Maybe it's just me but it is as if this little guy is doing it's best to prove that all he wants to do is his job again. "Just one more chance; that's all that I need, you'll see!"
@AiOinc12 жыл бұрын
Yeah I get this feeling from a lot of stuff he resurrects too. Shame a lot of it gets parted out or thrown away
@siskokidd8 жыл бұрын
This was worth the viewing just to see that zombie of a speaker buzz to life!
@HerecomestheCalavera7 жыл бұрын
In a Terminator/Fallout future, this man will be a god!
@therestorationofdrwho18655 жыл бұрын
Lol
@nefariumxxx8 жыл бұрын
Post-apocalyptic radio repair. I love it. Good job. You can do the same thing with crusty old geiger counters.
@RODALCO20078 жыл бұрын
Brilliant ! three replacement tubes and a speaker and the radio still works. Great American quality. Amazing Capacitors and coils in that little radio.
@guyonearth8 жыл бұрын
This may be one of the best Shango videos ever. It defies belief.
@pafoofnic8 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for the tube box speaker.
@antiqueelectronics24624 жыл бұрын
👍
@chetpomeroy13998 жыл бұрын
This is a testimony to the simplicity, durability and resilience of the AA5, after sitting in the elements (probably) for four decades, 40 years! I find it rather interesting that the multi-section filter capacitor didn't fail.
@rfburns56018 жыл бұрын
This restoration is almost as astounding as the rusty Zenith TV you got going! Cannot believe that power supply electrolytic.
@rleeAZ8 жыл бұрын
Of the 100's of radio fix up/restore/repair videos on uTube this has got to be my favorite. Captures the fun of fiddling with these things Thanks Shango!
@highlighterdog14798 жыл бұрын
This radio shows the craftsmanship that went into electronics back in the day.
@MrBrookf7 жыл бұрын
The point where you placed the box against the speaker coil is exactly why I love to restore old electronic equipment.. It amazes me just how much abuse components can take and still function.
@TheKarenbrian8 жыл бұрын
Can't beat an old tube radio.Great quality.None made today are even close.
@Andrewausfa8 жыл бұрын
That's just amazing. My dumb has been founded.
@differentname80517 жыл бұрын
Andrewausfa well my flab has been gasted
@Ronbob594 жыл бұрын
You are amazing! My wife and I especially love your brand of sarcastic humor. She knows nothing about electronics but sits through your vids giggling every time you crack a joke...
@kennethjanczak49006 жыл бұрын
Amasing that old radio could be brought back to life😊😊😊
@JerryEricsson4 жыл бұрын
This has got to be your best video EVER, to think that a radio that has been through THAT much shit, just mind blowing!
@Highpoint2118 жыл бұрын
Tough radio , reminds me of some of the stories I've heard about how the radio equipment the military uses can take so much abuse and keep on working .
@iworkout69128 жыл бұрын
+Highpoint211 KZbin videos of German WW2 military radios that are working.
@robot7978 жыл бұрын
and this is why tubes are so much better then modern stuff
@Synthematix8 жыл бұрын
+robot797 Theyre not actually tbh, they are very unreliable and contain lethal exposed voltages, especially here in the uk they run on 250v 13 to 20amps
@robot7978 жыл бұрын
Synthematix dont lecture me about tubes i have focust my hobby on them
@Synthematix8 жыл бұрын
***** Then you would know everything i said is true, they are constantly in need of attention so no, things werent built better
@robot7978 жыл бұрын
Synthematix i found out that tube circuits almost never need atention for example my pcl86 amp (own design and build) its running on the original tubes that i put in around 4 years ago and the tubes still test 80% good
@Synthematix8 жыл бұрын
Im talking about vintage stuff, components are built better today especially capacitors
@spceinvdr66036 жыл бұрын
The spider in vital in this circuit.
@owen42486 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing for something that has sat out for so long with not much being done it works Great American Quality built to last longer than todays junk....
@captain1508 жыл бұрын
I love the deadpan sarcasm. "Audiophile speaker"
@roncarter21888 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable, now I'm impressed man. More cow bell I mean more video radio rescue. Old tube radios are the best, got to love them.
@ScottTV-yq2wu8 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just wow! Just shows technology advances may not always be better....just more profitable.
