GE P726 AM Transistor Radio Repair

[@jedw]

Fromthe UK "Stay at home, protect the NHS, Save Lives" It was nice the first time, 2,000 times later,, starting to get old.

[@KameraShy]

From Leon County, Florida: "please remember to keep at least 1 large alligator between you and everyone else at all times"

[@BrentThorne]

"We are all alone, together." Seriously, heard that one on the AM band yesterday!

[@JerryEricsson]

I recognize that style shirt, used to have one just like it. When I build stuff now days, I do it in my recliner, reclined to almost laying down, it's a pain thing following 5 major surgeries trying to repair my spine after an auto accident while chasing a drunk driver. At any rate those shirts melt when solder drips on them, the one I had developed so many holes my wonderful wife of 51 years decided it was time to take it out of service. It now serves as several nice cleaning cloths. I am a rather large man and the shirt was a 3X so there was a LOT of material left that didn't have melt holes in it. Thanks for the diversion, I am still caring for my wonderful wife as the cancer eats away at her organs, her hair has now gone almost completely from the Chemo, the doctors have put her on morphine for pain as well as some other pain meds for breakthrough pain. The meds have helped her a lot, she has been able to keep food down once more and is gaining some strength. Docs say she has perhaps a year, two at the most, however she will be in a nursing home soon because her body will no longer be in any condition that allows my daughter and I to continue to care for her. I dread that time. You see other then a year that I was in Vietnam and the 2 years that I went to college, we have been together, and very close, even when I was in college, I would drive home for weekends, even in the worst weather to be with her. Getting old sucks.

[@richardweinberger6302]

"90 percent of sick old radios have underlying conditions"

[@cardboardboxification]

cough up a few shorted caps, and call it a day

[@danmackintosh6325]

I would have thought it was more likely the sick old cars that had underlying conditions, their owner lying under the thing tryin'a fix it.

[@watershed44]

Coronavirus affects transistors? haha.

[@stevehead365]

'Thank you for observing social distancing' .I'm just trying to survive, Thanks for the videos, helping keep me sane.... so far.

[@GeckonCZ]

"We will recap 'em all, whatever it takes!"

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Lol

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I have a feeling this would be a Jason JJ Cruz approved message.

[@swebigmac100]

EHL OH EHL hahaha

[@NickG123]

@@ModMokkaMatti Who is Jason JJ Cruz? Ive been hearing this joke by shango for years now, but haven't figured it out!

[@davepike6170]

Now a usable GE radio! Good work, Shango066! Thanks again for quality television, radio, electronic repair/ restoration videos! I am very happy, when I open up KZbin, and discover a new Shango066 video!

[@xraytonyb]

"Toilet paper will be available as soon as we finish printing your stimulus money"

[@DavenHiskey]

HAAAAAAA

[@crapcbm]

Toilet paper will be available, as soon the "BER" opens (new airport in Berlin, Germany) NO! This is a joke, they never said, but we say now!

[@raymondcourtois67]

Maybe they'll print the stimulus money on toilet paper.. Then do you spend it or use it...

[@DavenHiskey]

@@raymondcourtois67 I just want a candy cane

[@DavenHiskey]

@@raymondcourtois67 I let you borrow it and then you pay me back, hence laundering. Thank you citizen

[@steve732]

Keep up the fine videos. Always get a chuckle from your comments and love the craftsmanship of your work. I actually learn from each one. Great opening comment on this one.

[@luvradios]

Great video man and you didn’t even bother with control cleaner, the resistive coating is damaged in that VC, you did the only thing you could to make is useable without replacing it.

[@arthureverett8220]

I’ve done that resistor trick with bad volume controls that were no longer available. Last time I did that modification was on a GE clock radio. It worked out pretty good. Excellent lesson on rebiasing silicon transistors

[@Wilfredoviquez]

Lindos vídeos, esos radios me traen muchos recuerdos de los 60s y 70s, también me encanta arreglar estos vintage con tecnología análoga.

[@lanceleader2]

In Quebec, "ça va bien aller" = "it will be fine" written next to a rainbow.

[@bitrot42]

"We will all get through this" You have an awesome stash of obscure transistors.

[@hadibq]

The channel where one can relax and learn at the same time🙂 always a pleasure!

[@cit_63]

Czech republic: Moje rouška chrání tebe, tvoje rouška chrání mě. Translation: My mask protects you, your mask protects me.

