Electronic Restoration Fun- 1947 Rogers "Chairside" Radio!

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

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I'm joining now. The first ever Patreon I have joined. Thanks for everything Mr. Carlson!

[@is0p0d]

Is the "Old Time Lab" a patreon exclusive? Or is it just still in development, I've been so eager to see you work on something in that part of the lab!

[@firefox5926]

0:15 .... sooo...many...knobs..... i want to twist them .... :(

[@Decap1956]

man i want that outer foil tester. that will help me alot. but how do i get one ? the pay system for patreon is not worling for me hier in België :-(

[@friedmule5403]

@@christopher88719 He is also the first I have ever supported like that, but have to admit that I feel a bit guilty, I almost feel that I am steeling from him! To much goodyness for so small a contribution! :-)

[@alvarosousalinhadonorte-mo7218]

Paul, I´m still recovering after seeing this video. I´m from Portugal, and I follow all your videos, but this one touches me specially. I´m now 66 years old but my father was a great repair man of this old radios. When I was 6 years old, I remember to see him studing is radio lessons sent by mail from the Radio & Television Institute in Hollywod (I think), and all the money he could afford, was for paying his lessons. He gets is Diploma in 1959, and begans officialy working in radio repair service that same year. I was always by his side when he was repairing a radio, and I remember once that joking with me he asked: "Do you want a chocolat? Take this..." and he gives me a brown wax capacitor, like those you repalced...! Of course I did not eat it, but when I saw those capacitors today in that Rogers radio, my mind and my spirit... you understand Paul! He was ready to repair a Stromberg Carlson multi band radio (that one that has a mapa mundi, a termometer and a higrometer in the front) when he passed away one week before he begans... 14 years ago. I think the radio is yet in my mother´s house, (she is now 92) but not working. Maybe if I can find it, I sent it to you... who knows? Thank you for all your videos. I don´t follow his steps (I´m retired pilot from civil aviation), but I´m still beeing an Hamsphere radio amateur (31HS1209), and an official repair from Roco/Fleischmann miniature trains. All the best to you Paul. If I find the radio I let you know. If you want you can contact me via email [e-mail]. Mario.

[@madmanmechanic8847]

Wow what a cool story. i am surprised your dad didnt teach you lessons on electronic repair. Your Mothers radio needs to be restored that would be cool @

[@fongy200]

You can't expect your mother to be working at 92 Mario! Only joking my friend i knew what you meant. It's funny how something like an old wax Cap can sumon up fond memories of your Dad and your childhood. My father taught me to play the Guitar. He was right handed and i am left, something he thought was very amusing. He would give me one of his less expensive Guitars to play upside down. He left me his collection, all vintage say for a few bought in the late 80's. I have my own left handed collection now but i have fond memories everytime i take them out to clean them or photography. Their heirlooms for my children but my being left handed always made him chuckle. God bless Mario.

[@131dyana]

My Grand Mother had a beautiful radiolike this one and no one knew how to restore it at the time. It did not work but was so lovely she did not want to part with it. ,I dusted it evey week and used Old English Red Oil on it twice a year. thank you for restoring these lovely works of art.

[@absurdengineering]

