General Electric Spirit Of 1776 AM Pocket Radio Diagnosis and Repair Insurrection

[@rickycollins4633]

youtube thinks you are questioning the election results.

[@shango066]

Good, they are lucky I continue to contribute to anything at this point

[@hitechredneck6366]

@@shango066 I hope we'll be seeing you over on Rumble, Bitchute, or some other alternative site when the hammer drops on those of us to the right of Kim Jong-un.

[@2davydo]

Yeah i saw this this morning and didn't have time to comment. Wont be long the big tech aligarks will be rounding us up and sending us to reeducation camps.

[@qrplife]

I wonder how long YT will continue their gaslighting.

[@cjjones999]

Listening to that short amount of radio you played was the first mainstream news I have ingested in months.

[@patrickritter3028]

i had one ,of this 76 m radio ,i had one from my birth august 25th 1970 till my grandparents passed away ,i love it ,my grandparents pass away in 2016 i happened to put it in my grandmas crypt of mousulim place where she is buried at ,i loved tat radio and listened and she listened to it when the electric went out , she kept her ear on the weather ,it was a spirit of 76 radio

[@JohnAudioTech]

This radio was released for the bicentennial. I got one as a gift when I was a kid.

[@jeffscomp]

I got some of the fifty cent pieces when I was little

[@theclearsounds3911]

I got very close to buying this radio new in a store in 1975 when I was a kid. I wonder if it has any antique or historical value.

[@garymckee8857]

@@theclearsounds3911 No.

[@Rfk1966]

Yep, me too

[@theclearsounds3911]

@@garymckee8857 Good to know that I didn't waste my money then.

[@ginamiller6015]

Thanks for sharing this video! You reminded me that I have one of these’76 GE radios packed away. I got it out, put in a fresh 9V and it still works! I remember getting this radio as a gift when I was really young. I’ve always hung on to it because of the USA theme.

[@geralderdek282]

I really love it when you have and SOLVE problems that I've had and been stumped by in the past. Your the best shango!😊

[@russellhltn1396]

For those without a scope, you can also use another AM radio to try and pick up the oscillator. You have to tune the radio being tested to bring the oscillator into the AM band, but it can be done.

[@ZXRulezzz]

I once aligned a scale on a radio by attaching SDR to its antenna and watching the carrier move around on a waterfall display :)

[@russellhltn1396]

@@ZXRulezzz Good idea. A SDR dongle is cheap enough to be in the reach of anyone.

[@ZXRulezzz]

@@russellhltn1396 not for all frequencies though. AFAIK only some rtl-sdr dongles go into SW/MW/LW frequencies on their own. Observing LO leakage visually like that is a neat experiment though :)

[@olradguy]

Broken wires on these antenna coils were a common problem, and yes when I started electronic repair back in the mid 70's some people would actually get low cost stuff repaired.

[@dougdowling4245]

Fun unboxing. "Pocket novelty radio repair" ... an appealing niche with a ton of personality. I have a few of these radios, including a Panda Bear transistor radio I found in an Oklahoma thrift store for 5 bucks in the 80s, last time I drove X country.

[@spu77]

My father had a very similar one that was black and white. I still remember the earpiece. Unfortunately when I was about 11 or 12 it fell into my hands and I started experimenting with the internals. I took out a resistor and it started to motorboat. It ended up in the trash bin and I regret it until this day.

[@mjg263]

Man do I remember that year. There was Bicentennial EVERYTHING, there was no escaping it!

[@AWSmith1955]

They even painted fire hydrants red white and blue with stars.

[@probnotstech]

Viking was the house brand for a Canadian department store called Eaton's (now defunct). No idea how it got all the way down there.

[@tony--james]

I have a Red one, literally just like it, says "Strauss" on it,

[@martyzielinski2469]

Even with only static it sounds better than old Joe......

[@rennethjarrett4580]

Nice to hear your better understanding of the times of our country. We need to have truth and justice. Not just for the swamp things, but for all...

[@hitechredneck6366]

May have been a cheap little radio, but it seemed to have decent selectivity, and, the audio output was quite clean for such a simple design.

[@Xplasma1]

A radio with an American brand name, celebrating America's bicentennial... and the radio was made in Hong Kong. Perhaps America died a long time ago and only now we're realizing it.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

America really started to nose dive about after 9/11. The War on Terror(TM) started. China was really growing at this point. America pulled -some- a ton of warcrimes with its war of aggression. Fun fact, _people dont like war crimes!_ That shit really soured the taste of America in many mouths (and for good reasons). Now that China was growing. America was no longer the sole world superpower.