@agostinodibella99392 жыл бұрын
Cool! I enjoyed watching that old speaker trying to work! Amazing that radio worked after just one tube and a speaker!
@MisterTalkingMachine8 жыл бұрын
Impressive, but not as much as that rusty Zenith TV from time ago. That filter cap is stunning, it managed to survive somehow. Perhaps the rain falling on it kept hydrating it so it didn't go dry. I had a speaker that was in a shape like that once, and I gave it a new cone made of thick paper just for the heck of it. It turned out unexpectedly good, I even put it back on it's original radio.
@dcformee1238 жыл бұрын
you sure are the MacGyver of electronics.
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
i thought that was bigclive
@anthonymokelkie93603 жыл бұрын
i love these videos , real laugh, sure brings me back memories fixing radios and tvs up here in Canada. real laugh ,, great radios .. last for ever.
@jrocco368 жыл бұрын
I would have never thought a radio left outside for that long would not just go up in flames or the filter cap explode when plugged in. the thing works great after a little love. Good job!
@jerrycarriera86488 жыл бұрын
Amazing that the electrolytic is still good. Also, a GE without SMD is a bit of a miracle.
@radiotvphononut8 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's indeed better than a Crosley.
@umajunkcollector8 жыл бұрын
+radiotvphononut back then, a GE clock radio was considered as cheap shit.
@God-CDXX8 жыл бұрын
I am with you better than a Crosley it is
@daylightbigboy8 жыл бұрын
Still better than a modern Crosley
@aidanhawkins64916 жыл бұрын
tell me about it.
@Pyridox8 жыл бұрын
Those old tube radios were built like tanks back in the day.
@MichaelBeeny8 жыл бұрын
I never would have imagined in a hundred years that would have worked. No fire or smoke either!
@MrWolfSnack8 жыл бұрын
It's something called "American made".
@carlburgess96358 жыл бұрын
So, are going to re-cone that fine speaker? A little paint here and there and you have a fine little radio.
@KameraShy5 жыл бұрын
That speaker wants to LIVE!
@johnnytacokleinschmidt5154 жыл бұрын
Yes! Do it. Watching the video at 1.5 speed. Thinking with the low audio level, "Did he cut the voice coil wires?" Then I figured no way it's not open. Then it's playing. So cool. Shango University. Great fun. Happy New Year!
@1964catt3 жыл бұрын
@@KameraShy insert SpongeBob I want to live!! meme here.
@williamstevens70904 жыл бұрын
So much awe. You are a unique mind. Thanks for sharing these experiences.
@donnaray11898 жыл бұрын
Nice spider symmetry between the chassis shot and the closing speaker fade!
@abandonedsc42618 жыл бұрын
That's amazing! try letting a Crosley sit out in the desert for 30+ years. You wouldn't even be able to ID it.
@Kelvin53784 жыл бұрын
I doubt something made out of 100% plastic would get damaged
@robertgift6 жыл бұрын
My parents had that clock radio. Sound was excellent! Tuning capacitor is a precision work of art! Clock probably still works. I sayveak tube = low sound.
@craneoperator48 жыл бұрын
looks like an ebay special
@MrUbiquitousTech7 жыл бұрын
"Vintage! Rare! Fully Restored!"
@LightTheUnicorn6 жыл бұрын
That's amazingly impressive, hats off to the tough little thing! Hard to believe that speaker was still trying it's best after all the abuse.
@javierbiaggi30725 жыл бұрын
Oh man you are awesome! This is a poem from start to finish. I have met people as banged as that radio and their speakers are still working. This is a great modern metaphor. A "still life" in a canvas. Thanks keep them coming!
@Pwaak8 жыл бұрын
A very fine example of your comprehensive knowledge to get this gem up and running again. Loved the "spittin' speaker" Thank's!
@klafong18 жыл бұрын
Man, you are living dangerously by connecting that bumblebee capacitor directly to 120 VAC! :-) I was surprised to see how this well this thing was working after a minimal amount of work. I was also impressed by how well the gun lube cleaned the corrosion off the variable capacitor. Finally, I learned that the glass-metal seals in vacuum tubes are not waterproof.
@stevehoward30493 жыл бұрын
I have to say you are better than the Professor was on Giligins Island. You can get anything working. That was fun to watch.