What Mr Carlson really demonstrates in these videos is that with sufficient dedication and knowledge, one person can produce studio-quality content that no TV network would have had any problem airing, back in the day when they still had genuine technology education programs on air. None of this takes special effects or extreme post-production. Lots of content on YT is overproduced, and often such overproduction seems intended to mask the sparsity of real content within the material. Instead, Mr Carlson spends extreme amounts of time doing the detailed work directly related to the topic demonstrated, not on fluff that ultimately provides no benefit. About the only production aspect I personally miss from these videos is second or third camera for picture-in-picture to show oscilloscope or other test gear readouts. Some newer videos have this. The small Tek scope within view works fine as long as you watch on a big screen. On phone screens, the digital mini-scope is hard to see. That’s a rather minuscule gripe, because the content is undeniably solid and straightforward - so simple yet it takes so much effort to do it well! A lot of people have no knack for explaining things clearly by reducing them to rest on a minimal set of background knowledge, and building on top of that. IIRC this is called a constructivist approach to teaching, and it’s a fundamental skill that at least used to be taught in theory of pedagogy. Mr Carlson executes this well and it shows: every explanation requires only minimum prior knowledge on the part of the student, and is quickly built up from the basics. The ability to build up explanations from first principles is what distinguishes teachers from pretenders. The latter have tenuous grasp of subject matter and are unable to offer continuity from the basics to the advanced material taught: they hand-wave a lot of it away. Mr Carlson does this only where otherwise it would detract from the primary topic, and even then, he usually offers another video with in-depth coverage of the applicable topic. This seemingly basic principle in explaining things is often completely missed by others, who build pedagogical houses of cards where but a sneeze of a student makes the whole thing fall down. This EE is very happy to be shown how to work with vacuum tube technology. Not having a decent grasp of it made me feel sort of naked. Not anymore. Kudos, Mr. Carlson. Every minute of your content is worth it.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

I've noticed with a lot of YT channels, the more post-production that appears to be done, the flimsier the actual content. While it is clear that Paul does edit his videos carefully and insert overlays/inserts where necessary this is never intrusive or unnecessary. Paul does an excellent job at guiding the viewer through the content and hopefully leaving few behind. This does make his videos quite long, but I don't see that as a criticism (you can always skip forward if he's covering something you've heard before.) One of my favorite channels, and if a 2 hour video like this seems too long at the time I just put it on my "watch later" list for one of those long wet afternoons...

[@byallmeansneccasary6884]

This is AWESOME. As. THE MIZ would say

[@viewer54322]

It's difficult to find the right words to explain why I appreciate Mr. Carlson's work. Absolutely worth the patreon. Thank you.

[@Datrebor]

Your videos show that these older radios were beautifully made and made beautiful. They are a work of art. Most of what you went through went way above my head in understanding.

[@shikogazlene2288]

this guy has such a soothing, calming voice. Ive used this video countless times for background noise when im drawing, doing chores, and once or twice ive even managed to doze off listening to him! he gives both good information and relaxation in nice, long videos.

[@me-cq7wv]

I don’t know what you are doing but I do know you bring old radio, SW, HF etc back to life. I can only think of it as finding an old car and running through a very very high standard garage and seeing it come out the other side better than it did when it came out the factory. Genius

[@jwilko7998]

2 hrs of Mr Carlson's lab is better than any movie of equivalent length, you deserve an Oscar! Big Thank you.

[@MicheIIePucca]

I always love your explanations as you go through restorations or repairs. :)

[@AldoCugnini]

This guy is a real pro, I could tell from just the first few seconds of the video. Love that lab, and great camera presence, too!

[@DrMurdercock]

I wished I had discovered your channel before my grandpa passed. (RIP PAPA) He got me into old radios as a kid when he gave me a couple. I was a young dumb kid and didn't take care of them. Now, they're long gone. Wished I could go back and save those radios. Your videos remind me of him in the sense that you both knew your shit. When you speak, you are gonna learn something if you listen, thats how he was to me. He is the big reason I can do just about anything with my hands. He always told me as a kid, "if you aren't rich, and you're a man, you need to know how to fix your own stuff so you're not giving some guy who does your hard earned money to do something you should be ahble to do yourself. " Electronics are extremely overwhelming for most, at times. The amount of wisdom and knowledge you share, I hope most appreciate it. And I hope you remember just how much you in fact know and just how much information and know how you share with us. Thanks as always

[@bsvenss2]

Yes! An almost two hour video from Mr. Carlson himself! 🤗 The weekend is saved! 👍🏻

[@blitzroehre1807]