[@Mike1614YT]

not really. the death started with obama

[@Xplasma1]

@@Mike1614YT Oh no. The death started well before Obama. You know NAFTA? That trade agreement that Clinton is (in)famous for? That started under Reagan. It was part of his 1980 campaign. Reagan couldn't get it done. Bush couldn't get it done. It took Clinton and his charisma to get it done.

[@robinsattahip2376]

It was on life support back then. Now it's nearly dead.

[@kyle8952]

America always sucked, you got your tank filled back in WWII and now the needle is going on E, that's all

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

I really 👍 like your '76 📻 radio. Really symbolizes America's freedom. Should be the "Bicentennial 📻 Radio", with the '76, dual purposing 1776-1976, without having to have both. '76 works both ways, when ya think about it. You'll do such a 👍 great recap job on this little 🐶 puppy, and it'll last until 2076. By then, "Tricentennial 📻 Radio" should be the name. By then, America will have been independent for 300 years. I already 👌 know the speaker in this 📻 radio is permanent magnet. All the caps have to certainly be dried ☝ up, and drifting ☝ up in value, being 👨 manufactured in 1976. Maybe the 📻 radio was a commemorative of that year, but built a few years later. As 👍 good as the "76" looks, this 📻 radio ought to have been built right here in America, by proud American workers. Please 👌 keep ☝ up the great 📹 videos. Your friend, Jeff.

[@angryshoebox]

I have an earlier version of this radio, from circa 1970. Same basic GE radio, same case, but black plastic with painted fake chrome speaker grille slats. It has that same "all transistor " script on the front. Still works too.

[@TheGuitologist]

Perfect choice of radio for today.

[@tomhoehler3284]

Hi Brad! Now I know where you get your troubleshooting/repair chops! Ha ha I'm a big fan of Shango too.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Has it really been 45 years? Doesn't feel that way...but I do remember that the bicentennial was inescapable. It was everywhere. Sweet days.

[@spankyharland9845]

ah...1976 the bicentennial year....I remember celebrating that and the end of Vietnam conflict....and kids played with yo- yo's that year.

[@orange70383]

You're gonna make that radio gr..... I mean build it back better, yea build it more better.

[@LakeNipissing]

Shango gave the ferrite bar antenna a 'Great Reset'.

[@cambo1200]

Happy 4th of July! I can’t believe this radio was from 1776, Ben Franklin was really ahead of the times.

[@chezsnailez]

Needs a kite to raise the antennae...

[@AWSmith1955]

I had to work that 4th of july 1976 putting up pallet rack in a brand new warehouse while everyone else but me and our crew of 5 celebrated, $30 a day cash being scabs for the rack salesman before the union got back after the holiday. a rush job.. Was easy work but we all knew as kids (21) we were being taken advantage of.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

"A Republic. If you can keep it."

[@jimw7ry]

Its Independence Day! That happens to be celebrated on July 4, each year. Please get in the habit of saying happy Independence Day. That is what it REALLY is!

[@cltmuscledude66]

Great job and interesting problem found! It would be great if somebody could start a "super oldies" radio network and buy out all these AM stations across the country and get some 60s and 70s music on AM- great for these radios!

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Put Infowars on here and there. Maybe if AJ could tone it down just one or two notches. I've got my loser lottery tickets....

[@Synthematix]

Shango, get some hydrogen peroxide with washing soap liquid mix together and wrap the frame in cling film, add a uv light and leave it overnight, that frame will come up like brand new it will remove all the yellowing.

[@5roundsrapid263]

1976...how appropriate. The Malaise Era is back, baby!

[@LakeNipissing]

Keystone XL getting canceled writes off more than 100,000 jobs in western Canada. I have no idea how many jobs will be lost in the USA. This is an epic disaster, from a Canadian jobs / economy standpoint.

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@LakeNipissing You’re preaching to the choir with me. I grew up on the Gulf Coast, and went through many boom/bust cycles with oil prices.

[@kevtris]

it's interesting how the antenna wire isn't litz wire like usual. it looks like regular enameled magnet wire instead. I guess that was a cost cutting measure. it will have higher losses, but when it only has 1 IF stage, I don't think performance was really a consideration. Amusingly the TR-1 (first commercially viable transistor radio) used 4 transistors but still had 2 IF stages, while this has 5 and just 1 stage. The TR-1 used a single transistor for the audio amplifier, while this has three. they really splurged!