@ZenithClarity8 жыл бұрын
That was great! Zombie speaker @12:55.
@randomimonlyhuman8 жыл бұрын
.that was cool the speaker still wanted to work
@TheFunkman8 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable! Great video again! Can't believe that thing played with just a couple of new tubes.
@supyrow8 жыл бұрын
BRAVO. love the rolex timepeice 73!
@vetar33728 жыл бұрын
Good old times quality, nothing is better than that!
@cassvirgillo33958 жыл бұрын
Hey Shangoo66, Cool, it works. That's still a perfectly great speaker, re-cone that sucker. Amazing that thing still works. Excellent post nuke radio, I'd keep it. Take care, C.
@Megabyte47477 жыл бұрын
Even the speaker sounds better than a Crosley ! lol
@jackallen62616 жыл бұрын
WOW!! Mad Max's radio!! Post apocalyptic radio goodness! All kidding aside this truly amazing!! I would have never thought!
@patrickbone2633 жыл бұрын
Wow how many times do you get zaped working on these old radios thats been in the rain for years I got zaped just by touching the antina on an old tube radio And i mean ZAPED!!! Its amazing what you do with old tv s and radio s Lol that old speaker still works I geuse tou could call it a box speaker Very cool and funny Love your vidios keep em coming
@emersonaz8 жыл бұрын
American made quality, take that China!
@browntigercat6 жыл бұрын
Emerson V m
@talk2kev5 жыл бұрын
From trash to treasure, well working. Very cool that these old radios are so hard to kill. Awesome video
@pneumatic005 жыл бұрын
GEEZUS did you see the fangs on that petrified spider @ 2:10? She probably kept any repair personnel away from working on that radio for 20+ years. The tube box held up against the old speaker should get the Nobel prize for electrodynamics!
@cpronikkor26038 жыл бұрын
Always love these videos. Perhaps we should store all NOS paper filter caps in a garbage dump... to prolong their lives of course! Rest assured if the nuclear apocalypse does happen I can always unearth a few of these all american 5's, make a transmitter outta one, and amuse myself with getting the rest of them going again.
@MrDoneboy2 жыл бұрын
Wow...That old speaker's motto must be, "Never say die."
@hellomcflyy8 жыл бұрын
well - Im shocked - wow - up here in MA - I don't think something could sit outside more than a few years and still be made to function again - I guess I shouldn't be surprised - they dug those ET Atari games out of a similarly arid landfill - and they were playable - you need to find an old desert landfill from the 50s and see what turns up
@dorothydale46833 жыл бұрын
loved this one too!! hope you see these remarks from viewers
@ingussilins63307 ай бұрын
Radio back to life from "dead" :) Speaker starts speak without memrane.
@colinkraus71397 ай бұрын
11:30 Fort McMurray fire.... wow... that brings back memories.
@davidcollins18538 жыл бұрын
It lives! It lives!
@HollerboyHellbilly8 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a video! I loved the speaker trying to still work without a cone.
@araps4w3545 жыл бұрын
If they ever send men to another planet, they should include you so that you can keep an eye on the communication system... Great work!
@danmackintosh63255 жыл бұрын
Nahh, this planet needs him more...
@scaleop46 жыл бұрын
most people woiud have just left this were you found it, but to see it working thats nice
@tronixfix5 жыл бұрын
Replace the speaker and 3D print a new case for it!
@juniorbcm53758 жыл бұрын
Soak the clock with that gun oil, and I bet it'll work again.
@docfoot3168 жыл бұрын
Well i be ,desert grit and all ,a real collectors item ,enjoyed the entertainment well done ,Look forward to more.
@VintageElectronicsGeek8 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Would be nice to see it backup and running! I see you had your obligatory airplane and siren in this video! :)
@richardmcleod59675 жыл бұрын
Keep that radio and it will come in handy when the World Wide Web goes down.............I could hear The Dennis Prager Show and Mark Levin coming in on 870 AM Los Angeles loud and clear! That same "The Answer" programming comes through on a sister station 590 AM KTIE San Bernardino. That is a Telechron clock in the radio and it was a precision time-piece. The Rotor which runs the clock is sealed but it can be brought back to life using certain methods of restoration and if not used in this clock, then on another Telechron Clock, as they were hand made and sealed in generally cooper. The Rotor in the clock if polished would be a bright copper, and not fake, but real copper. The later Rotors were not made as well and were not sealed in copper.
