from the Praktica VLC series, then once you have photographed with it, you can certainly let go of one or other of the other cameras you have at some point. Greetings from Germany

Sounds like a specific BBC World Service / Far East Service. Was Radio Hong Kong local. ? Presumably recorded from Radio to tape via the Tape Out socket of the radio.

Nice easy fix.

That's a big old scope you've got. I love it. ❤ You could put a signal diode between pin 8 of the TEA1002 and the resistor to stop any back EMF. (typicaly composite video is 1.5V p-p.)

Cool.

That looks a lot better. 😃

Nice projector. In the early 2000's I went through a phase of buying 8mm projectors, (about 8 with nd without sound), and films. I've got quite a few Laurel and Hardy's, Keystone Cops, Woody Woodpecker and Tom and Jerry. I've also got the full film of The Cat and the Canary (1927) EDIT : I've got no idea why I bought them. Ha ha

Cool.

That's a very interesting work around. My compliments on your programing skills.

Great little game. That's exactly how I still write software on the ZX81 and the Speccy. The 81 does'nt have DATA functions though, so I wrote a program where you put the data into A$, (e.g. 110 LET A$=A$+"195 , 64, 65 , "), and then read A$ upto the comma and poke the values. It works well.

OI ! Theres nothing wrong with 8-Track, I've got 2 recorders and 3 players. Plus about 200 tapes. I even had a quad sytem in my car in the 80's. Yes the tapes snap, or get chewed, or bind up. And you can get tracking issues, and they are high maintenance, both the machine and the tapes. So what if the foil drops off and you have to change track manualy. Look, all I'm saying is..........hmm

Remember the rhyme the kid was reciting from when I was a kid, not sinister. The version i know by is Jon Pertwee - The Fox

I've never seen one like the Caltronic. What a strange calculator.

Nice looking machine. That case though. Ooof.

Amazing the quality of a tape that is over 50 years old!

I like Grundig RTR's, very well built. But when the belt breaks, it's a world of pain to replace them. On my Grundig TK18 I'd have to remove the whole head assembly and half of the FF/REW mechanism.

Sounds like it just need an alignment.

That's very promising.

Some tape decks use the motor as the HT transformer.

The 1-3V filaments in portable valve equipment don't glow like normal valves. They are so easy to damage too.