[@danmackintosh6325]

That is probably the nicest and most sensible quote I've heard/read so far.

[@a4andrei]

In Romania "Totul va fi bine" (everything will be ok) is almost inescapable. It's in every email, commercial and so on.

[@randyab9go188]

You just "discovered" the effect that was used with the original Select-A-Tenna. Externally coupling a loop to add sensitivity and selectivity to a radio. Did you notice how the weak signal became much stronger? I have one and have used it both as an signal booster and as a notch to an adjacent stronger interfering station. Versatile and worth the $30 they are selling for on the used market. You can make your own simply. Here is a webpage showing internal construction and parts values. www.jtl.us/joesradiopage/select.html 73 Randy AB9GO

[@dsma2023]

It's nice to see alcohol being used for one of it's two intended uses. Cleaning electronics and drinking.

[@darikdatta]

"This is the new normal" "had no underlying medical issues"

[@airplaneengine]

I absolutely can not stand when they call this the "new normal". It is not going to become "normal", this is abnormal.

[@LakeNipissing]

You better believe it. This is not normal, it is abnormal, and never will be the normal.

[@cardboardboxification]

@@airplaneengine " new normal " i guess for people that has lung problems it might be a new normal, but the last 20 years pneumonia seasons didn't bother them in the least bit......

[@danb.9891]

Have been a regular channel viewer for about a year, and enjoy your content, even though I suspect we share diametrically different political views. I hope you continue to posting fixit and revival videos. If, as a regular viewer, my opinion means anything, I would hope you would not treat the current global pandemic lightly and not dispense conspiracy fueled information (disinformation???) regarding any efforts to create a vaccine or antibody treatment to this current virus. Continued success with your videos and channel. I find them both informative, and at times quite humorous. ✌️

[@SanderOlbermann]

Saludos desde Mexico, gracias por los buenos deseos.

[@FeCr3]

"Wir bleiben zuhause" "Zusammenhalten" "Wir halten zusammen" "Keine panik" Wir schaffen das" "Zusammenstehen in dieser schwierigen zeit" "Bleibt zuhause" "Abstand halten" Haltet abstand" (germany)

[@DasMrOSi]

Und Söder hat die besten Umfragewerte

[@crapcbm]

Ja ... das wird - IST - langsam echt peinlich der ganze Schwafel. Bekommen nichts auf die Reihe. Kein "Fahrplan" --- ahnungslos, inkompetent! Nicht mal Bundesländerübergreifend einheitliche Lösungen. In BY darf man streng genommen nicht mal vor die Haustüre ohne triftigen Grund, hier in BW kannste noch in kleiner familären Gruppe spazieren gehen... schau mal nar NRW ... die drehen auch komplett hohl. Wenn das mal alles auch auf politischer Ebene noch lange gut geht. Wir sind zur Trägheit (v)erzogen worden. Aber auch der Deutsche Michel und Hans kann irgendwann "französisch" werden. Hoffen wir, dass uns die Geschichte nicht irgendwann abstrafen wird.

[@byrnejr]

Thank you for the extra videos you have been making. I like my corona how I like my women 19 and spreads easy!

[@billmyke746]

" You will be assimilated, resistance is futile"

[@stevencarlson5422]

bill myke trek reference!!!!!

[@ZnenTitan]

Gates spelled sideways is Borg.

[@audiodood]

Nice, you resurrected this radio for Easter.

[@mudmowercentral1999]

It was also green too a Easter color

[@johnmetcalf288]

I watch you at night I have learned so much yours sincerely. Jmetcalfe

[@Zirok1982]

From the mayor of Limeira, Brazil: "Some will show symptoms, others will get worse, others will have to be admitted to an ICU and others will lose their lives. So stay calm, we will all be contaminated. And you who are worried, will also be contaminated ".

[@alialmahanawi8409]

You need to go solo camping to Death Valley , So to enjoy the quarantine and to test the radio sensitivity too 😀 . Great job Shango 👍

[@shango066]

Did that

[@chrisreynolds6331]

Ali Almahanawi police pull: “ checking that your journey is essential ,sir.” “ it is officer I’m checking the sensitivity and IF alignment of my radios” 😀

[@alialmahanawi8409]

Chris Reynolds 🤣

[@quantumleap359]

All your corroded oscillator transistors are belong to us. Great kludge repair! It's all this GE deserves!