Thank you for outstanding video Mr. Carlson, one of your best! Trivia Question: Tube is an early UHF triode, looks like the CFT-15e used in B and C-Band wartime radars and radar jamming equipment. Those two capacitors are of the paper type, these are the obnoxious "WIMA Tropidur" (TROPIcalized and DURable), neither was true, dirty lie, they always fail to 100% Lost count of how many I have replaced, thousands maybe. Dunno. There was also a cap built by another German company, ERO which failed just as often. As a young teen in the 1970s my mates and I used to scavenge around for equipment when when the council dumpsters came on a special day to collect the bulky refuse people had put on the sidewalk in front of their homes (about once every 6 months, was called "Sperrmüll" for all the german speaking folks here). Lots of not-so -old radios and TV sets were saved by us and we tried to fix them, often with catastrophic results accompanied by smoke. One of the mateys dad was a techie at the local Telefunken plant and he saw there was no way stopping us lads so he rather gave us some tips on a regular basis on troubleshooting and safety, like a current limiter bulb inline with the equipment, rubber mat to stand on etc. He even organised us with an old analog multimeter, but poor guy , he had to teach us from scratch, we we didnt even know how a radio worked in the beginning, very patient man, I am still very thankful for all the time he took.. About six months down the road us guys were getting pretty snap at fixing the radios and TVs, there was no internet, no computer games to distract us, fixing stuff was our game, and one day our techie dad showed us how to build a primitive cap tester with a tiny neon bulb, limiting resistor and supply voltage pinched out of an old tube radio. This was applied to each end of the cap, and if the neon bulb just did a brief flash and went out the cap was ok. If it was leaky the neon bulb stayed lit. And that is where we found out about those trashy WIMA and ERO caps, made diagnosis even easier. We later built an improved cap tester with a salvaged magic eye tube. Anyhoos, the repaired equipment was sold by us guys on fleamarkets for a few bob or given to needy people who could not afford to buy new, often for just the price of the components needed for repair. Our true payment was the KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE gained back then, every one of us "techie teenies" breezed through tech school and are in good employ today.. Best regards from Germany

[@SubTroppo]

I suspect that one of you parents was in the British military and you might understand what two and a kick would be.

[@miltonkant9124]

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[@madmanmechanic8847]

The good ole days when people didnt toss shit out by the tons people would fix shit instead of buying love the story thanks for sharing

[@jocko8888]

I spent all of 1968 going to electronic classes while in the USMC. Had to use a slide rule for calculations. Every set we worked on had vacuum tubes, no replacing cards and it seemed like every thing we were fixing had to be APed...awaiting parts...lol. So as I watch you doing your thing here I'm able to follow some but still amazed at all you know . Kind of wish I had stayed with it after the service. Keep up the great work.

[@garbleduser]

OH MY GOD! That dial diffuser is amazing! I am thoroughly astonished.

[@gilbus4989]

It never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from your videos. Thanks.

[@Rockinravie]

These videos are masterclasses in conveying information to the watching audience. Mr Carlsons clarity of speech and thought are a real treat.

[@johnwhite6005]

I believe God has Blessed you with wisdom on Electronics. Thanks for sharing and I love them all.

[@mikeh2599]

I'm beginning to doubt the varacity of your restoration. None of the equipment you restore is anything like the radios I restore.Where is the rusted chassis, mouse nests under the chassis, mouse droppings in the variable capacitor, mounds of dust and cigarette smoke covered tubes,missing veneer,paint splatters on the cabinet, and that's the good ones. All kidding aside, I really like your videos, always learn so much, you set the bar very high for all of us.

[@jonka1]

I recognise what you describe. I must be getting my radios and test gear from the same place as you.

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

Lol

[@harrystevens3885]

I assume he closely examines the outer casing and looks through the back grill to gauge the overall condition before purchasing, besides who wants to watch him clean the crap out the chassi and then struggle to see the components through the grime. As for me my last radio looked like it had spent years at the bottom of a canal before being dried outl........

[@harrystevens3885]

Actually just this weekend I binged watched two of his older videos the Belmont 636 and Hammarlund HQ-120 and boy are they tough restorations .