[@KoolTasteOne]

Shango, cool channel. I also have the GE Spirit of 76 AM radio. Mine is practically new with radio, box, earpiece and purchase certificate and user care guide.

[@NJPurling]

I love the 'Shangoisms', our man's colorful phraseology. "Hongcoidial bodge-tastic goodness" and "im going to tweakefecate". I would have said that the converter transistor was defective. But it's a Motorola item. The major makers in the UK had sets imported from HK bearing their badges too. They had realised that UK-made low end radios were uneconomic to produce. These pocket radios still sound lousy, unless you keep the volume really low.

[@channelsixtysix066]

There appears to be a crack in the circuit board where the R/H mounting screw for the tuner is. 10:20 So that screw may have been over-tightened.

[@pikadroo]

I am proud of you for getting the U.S. Election notice on your video. =D good job!

[@michaelrobertson575]

Well done Sir! So it was the Low Impedance Coupling Winding open circuit on the Ferrite Rod Aerial or Loopstick as I think you like to call it across the pond there.

[@robertgeary7520]

Great video thank's for all the info 👍

[@gerardcarriera7052]

I've never had this particular model but I saw a NIP one on the Facebook Vintage Transistor Radio group a few days ago. Some collectors/owner stated it was not a great performer.

[@TheGuitologist]

Now is the right time to make Ham radio videos.

[@debiani3866]

and to get licensed and get atleast a mobile amateur radio rig :)

[@gmcnewlook]

make pocket radios great again :)

[@andygozzo72]

that resistor across an IF transformer is to damp it a bit, to widen bandwidth and reduce gain...

[@SoddingaboutSi]

I have one of these too. They are crap yet cool too.

[@LakeNipissing]

I have seen photos of these, with the red and blue "76" , but I didn't realize the speaker grille was also stamped. That's pretty cool. Unlikely I will ever find one of these in Canada, but Shango has a "Viking" in Los Angeles, which was sold by the former Canadian department store Eaton's (like JC Penney), so you never know where something might end up.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

It seemed to play well.

[@gavincurtis]

Perfect example of America now. Made in Asia all the way to the core with American colors on the surface.

[@siemenstraffic]

"This radio in this video it's not working it actually comes out of a unboxing" Sounds like Joe Biden inauguration to me!

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

My ass

[@michaelturner4457]

😂😁😂😁

[@tomhoehler3284]

Ha ha ha ha sounds more like an un-basementing in the case of sleepy ol joe.

[@Rfk1966]

🙄

[@NickG123]

If your up for it, I have a mid 1950s Trav-Ler transistor radio that I’d like to get repaired. If you want, I can somehow private message you for shipping and stuff. I know you don’t do many outside repairs, but I think you’d get a kick out of this set. I would have no idea on where to start on fixing it, I’m only 15 yrs old, with no real training, but I’ve replaced a few caps and stuff in a few radios, but this radios totally dead. And of course I’d pay you. My grandfather and I recently started doing vintage tech together. Even though I’ve been watching your videos since around 2014, until my grandpa gave me access to his eBay account, I haven’t been able to obtain many sets to mess with. Now I have probably about 3 tubes and 25 transistors (we resell about half to make the money back). -Nick (posts videos as “RadioCameraReviews”

[@williamsquires3070]

It’s picking up the cosmic background radiation from 1776. 😏

[@zx8401ztv]

Front end and oscillator = Froscillator :)

[@TRLTheRandomLab]

wow that was a very Quick repair. from an ANONymous dude.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

That Viking one I have the same one in red, a man I worked with gave it to me years ago. He got it in New York to listen to when was sent over for a course for Aer Lingus. I must dig it out and see if it has the same problem.

[@bigsky1970]

I'm surprised Sam's didn't have a schematic for that radio. You'd think it would have been some GE model they already had, but they just put a different case on it for that particular year. This would be a good radio to hear Alex Jones yelling, "1776 is the answer to 1984!!!"

[@mullahviking]

Nice insurrection shango.

[@joshm264]

I have one of these in black that also has FM, thanks for reminding me I had to fix it! (It was a bad speaker)

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

I was hoping you would fix the viking too.

[@jpolar394]

Holy Christ, that radio reminds me of a old radio I had that was shaped like a old Sunoco gas pump that the stations sold in the 60s.