[@maplewoodsp]

I heard about your channel from another repair dude. Glad I watched your video. I will be back for more!

[@destry232]

#we're in new territory here..This will be the "new normal" for the foreseeable future".

[@seanbryant2848]

You speak to my heart. Also wanted to let you know that KZbin has unsubscribed me from you twice this past week, including today.

[@michaelrobertson575]

I think that the effect that you got with too much bias on the replacement Transistor is called Squegging.Well done for getting another old Radio going again.

[@jp040759]

WOW. Un-powered and it effects the other radio. Fricken magic. It's sorcery. Vinegar would probably work better and dissolve the corrosion. I had a bad pot on a late 80s Realistic scanner. No matter how much I cleaned it it would get crackly within a month. I opened it up and you can see the slider ware tracks on the carbon trace. I ever so slightly moved the slider fingers over to ride on unworn areas of the carbon trace. Been working for years that way. Good troubleshooting on this one THANX.

[@isoguy.]

Stay at home, Save the national healrh service, Save lives. Great vid, love these retro fixes. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@tiporari]

Nice fix. When you understand how they work you can retrofit parts that didn't exist when it was made. When you don't? You can recap and thump it hard to try and fix it.

[@danschreffler1280]

We are all in this together, the humans, the pangolins, the bats and the tigers!

[@tarstarkusz]

"Diversity is our greatest strength"

[@skuula]

Except, there is no longer any "our".

[@jim8230]

@Toroidal Zeus What are those mythical shared values?

[@jim8230]

@Toroidal Zeus Didn't catch the sarcasm in your original post.

[@DrWatts-bi1jv]

Here in England the local BBC station to me are saying 'we're here for you'.

[@Mitch-Hendren]

same on BBC ulster . they robbed it off Spar shops !

[@1McMurdoSilver]

"This is a stick up. Give me your money or I will take my mask off!"

[@ZnenTitan]

Take the money just leave the toilet paper (At least that's worth something)

[@godfreypoon5148]

OH NO MY EYES! THE HUMANITY!

[@waltschannel7465]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@crtsaretubular3940]

“Stay home, stay safe”

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Connecticut

[@zachz96]

@@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 Being outside reduces the risk.

[@superhet7281]

Shango, thank you for keeping us entertained during these strange times. I always learn something from your videos. But please don’t waste precious rubbing alcohol. 😉

[@alphabeets]

Love your videos, Shango. Really appreciated nowadays.

[@StinkFingerr]

I see many enjoy these repair videos, while under House Arrest. You can almost forget the madhouse going on in the world.

[@kokodin5895]

"yesterday we have been standing on an edge of an abyss, but today we made big step forwars" you don't need any other propaganda than 60's polish one

[@annaplojharova1400]

The correct way to rebias for other transistor type is to match the emitter voltage, so the bias current. The reason is, the transconductance of transistor is Ie/(kT/q), regardless if it is Si, Ge, GaAs or any other. And this transconductance is, what the rest of the radio circuit is designed for (impedance seen by the oscillator feedback is exactly reverse of that transconductance,...). So with 0.6V noted in the schematic for the emitter, minus about 300mV of the typical oscillator amplitude, plus the Vbe of the transistor gives what needs to be at the base. So with 0.2V Vbe germanium it is the 0.5V, with 0.6V Si you may start with about 0.9V. But the emitter voltage needs to be checked and the bias readjusted (with the oscillator running of course).

[@DanafoxyVixen]

"Please stay in your bubble" "Dont hang out with people from other bubbles"

[@cardboardboxification]

think the mayor in cooking his own food? and mowing his lawn ?

[@robertrovo4383]

#maradjotthon Wich translates to stay at home. This will do the trick. Also we have the usual stuff, like protect the elderly, wash you hands, take care of your self-take care of each other. Useful video, in times like these, when you can't even buy a pair of electrolytics. Greetings from Hungary. And Maradj otthon.

[@James_Bowie]

“We’re fighting - not only is it hidden, but it’s very smart. Okay? It’s invisible and it’s hidden, but it’s - it’s very smart.”

[@zx8401ztv]

" If you want to live, Stay at home." Virus terminator :)

[@MsCori76]

We hear that a lot here but who listens though, a lot still think it's one big joke!

[@zx8401ztv]

@@MsCori76 It's really odd, people here are just not taking it serious. People are treating it like a holiday, utter madness :-( I only go out if i really really have to, and then i avoid getting near anyone.