[@SkyWire88]

LOL

[@gatekeeper65]

Another truly outstanding video from Mr Carlson's Lab. You post the absolute best videos in terms of content, detailed explanation, video quality, audio quality, and narration. I'm sure countless thousands of people out there have had their thirst to learn more about electronics, and its beginnings piqued by your teachings. Thank you for all your hard work making these videos. Take care, and have a great day.

[@sammyblackchow9541]

The C-Lab is a huge asset for the electronic community. Can't thank him enough.

[@ericmcrae7758]

My Dad used to repair radios in the 1950s, I was a teenager and often wondered what he was doing with the Sig Gen (signal generator)now I am in my 70s and it is all explained - thanks.

[@dirkayala5812]

Oh Cool! I bought 2-larger radios from 30'-40's couple months back which basically got me interested in all this. Definitely gonna watch this one closely...Thanks!

[@ixionn563]

Sounds sweet, what models have you acquired?

[@dirkayala5812]

'29 Philco Lowboy is only one I have on bench at moment,(which never having done this before is turning this into much Slower process than originally expected). Other one I picked up from same guy locally here is a Packard Bell model 1054 PhonoRecorder

[@madkins0128]

I am commenting that I like this video before I even watch it .... I just know that it will be that good!!! I have an original Oceanographic receiver that my Father bought brand new in the early 1950s that I kept and want to restore. I used it in the early 80s with a Timex Sinclair to produce music. I don't dare plug it in and turn it on now because I don't want to hurt it. After I retire, I will restore it and the information that I observed with this Lab will be invaluable.

[@leonhad037]

Michael Adkins me too!

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

Count me in too!

[@JeffreyGroves]

Super idea of using etched circuit board for the diffuser. Awesome!

[@josephcote6120]

Probably cheaper than what I was thinking of: Going to someplace like TAP Plastics and seeing what they could come up with.

[@WouterB76]

I really like your thorough and calm way of explaining things.

[@wxstream8005]

I'm so happy to have discovered your channel, you do an A+ Job!! I just finished watching this video and it's a flashback to my childhood, 53 years ago my Grandfather gave me electronics lessons and we rebuilt various radios and amplifiers. It's a shame that Polypacks is long gone, they had amazing deals, also in mid 70s heathkit was all the rage, so many fun memories!! Thank You again, you're awesome!!

[@outseeker]

i love when you fix something, explaining very thoroughly along the way, then you ask us "do you think this will work?" :D mr carlson has just finished, of course it's gonna work!

[@HusaCreature]

I've been an EE for 38 years, with quite a bit more time in labs than most, but you're like a Master's Degree in Lab! The things you know are astonishing. Thanks for sharing so much!

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Thanks for your kind comment!

[@1959Berre]

Though I am not a novice in electronics, each time Paul is teaching me something new. BTW, that cabinet looks so gorgeous, I would steal it from an old lady while she was asleep!

[@BrokeMoFo]

I must admit I am jealous of your expertise when it comes to this type of thing, I try to pride myself on re-selling old radio equipment to the best of my knowledge and as I see it, however now as I see, your expertise in this field, again, I am humbled as to the depths of what you know of such equipment and so easily... I had started to hold myself a decent appraisal of such things, and yet you have showed me of how I know so little... Thank you sir. Being humbled of a field Is not so bad as not knowing as to what this "thing" does, as to well as "what" that thing "can".... (and why to avoid).... Thank you sir...

[@kenhorne5650]

Got the inspiration to get my delco r1153 repaired. I knew exactly after watching your shows what needed to be done. After 3 months it is back and love listening to the songs its the 50s having a radio just like that growing up.

[@jimrick6632]

I AM 81 AND DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHEN I WAS NINE...MUST HAVE BEEN A RARITY..NICE VIDEO...THANKS...

[@Patafisique]

An engineer and an orator! Your videos are always a little joy, thanks

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Very nice job indeed Paul; thank you. That Rogers radio is calibrated now like a Swiss watch, & looks like a piece of edwardian furniture. Beautiful.