[@MotorheadRedo]

Cant go wrong with a commemorative 1776 to 1976 radio. Harley Davidson had a special gas tank to celebrate the event.

[@a1wireless1964]

Great video as always! Did you do a video about that scope. Using, or maybe just tell us more about it.?

[@andershammer9307]

I remember having to change the tuning caps in a lot of transistor radios. I think they opened up and killed the oscillator.

[@Musicradio77Network]

About two months ago, you mentioned in the video that Radio Disney was going away back on February 21st, but you are wrong! Radio Disney has ended on KRDC back on April 14th which was the deadline for the station that pulled the plug. It is now a sports station and a simulcast of ESPN Radio on 1110 AM from KSPN 710 AM. Good move! About a month ago, iHeartRadio did pulled the plug on Radio Disney from streaming, and now KRDC was the last AM station to carried Radio Disney, and it finally ended back on April 14th. The last day of running Radio Disney was Wednesday.

[@shango066]

Yes correct to everything. I was being fed information that was wrong but it's gone now like you said

[@Musicradio77Network]

@@shango066 Not a problem.

[@h3tv]

I agree. Keep up the good intentions. Enterprise do you read me emergency beam up!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

@16:43 make the currently unimpressive CBS Radio News sounder significant again, like the one of my youth in the '70s - that one was a bit scary, and fantastic.

[@fanofoldfans9238]

I love the old school milliamp meter showing current draw as it plays. Try connecting a speaker in series with it to hear the current draw. Cool!

[@jayzarth8077]

Soinds like a cool idea... never thought about that but I suppose it would just sound like muffled audio interesting to think about.

[@martinhodge921]

With all that DC you might burn up the voice coil.

[@fanofoldfans9238]

I would try a speaker with a beefy voice coil 4 or 8 ohms so that meager amount of DC won't fry it. Try it try it try it it won't fry it!

[@Mike1614YT]

this variant of model 2753 appears to be a 1975 radio manufactured for the 1976 Bicentennial

[@JerryEricsson]

That radio would surly have been made in 1976 for the bicentennial.

[@jordanch68]

I remember 1976. Everything was bicentennial Bicentennial table, bicentennial chair, bicentennial napkin, and bicentennial radio. They oversold it as much as the past election.

[@werepaw]

Nice repair Video ! The Radio needs to be retrobright. Greetings from Germany

[@timmack2415]

I have two of these, one new in the box.

[@SquantoTerror]

7:15 Honcoildial Bodgetastic Goodness Awesomeness

[@Synthematix]

15:36 you accidentally built a VU meter

[@davek12]

I'm thinking that I had an AM radio which didn't look like the GE but had the earphone jack in the back like that.

[@bojackh5812]

Never ever turn those ferrite slugs with a metal screwdriver! Ever! They will break on you and you'll be screwed. I've learned it the hard way! Believe me

[@andygozzo72]

you 'can' turn them with a metal screwdriver, but VERY carefully and slowly, AND it must fit the slot fully, not use some tiny thing only half the width, or yes, they will split due to the excessive force in the centre... whatever you use should be full slot width ....

[@bojackh5812]

Yeah, but often you'll notice a significant change in adjustment when removing the metal screwdriver because it does affect the induction

[@andygozzo72]

@@bojackh5812 possibly, would affect higher frequency coils more, so maybe ok for am IF but not so oscillator or fm if or sw coils , i have a brass bladed plastic handled trimtool for them

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

14:14 ...and to think someone out there thinks that muddle is good music.

[@hadireg]

👍👍

[@stuartarundale6219]

I wonder if the unused winding on the bar antenna is for long wave, for sets destined for Europe?

[@radiorob7543]

No. Not enough inductance.

[@stuartarundale6219]

@@radiorob7543 Possibly not on it's own, but what if switched in series with the other winding? It was just a thought

[@postualin6551]

Nice

[@richardbrobeck2384]

I like the radio disney too

[@DeadKoby]

Make a joke about the political situation, and KZbin flags you. What a great platform.

[@tectalabyss]

Hi Shang0. Sad day today. Mr Steven King,would be very unhappy. Rest his soul. In 60 years I have only know two real Presidents. Regan and Trump. The rest are just bad people. All my very best.

[@tribalval47]

Does anyone know where I can get a novelty am radio repaired?