[@danmackintosh6325]

@@zx8401ztv It's a bit of a joke really, when you look outside and see people meeting up with friends, stood in their gardens together like that's going to be any different than going inside.

[@zx8401ztv]

@@danmackintosh6325 i think the idea is to stop large amounts of people going to town centers and into general crowds. If one person in that crowd has the virus then maybe two or three will catch it and spread it firther, just like mating rabbits. Getting people to stay away just limits the chance of catching the virus. But people are selfish and will prolong the deaths and time taken for the virus to die away.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

My parents in 1960 bought the predecesssor to this radio, same general case and knobs but with battery-tubes. It needed a 90 and a 7.5 volt battery. Your replacement silicon transistor probably has too much gain and bandwidth so it wants to oscillate at various spurious frequencies. I would try adding a 1K resistor in the base lead and see if that quiets down its tendencies. Or if you have some, try a ferrite bead or two.

[@SpeakerFreak95]

My first geeky gift to my now wife, then girlfriend was a radio just like this, except the one I gave her didn’t have the cool label on the front.

[@swebigmac100]

Gotta love this channel. The mix of politics and radio repair is perfect. :-)

[@kinura26]

I love this channel very entertaining. gets a bit odd thou when the topics stray from troubleshooting and old electronic geek heaven. oh ya #STAYSAFE

[@5roundsrapid263]

“We can’t dance together, we can’t talk at all”. Oh wait, that’s ‘Hey 19’, not COVID-19...

[@waltschannel7465]

Excellent, creative repair, as always!! Love it!!

[@keithwhisman]

The radio sounds remind me of the radio noises in the command center in the rebel base on the ice planet Hoth in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. This code is not used by the rebel alliance, it may be an imperial code.

[@hitechredneck6366]

You're from Los Angeles, Shango! How could you not list, "Snitches get rewards!" LOL #snitchesgetrewards

[@Flexin010]

Mayor Snitch!! 🤐

[@cardboardboxification]

ya what is the idiot mayor's plan to pay everyones expensive los angeles rent ????

[@joseppuig925]

Silicon RF transistors often go crazy on autoconverter circuits for MW radio, they have too much bandwidth and the whole thing oscillates with lots of harmonics. Sometimes, the cure for this is to add a few ohms resistor in series with the emitter, or a ferrite bead slipped on emitter or base leg of the transistor.

[@rickycollins4633]

Billionaires always knows what's best for us.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Just like those who were making plans for Nigel.

[@Martin-io4wc]

“Together, and with shared sacrifice and patience, we will emerge stronger and better.” Mark Hornung, President and Publisher Desplaines Valley News.

[@preiter20]

Thank you for the extra videos these past few weeks. Makes being shut in that more tolerable.

[@chrisreynolds6331]

Paul Reiter totally agree 😀

[@VectraQS]

Thanks for the unintentional solder sucker repair -- I have that same cheapo sucker and the end is constantly popping off. I'll go see if I can find a worm gear clamp for mine.

[@Yldcatz]

Bill and Mindy thank you for the mention.

[@albinklein7680]

Those pre-1960 transistor radios are a b**ch to fix. Especially the ones with FM (I live in Germany where FM was kind of mandatory for all radios manufactured after WW2). It's absolutely crazy what they did to get away with the minimum number of transistors possible. Everything oscillates and has to oscillate in the right way or those things will not work. And then the bandswitches on top which switch barely detectable signals in the microvolt range. I remember tweaking away with those for days as a kid in the 1970s. Frustrating stuff. Thanks a lot for putting out all those videos!!

[@aakasoto]

#DI­­EversityIsOurStrength #TheHumanRace #OurGreatestAlly

[@skuula]

Stand together, by keeping distance. Switzerland.

[@vacuumfireradio253]

Barnacles on the board. Love it.

[@MB-bs3ji]

Poland "We are very well prepared" "We must go forward and don't look back" P.s. There was also a test for covid that i think was invented in poland (different method of detection) and in tv it was "Polish test for covid 100% accurate" where it wasn't tested by WHO.

[@lmiddleman]

"I'm gonna have to switch to Beyond Bat™" - Norm Macdonald.

[@bobbygray2629]

We will be stronger as a nation after this #Wewillbestrongerasanationafterthis.