[@victoryfirst2878]

I have to thank you for showing us all on KZbin that the old radio is worth restoring. Way better than putting it next to the crube. Keep on keepin on.

[@madmanmechanic8847]

I do Marine repair for a business and love doing electrical . I am also a certified auto tech and restore muscle cars when I can raise the money. I have always wanted to learn electronics. I love antiques and old radios , I bought an old Radio Shack kit to learn electronics has the board to plug in your electronics it was an NOS kit and love the kit. I know you probably wont read this but I enjoy the hell out of your videos I dont know what you are talking about but you did a bang up job on not only the restoration but the video is spot on. I want to learn how to repair vintage audio equipment and turn tables. i wish I had the knowledge you do Paul . I am hoping to get my own youtube channel here soon waiting for soft ware for editing videos .KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DON'T CHANGE A THING!

[@v-g-z3689]

Extremely well explained! Listening to that radio takes you right back to the day´s of the Everly Family's Radio Show. Dad Everly, Mom, Don and baby boy Phil.

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

I love to think back to this era. When radio was king and it was all anyone could hope to have. I still think of it that way. Nothing kept me company better than my radios in the 80 and 90s.

[@friedmule5403]

It always make me happy when a gem like this, is not wasted or destroyed by some "wannabe repair man" but comes to a virtuoso like Paul! :-)

[@ixionn563]

This video has really motivated me to set aside some time and restore my 1940 Philco Floor model radio! To be honest I thought those simple safety procedures (removing the tubes, especially when you have the chassis setting upside down), not plugging it in without giving everything a good look over and thorough inspection would be common sense for most! Unfortunately a lot of the places a purchase these old radios from plug them in and end up letting out the magic smoke! Can't even express my gratitude to channels like yours who share information for working on these old electronics!

[@danielrine3103]

Paul, just one more comment, I have watched a lot of videos on tube radios, and I have to tell you this video tops any other video that I have seen, the things I am learning from you is priceless.. thank you again for this wonderful video, so interesting to watch.....

[@nfergus11]

Just yesterday I was saying..."Man, when is Mr. Carlson going to do another restoration video? Seemed so long ago", and now here you are! Thanks for making my day!

[@doctorjohn-burgtekie]

Best 2 hours I have spent this weekend.

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Thanks Dr. John!

[@Lee-qp6gf]

Incredible video. Back in the late 40s we used to listen to "skip". I grew up with radio. Think what a radio would cost a family back in the day. I still have a collection of tube radios including a Zenith chair shudder dial. I'm not into radios anymore . Back in the day I went to DeVry at the time of change over to transistors and I learned tubes. Worked in the industry for five years and had to quit. Cheers, Lee

[@Rems61]

I am from the old days of radio, and it really HERTZ me to not say Kilocycles or Megacycles. In all seriousness , that is a beautiful radio. I wish I could find one in that condition. Great Job in the restore.

[@1pilotsteve]

EXcellent video.. I work for Rogers (Wireless) today. I remember Ted Rogers speaking of his father whom developed a plug in radio which didn't need batteries to operate. .And the creation of the radio station CFRB , Ted said it stranded for Canada's First Rogers Batteryless......

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Thanks for taking the time to share your story Steve!

[@resenator4280]

Vacuum tube looks like a CV933 made in 1940 for use as an oscillator in the first American airborne radar, the ASB search radar. Also equivalent to JAN-CIM-15E. Designed for low duty cycle pulse operation at up to 600 MHz. Max anode voltage of 15,000 volts! Nice video. Thank You

[@jeffclark2725]

Wow, that whole thing is in great shape, and its only a radio, no phonogragh, or tape player, thanks for making the video of it

[@NathanOkun]

I heard a tech state that he didn't care about the capacitor shielding effect; that is didn't matter in most cases. The argument here is that this mental attitude is sloppy: You should ALWAYS put the electrical component in use (whatever it is) in the best possible configuration, even if it does not matter in the particular case. It shows technical competence and professional pride to always do the right thing, period. It also creates good working habits that sometimes may make a job work better than expected, since something that did not seem to matter may be found out later to be important due to the layout of the device causing things to overlap in a way that had to be implemented due to lack of room or some other design change. Good work ALWAYS causes minimum problems...