[@JohnSmith-eo5sp]

This is a comemerative radio from 1976 and it only has 5 xsistors? That is cheap and simple for that era. Last time the Japanese built a pocket radio that simple, they used a balanced- armature speaker to increase the sensitivity! Magnetorestriction

[@donsurlylyte]

bicentennial stuff like that is probably collectible

[@volvo09]

It'll probably shortly be called "racist" or "domestic terrorist dog whistles" and be banned. With the propaganda being spewed to the masses in the media and supported across social media I wouldn't be surprised.

[@cjmarsh504]

Was this released in 1976? That's a very rare item.

[@pyeltd.5457]

that is why there is the US flag on it and same for a Zenith black and white TV

[@cjmarsh504]

@@pyeltd.5457 That's awesome, I have found a couple 1976 quarters

[@stevelangston2359]

Did I hear goose stepping in the background

[@brylanbristopherwoods1987]

Why do you have a watermark on the bottom jsut courious

[@cowboys4life956]

Great video, its hard listening to the news with all the propaganda. Crazy times!

[@keithwhisman]

Was the 76 celebrating the bicentennial?

[@radiorob7543]

Yes

[@BretFrohwein]

Maybe Radio Disney will become Radio Punjab like up here in the Bay Area.. I think it's about the only music left on AM up here.

[@nathanlewis5682]

KSRO 1350 AM Santa Rosa is still on air.

[@Musicradio77Network]

No! Radio Disney ended on KRDC back on April 14th, and it is now ESPN Radio on 1110 AM which is now being simulcast from 710 AM. There is no such station as Radio Punjab.

[@jerrysims7900]

LOL I guessed the the antenna, Did I win?

[@terencekaye9948]

Anyone know what type of Miniature Scope that is?

[@pyeltd.5457]

i thought it was spirit of 1976 after 200 years like the Zenith table top black and white TV RTVPHN had

[@michaelvalcourt9978]

You could fix a rainy day....

[@mysneekers5862]

Why did he first tweak the transformer when he new the oscillator wasn’t working?

[@LakeNipissing]

Shango thought it was possible someone may have messed with the core adjustment so much the oscillator wouldn't operate.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

See if it starts with a little manipulation.

[@westelaudio943]

That's the osc coil, not the IF transformer

[@SquantoTerror]

4:43 The “Volknut”

[@gatesmw50]

At 2:21 Kilocycles ? Just gave away your age. However you have company in that regard LOL !

[@KAFKUBA]

We were deceived

[@popiszo9367]

I only envy the number of stations in AM There is only one left in Poland, and they talk about digitization :-|

[@carsonthorpe6696]

I love how there is an election notice on this video LMAO

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Pride USA! (Made in Mexico)

[@radiorob7543]

WTF does that even mean? You were made in Mexico?

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@@radiorob7543 The fuck did you pull the “born in mexico” thing from? _Anyway_ its a reference to an ashens video where a cartridge holder had that text on it

[@Ettoredipugnar]

Evedently there were no super spreader events

[@danielauen7790]

You still have radio disney? wow! Oh..

[@Musicradio77Network]

Maybe Radio Disney will be gone by Friday. He suppose to be January 21st, but January 22nd is the last day of Radio Disney. I hope there is going to be another format coming on 1110 AM, bring oldies back to 1110 and bring back the KRLA call letters, and it will still be an oldies station again. In order to bring the oldies back to 1110 if Radio Disney pulls the plug, I got some KRLA jingles for ya! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKG3inWnmZmaf8k

[@radiorob7543]

@@Musicradio77Network I used to live about 2 blocks from the TXer in Irwindale when it was KRLA. I could hear it on the landline phone during the day.

[@joebrock9784]

I'm having using texts to speak to you now if you have any trouble interpreting or someone else does please let me know because sometimes it doesn't say exactly what I say but iPhone is the absolute worst I'm using the Samsung note

[@WillyMcCoy50]

Sounds like it picks up China Broadcasting Station (CBS).

[@radiorob7543]

Most likely KAZN 1300 AM Pasadena.

[@MariaEngstrom]

Would not surprise me if this video was demonetized because of the "1776". 😐

[@SquantoTerror]

7:38 Tweakification

[@garymckee8857]

The quality really shows though on these 🇭🇰 Hong Kong trash radios.

[@obsoletebutneat]

And Goolag flags this video for badthink.

[@oldcarnocar]

F GOOGLE!

[@sheldonlatimer7044]

ShangoO66 you can fix that radio I have great fathe in ya