[@SDS-1]

Thanks for the Saturday vid😃

[@gardengnome4208]

"stay at home or go to jail"

[@ModMokkaMatti]

That makes no sense, considering that I recall hearing reports that they're releasing inmates during this time. #yourgovernmentatworkforyou

[@gardengnome4208]

@@ModMokkaMatti Yeah, well our government hasn't really considered the possibility that getting a lot of people cooped up in a small space will SPREAD the virus.

[@mudmowercentral1999]

@@gardengnome4208 isn't that over at Italy if you are caught on the streets you go to jail?? Last i checked the news I was listening on my radio

[@tomfranco4866]

I hate when they say something like that it sounds communist

[@gardengnome4208]

@@tomfranco4866 Authoritarian don't you think?

[@SeanDamonGreene]

"Shelter in place together or masks on our face together".

[@BoB4jjjjs]

To get rid of Battery corrosion, use white vinegar, it will just fizz off, wipe down with isopropyl to clean it up.

[@drkaz786]

Thank you for all your works

[@dave141163]

"Social Distancing" and "New Normal" are used quite often, All the others I've heard used here in Australia as well.

[@ladahs]

" Caring does not require touching each other" Propaganda from Finland

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I'm not a big talker or touchy-feely-er, anyhow. FWIW, shout-out to the ancestral 🇫🇮 homeland! I think Finns were the pioneers of social distancing, generations ago.

[@ladahs]

Social distancing, no problem 😂

[@beefchicken]

This video was preceded by a “we care, be safe” ad full of platitudes, with a VW logo slapped on the end of the ad.

[@godfreypoon5148]

Sick bastards.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

My parents had it hard. Lived through the Great Depression. But at least they had more liberty. I am living in the time that liberty dies. Btw, great video!!!

[@watershed44]

You only lose your Liberty if you let the take it

[@FlatBroke612]

Ok, he’s gonna recap this one... I just know it...

[@jsciarri]

"Jason JJ Cruz needs his capacitors changed"

[@gerardcarriera7052]

Interesting to see GE used other brands of transistors instead of their own. That corroded transistor is a Sylvania (EIA 312). I have a radio like those leather ones and all except one transistor were made by Tung Sol.

[@pneumatic00]

Definitely a Kodak moment when you pushed that transistor over and it just fell off the board. Shango goes speechless.

[@LakeNipissing]

"Right now we have had to shut to keep you and our emplyees safe... but soon these gloomy storm clouds will part, and the sun will be shining, and we'll be ready to serve you once again." The world has gone nuts.

[@hitechredneck6366]

"We will be stronger than ever before!" - Trump #strongerthanbefore

[@skuula]

We'll cough stronger than ever before....

[@cardboardboxification]

@@skuula well not for the 95% that has no symptoms or just mild symptoms from the cold....

[@peterjensen3162]

More likely bankrupt.

[@BetamaxFlippy]

"We will get though this!"

[@phillipyannone3195]

I can see not using deoxit because the value of the radio does not warrant it but at least some wd40. Great video!

[@paulseymour]

0:42 Classic shango066. Love it!

[@Kirilur]

ГТ311 - GT311 this is germanium high frequency NPN transistor , not frequently used in soviet radio equipment , but still sale not so expensive on ebay . МП37 or other МР series is all low frequency transistors .

[@HD7100]

Excellent. Very educational.

[@aenoymotors]

Together, we can save lives! #haveyoudrivenafordlately

[@iRepairElectronics]

"We will not harm you, or hurt you either"

[@bobbiggley6992]

"The Fema Camps are now open for your safety"

[@hql400]

Very interesting video, good work as always ! 21:20 the alignment should not be so touchy, perhaps you have to change the value of both of base-BIAS-Resistors and perhaps the transistor oscillates on another frequency (parasite oscillating 27:35) because these VHF/UHF-Transistors are much too hot for such stages! Some of them has to have a little ferrite-core on the Kollektor to prevent them from this parasite-oscillating. Perhaps another Type of Transistor is better, for instance a BF224, these are used in combined 455kc/10.7Mc-IF-stages... In my self-built superhet radios the biasing of the mixing or oscillator-stage is by far not that touchy.

[@bobwigg761]

“Stay at home and slow the spread”

[@frankbagbey8372]

Man sure does know his stuff....

[@LakeNipissing]

Toronto news radio station: "Don't be a spreader."

[@miata149]

Was that gem aimed at the Virus, or the male gender?