[@Phantomthecat]

Learnt more about capacitors in the last 2 hours watching this than I have in the last 20 years. 👍

[@WisdomVendor1]

I gained a university degree in electrical engineering in '89 and have since learned a great deal more. I can attest that Mr. Carlson has much more knowledge in electronics than any of my professors did.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

After screwing up many an old tube set I restored two raidios and a 78 combo Last year... Thank you Mr Carlson. Will I watch a two hour vid. After the hours I've wasted. And not died, why not. He's good

[@markphilpot4981]

In your videos, you detail your explanations very well. You explain why certain wire paths need to be routed the way you route them. Perhaps I might learn even more if I went to your Patreon channel. By far of any channel on KZbin, your channel is the best for explanation. Looking forward to seeing the last video on the Vedolyser project!

[@5argetech56]

Wow Mr. Carlson... I bought an antique radio like you have there. I was able to replace all the tubes and put in new Filter Caps. We also had a Bakelite AM Radio from 1949.. I repaired both.. Thanks for bring back the memory :)

[@Dallen9]

Damn... That was creepy, But that's what happens when you listen to a video that's several years old at this point hearing the dead speak again. Amazing Work. Beautiful Radio.

[@panthony1525]

They say never meet your hero, but I don't think you'd be disappointed with Mr. Carlson

[@joeblogs8204]

how can anyone give this guy a thumbs down????????????????????????????????????? how much knowledge and experience has this video just given us!

[@robertwadsworth5226]

Lots of detailed explanations; seems I always learn something new. Thank You.

[@GeorgeWMays]

Wow. Nice radio. Hard to believe it's 70 years old. Thanks for sharing your tips. Thoroughly enjoyable video.

[@TheRadioShop]

Very nice restoration Paul. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@victorsalcedo8127]

Mr. Carlson, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the vintage repair. It has renewed my interest on following your channel.

[@richardmcleod1930]

Col. Eugene MacDonald the President of Zenith loved chairside radios and felt they would be the wave of the future. They certainly worked well next to a chair or davenport.

[@roderickwhitehead]

Well... I know where I'll be spending the next 2 hours on a Friday night.

[@WallStreet749]

We need more like you. So attentive to perfection. Love it.

[@tseckwr3783]

Great job on explaining the subtleties of routing, de-soldering, capacitor foil polarity and the reason for replacing the old leaky capacitors. These are skills that usually need some time to develop. It is likely that all of us in our early time with tube circuits have burned our fingers and gotten that bad B+ shock.

[@derofromdown-under2832]

I'm not really into valve technology, but due to, once again, a fantastic description, trouble-shooting etc. It now has peaked my interest in the oldy-von-mouldy appliances of yesterday. Like always Paul, another excellent video... 10/10

[@bradleyleben7785]

That tube at the end looks like the flux capacitor from George Jetson’s car. lol! That truly was a great radio. Excellent video!

[@steveng5503]

Sir, you give my life a purpose and a clear positive outlook. As always a BIG 👍 from me. Thank you dearly for producing content which is absolutely faultless. Your content is a credit to your person. I trust you embrace comfort, wellbeing and confidence from your truly fine efforts. Here’s looking eagerly for your next and very thought provoking presentations. May this long continue. Kind Regards my good friend, Steven.