@rogertyler32373 жыл бұрын
This Was Worth The Viewing Just To See That Zombie If A Speaker Buzz.
@bigsky19703 жыл бұрын
Shango is a radio god. Put any radio in front of Shango, even a dump ground find, and he breathes life back in to it.
@K7SJA8 жыл бұрын
All American Fives are hard to kill! Nice demo, thanks.
@djmips8 жыл бұрын
OK that was awesome when you got the original speaker putting out audio!
@MsCori768 жыл бұрын
Wow, no smoke & Fire. I'm impressed that you got this working & I knew you would because your a natural born genius, mate. 😀👍🏻
@jdpinbaytown4 жыл бұрын
Wow,I figured all it would do was Hum!, But none at all! Amazing!!
@marksmediatv77348 жыл бұрын
Frankenstein radio. Green and brought back from the dead.
@ohioman37045 жыл бұрын
LOL I could not stop laughing at your nice quality speaker in that radio.. UGH OH! failure. plop!
@reeltoreelrules7 жыл бұрын
I love seeing something so ugly roar back to life after over 40 years or more
@mikeyf103 Жыл бұрын
What no SMD?? Great to see an old school set getting a second chance. Good job from the UK
@tedthehead998 жыл бұрын
Best one yet.
@kevinbrouelette63612 жыл бұрын
Wow! Fantastic! Shango rocks!
@donh019658 жыл бұрын
amazing! now that good old american craftsmanship there.
@MrUbiquitousTech5 жыл бұрын
I think the voice coil might be rubbing.... Good job on getting that old dessert radio going again!
@garyjellen80398 жыл бұрын
Well you got the chassis going, but the case is going to need a little work. I've heard of speaker boxes but never a box speaker till now. Good work, too funny and very entertaining
@K1ZEK7 жыл бұрын
Your videos are lots of fun, thanks. ..Leo
@a1wireless19648 жыл бұрын
that deserves a custom Cabinet or either finding another original cabinet that's an awesome story to go with that set
@gabyhernandez69812 жыл бұрын
Que video mas bonito todo esta bonito ..
@beechwood6198 жыл бұрын
We call it a smoke test, you got guts!
@AnOfficialAndrewFloyd7 жыл бұрын
And to think this was tossed out as no more than junk. And I bet the previous owner did just that instead of getting it fixed.
@jussapitka60415 жыл бұрын
@@Fridelain But back in the day there were repair shops.
@MirceaD286 жыл бұрын
There are 2 things I would like to see from you: 1 get a scuba gear and go on a wreck, recover a CRT tv from that wreck and show it to us how it's inside and if can be fixed.and 2 take an old tv with vacuum tubes, make a new modern PCB using the original schematics but with vacuum tubes and new caps, new resistor, etc...
@jwl92868 жыл бұрын
I've said it before and I'll say it again, you are really something! I enjoyed this video. To take a unit in this initial condition and hear it play is wonderful. Always learn too. How about plug in IF cans? Pretty cool. The segment showing the speaker voice coil is cool too. Why is the filter cap not bad? Go figure. Great job, love all your video's. keep up the good work. (fun)
@fuzzwack15 жыл бұрын
I like the speaker in a box!!
@skycarl8 жыл бұрын
Man Shango,,, Dr Frankenstein don't have s**t on you. Back from the dead,, oh yeah.
@thomasstemmer47678 жыл бұрын
i bet if you reconed the speaker it would work perfect. would make an interesting video on speaker reconing
@attilarivera4 жыл бұрын
Amazing ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@rogertyler32373 жыл бұрын
It's Funny It Works At All.It's Funny All The Tubes Work.
@terabbs8 жыл бұрын
Fun to see how dryish location let them "survive" for that long. Guess that's the positive side of not using PCB's that can parish. Guess means when I build my PA0FRI linear it might survive years to come in just dry surroundings. Will be my first real tube project.
@ShellacScrubber8 жыл бұрын
No mains hum from that tatty old smoothing cap !!!!! My flabber has been gasted !!!!