C.Crane Shortwave Radio No AM or Shortwave Reception

[@PhyllisBrakel]

Thanks so much for what you do. I am a retired Neurosurgeon, but had EEE degree in 1977 prior to medical school. Now, I am catching up on the electronics industry and you are a great mentor.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I like that. I have an old 6 band radio that receives shortwave, but it's analog tuning. Edit: I also love the rotary tuning knob. Too many times, digital radios just have up and down buttons. I loathe those. I also loathe up and down buttons for volume.

[@petrileskinen4299]

Did you ever heard a Radio Luxembourg in Canada?

[@12voltvids]

Sure did

[@Raptor50aus]

I used to love listening to SW bands back in the 1980s but today there is bugger all now.

[@12voltvids]

Wwv time signal lol.

[@tuffytoys9707]

! well It Might have to make a comeback by force! Remember the Outage of AT&T and Other Phone networks recently and not to mention the WARS going around that will get more serious in the years to come. The Internet may Also be Shutdown in countries sue to "National security" Etc!

[@onlymeok]

1989 nothing will ever top that!

[@12voltvids]

@@onlymeok about all on there these days is g.a.w.d.

[@TucsonAnalogWorkshop]

Radio New Zealand still going strong

[@MrChrisRP]

I was just given a Sony STR-AV920. It's an amplifier with video (home theater style) abiliities - you know, AV in name probably tells you all. Probably late 90's no HDMI. Unit looks mint both from the outside and shining a flashlight inside. Relays click on and display tells it's in protection mode. What is the first play of action? Would it be correct to assume it's a bad solder joint on something with relatively high power and see about that first or is there a better way to go about it?

[@12voltvids]

Check connections on voltage amp ics.

[@MrChrisRP]

@@12voltvids Consider it done. Most likely later on tonight and if not, within some days. Thanks!

[@Joshua-qm2qu]

I have a trv 130e and the tape ripped off one of the reel things. The camera is refusing to eject because of this. What are my options. I was thinking about powering the motor, but im not super comfortable

[@12voltvids]

It should eject if the tape breaks.

[@loumontcalm3500]

I too listened to SW starting with an Aiwa AR123, then to a Zenith R7000 TransOceanic, finally to a Kenwood 440. All the interval signals, propaganda, number stations, strange music drifting in and out. It was very exotic and fascinating back then. Sadly, not much on SW today. AM DX on my GE Superradio is about all the hobby listening I do- and the internet makes the ID's a snap versus listening for station ID's thru the heterodyne. Kinda takes the mystery out of it. Nice repair!

[@12voltvids]

My first shortwave ina Halicrafters which I still have, and a DX160 radio shack. Now that's a hot tuner. VFO with crystal controlled local for the bands.

[@m9ovich785]

Thanks Dave. It is a nice looking thing.... Mike M.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

That may be a sign 🪧 of a bad capacitor. C Crane 🏗️ sounds like 👍 a pretty 😍 good 😊 radio 📻. This could also be a classic symptom of a factory 🏭 defective radio. These are excellent parts radios, such as for a spare dial cord, capacitors (if they’re any good), or a speaker 🔊 your friend, Jeff.

[@JaapTamminga]

also known as K-po WR 2100 also branded as Kaito and Redsun

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

Did YT pick up on Barry White My first, My last, My everything playing in the background? Or, is too quite for the bots to notice 😆

[@12voltvids]

Level is too low. Has to be above a certain threshold.

[@hellhound-si5oz]

There's a local area where I live that sells an identical radio like that for $200 will a load of garbage for $200

[@12voltvids]

Actually I think it's a pretty good radio. Not up to my Sony srf2010 but it's good.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

If this radio is no good 😊, just use the BIG speaker 🔊 magnet on your refrigerator 🧲!! Again, your friend, Jeff.

[@12voltvids]

Lol someone else that didn't watch the video.

[@JasonHalversonjaydog]

Always surprised me how expensive those radios were. They claimed such good sound but with shortwave it doesn't matter, just voice, no music edit: heard you say there was music, that was before my time I guess

[@12voltvids]

Yes used to play music on shortwave. Sound strange with the propagation, phasing and all but radio Australia played music back in the 70s and 80s.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

I see that 97.7 MHz is still used for French-language broadcasts there, taken over by KIRO-FM here in Seattle. Looks like the owner of this CCrane is in for some *serious* DX-ing! The AM band has really gone downhill in the past 40 years. In the states, AM Rock-N-Roll/Top-40 stations used to be all over the place. A 400 mw unlicensed AM transmitter would not be legal this side of the border, as FCC Part 15-compliant AM transmitters have a maximum legal limit of 100 mw, and this is *strictly enforced.*

[@12voltvids]

Even 400mw isn't going far.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

@@12voltvids I've heard that the CRTC won't come a-knockin' if the signal doesn't go past 61m.

[@Shadepariah]

5:50 "The screws out, why is it not popping apart?" *Another screw falls out* I know how that is....

[@12voltvids]

It was out, my magnet wasn't strong enough to drag it out but it fell out when I turned it over.

[@zhaohaigaogu7821]

I think the rotary encoder on the dial was often defective.

[@12voltvids]

@@zhaohaigaogu7821 That just signals the tuner to go up or down. No different than electronic volume controls on receivers.

[@zhaohaigaogu7821]

@@12voltvids Thank you for your comment.

[@zx8401ztv]

That radio reminds me of the crappy Tecsun radios, poor quality and they fail for no obvious reason. Junk!!.

[@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858]

Probably shipped by U.P.S

[@12voltvids]

I've seen fed ex throw packages, but nothing like the amazoom people. Driving like they are going to a fire, 70 to 80K in a 50k zone, block driveways while they deliver, stop in the middle of the road.

[@ivanigorpollick6690]

great sound -on cheap radio

[@12voltvids]

Wide band AM sounds great.