[@johnhoward1181]

I like watching an expert work. :) I see so many amateurs on you tube it's refreshing to see someone who knows what they're talking about. :)

[@harrystevens3885]

I have ran out of words to praise the fellow, just joyful to watch.:):)

[@davidtrimmer5188]

Another excellent refurb Paul your attention to detail has no equal on KZbin ,me and my boys all play guitar and have 6 valve amps between us,so your video lessons have been have been a big help in maintaining our equipment ,but what we really need is a all singing all dancing valve/tube tester and you are definitely the man to design it, I know old tube testers are available via eBay etc. But as I understand it they are limited in there testing capabilities ,so here's hoping you will take up the challenge . Dave...

[@JerryEricsson]

Thanks for the video, we have been very busy of late, trying to sell off all my mother's stuff from her home, she has moved into the nursing home at age 93, still going strong but needs help to get around now. Hard work filled with emotion as you try to put a price on your mother's priceless dishes and such, marking something that means so much a quarter just does not seem right, but any more and it will not sell, and sell we must as her house needs to be sold as well, and it should be empty or close to it as possible when the time comes. Anyhow, great video, nice to take my old mind off things for a short time, and actually very relaxing.

[@kennethbarker852]

absolutely beautiful radio to see great you are repairing it good job.

[@MrJef06]

Loved the comment about the tube in guitar amplifiers that might fall due to vibrations. Like, if the tube stays in place, it means you're not playing loud enough :-)

[@highpitwilma]

Mr Jef06..I think he might have been referring to Bass guitar Amps....I have been playing guitar since 1959,my first amp was a London Store Brand called "Stanley Lewis" [like MnS, or John Lewis,etc...],and cost 18 guineas [GB ],and was advertised in the Commercial Adverts page in the News of the World...and I used it on Stage!! Mr Carlson's Video took me back to when I was teaching myself about Electricity,and Radio Electronics,when I was 12 years old -on...from 1956,by reading books from the local library,and pure experimentation,on old radios from the local tip,and from kind Neighbours![Later on,My Science Teacher mentored me ,as he was a Radio Officer in WWII.] I failed Maths miserably in my final year at School,aged 15 yrs,and left to work underground as a Coalminer!! Wished I had been better at Maths,I knew a lot of what was going on in this video when I was 14 yrs old,except for the Scope and test gear...it's taken till now,at 76 yrs old,to better my understanding of troubleshooting gear!! Thanks Massively for your help Mr Carlson..one more dedicated follower!! Cheers! Bill in Beautiful Northumbria in the UK.

[@highpitwilma]

Mr Jef,I forgot to mention my first little amp was only 8 watts!! [and the old-timer Coalminers in the working mens clubs used to shout "Ya aalreet,but ya owa lood,torn thi bugga doon!!"...NO vibration from my playing!!

[@alphabeets]

Jeez, this video is incredible! What amazing work you are doing to educate us. Such a great teacher. Thank you so much!

[@RC-Heli835]

Man your fast with the color codes. I like your method of adding zeros as opposed to multiplying. Wow! I finally get the color code thing.😃 You did a fantastic job on this restoration!

[@glenz1975]

I'm looking forward to seeing Mr Carlson restore a tube television set, I heard him mention he has some in the stash of equipment 😎

[@09danstart]

glenz1975 me too, that would be good.

[@2angelitolv]

I really enjoyed this and your other videos. Thanks for sharing your passion for these pieces of history. I don’t even understand all the words you say but you do a great work. Best two hours spent. Better than a movie at a theater.

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Thanks for your kind comment Angel!

[@phanikrishna71]

Really very nice. Very well explained. Anybody can learn easily. I am very much happy the way explained. I am very much interested in radio repairs by my young age. I was doing some repairs without knowledge of parts. Really superb🤝👍🤩💐💐💐

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

new to your channel and don't have a clue about anything when it comes to electronics, but I'd love to start to learn and the ability to be able to do something so cool like this someday motivates me to try and find a way to learn

[@Anwoth48]

Thanks for this video. I love seeing these old devices returned to function. Great job!

[@JerryEricsson]

Very nice radio, great rebuild. Thanks for clocking down some of those long boring hours that God keeps piling on me whilst I self quarantine so as not to catch the China Virus. Your videos always keep me awake and alert as the hours tick away.

[@jime386]

If that cabinet is unrestored, then it must be the finest example of it's kind in existence. It looks new!

[@macswanton9622]

I google-imaged Rogers radios and none of them look this good. A real find

[@frankroper3274]

Radio was like TV at one time! Families gathered around the radio and listened to programs...some of which became televised in later years!

[@sa8die]

yes soo nice, its saturday night ,and an upload from my fav electronics guy,.,nice,,this is my life

[@misternewoutlook5437]

It's strange, but I prefer the videos that are longer than one hour. I actually feel disappointed when there's a short one. You are a master of creating interesting restoration videos. You don't labor over soldering too much and eliminate the most of the other grunt work which would probably make these shows less engaging. You do them right, which is exactly how you work on electronics. Thanks for creating this channel.

[@Swingguido]

These brown malt candy capacitors (Wima Tropydur) came from Germany and where produced in the 1950-ies. At that time they where used in nearly every german radio and tv-set, but they proved unreliable and a few years later their replacement ensured generations of radio and tv-repairmen their income .......

[@The0nionKnight]

I found them in the grundig majestics. Beautiful German consoles.

[@EdgarsLS]

the radio is actually huge, Carlson is just a giant!

[@sleepylab4155]

I was already thoroughly enjoying the video of the Rogers radio (shout out to our Canadian History!), but the highlight so far is the Mod to the Hakko de-solder unit.... an awesome tool casually made more awesome. Thanks for all your content Paul.

[@greggaieck4808]

Mr Carlson your vintage Roger's chair side radio Receiver with broadcast band is good for DXing the brocast band at night and day this cool from 1947

[@jeepien]

Stumbled in a while ago, catching up with videos. So geat to see another human being that knows what a loctal socket is. Nice work!

[@OleF112]

Paul, you wil alway stay to my Top 5 Tech list here on YT. Just want to thank you! I alway have fun when you, TRX Peter, Buddy, Mike, and Defpom put up some new vids! 73 de Olaf

[@matthewsykes4814]

Damn, those silver boxes are worth their weight in gold. If I was you I'd patent them You Sir are a genius I haven't dabbled in electronics for a long time, life and careers kinda got in the way. While I'll more than likely never be as savvy as your good self, I still find it all fascinating and being able to fix old stuff back up appeals to me And yeah Rubicon are pretty much the mutts nuts in caps, Nichicon and Chemi-con are also very good. Had to recap an old motherboard, a few had bulged so I figured "nope, do the lot" all redone works like it should

[@EmilioGarcia-fr5po]

Could almost smell how nice n vintage this radio must smell yay tubes love it. Really digging your classes thank

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

You're welcome Emilio!

[@themetalmicky]

"hi id like to buy a tester", "you don't make a tester for that", its ok ill make one myself" . you are a very intelligent man

[@R.AudioElectronics]

Happy days. Another Mr C video I just started watching and you mentioned the locktal tube as I was unaware of this tube type thanks for that info. Then you said those of you who own one of these tools (desoldering tool) probably would be envious of this light. Well yes I am and would most definitely enjoy a video on that hack. Love your videos and your insight and tips for my favorite hobby. I look forward to the rest of the video

[@cambridgemart2075]

In the UK we just call it Octal

[@cambridgemart2075]

In the UK we just call it Octal

[@craignehring]

Thanks Paul for an enlightening two hours

[@jeremytravis360]

Thank you for your extremely detailed explanation of capacitors and resistors. You put my electronics lecturers to shame.

[@BruceBoschek]

Thank you for another excellent video. That is a very nice radio. It is a bit of a pity that there is nothing on AM worth listening to, but then, there is virtually nothing on any radio or TV worth listening to or watching anymore. The technology is very interesting and your restoratons are perfect. Always an enjoyment.

[@alastairchestnutt6416]

Great radio and very interesting repair. Lots to learn from your presentation.