Motorola Ranger 700 AM Radio and Emerson 558

[@NoPegs]

10 hour resurrection video? Don't threaten us with a good time, lol.

[@mrnmrn1]

He probably meant 10 hours unedited.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

@@mrnmrn1first time here? Can take 10 hours to fix a volume knob. lol.

[@Bryan_in_USA]

we're not worthy

[@cactusjackNV]

He said 72 hours to do it translating into a 10 hour diaper lovers special.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

I know how this will go, we all wait for a 10 hour reastauration video and then plug it in and it works immediately 🤣

[@NoPegs]

Ten hour Shango066 resurrection video? YES PLEASE! ❤❤❤

[@gabrielleeliseo6062]

Probably the only channel that I'd sit and watch the whole 10 hours.

[@paulm3079]

I have while designing/repairing equipment myself. It’s interesting to observe how he goes about troubleshooting with his sixth sense he has formed over years of experience

[@Suddenlyits1960]

I don't know about that. The youtube official 3 Stooges channel has every Stooge short ever made and all the Stooge movies. It would be easy to spend the entire day there watching them!

[@TechGorilla1987]

Listening to your radio repairs brings back a strong sense of nostalgia. It was 1979 or 80 and I was about 12 living in Navy housing in Pearl City Hawaii. I got my first battery transistor radio from my dad off the Navy ship he was on. I remember being hunkered down in our quarters during a particularly bad storm with all the power out. I sat in my room and listened to that radio. I distinctly remember listening to "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson, "My Sharona" (The Knack), "When Your In Love With A Beautiful Woman" (Dr. Hook) and "Sailing" by Christopher Cross that night. I still have a picture of the dial in my mind. I was hunched under my blanket and I thought I was king. I know, I know....no one cares. Irrespective of that, this content really kicks nostalgia in the backside. FWIW, I was using the grey/brown monaural hard plastic ear phone that came with the radio.

[@garymckee63]

I love the packaging 📦 on old boxes such as the tubes . Back when we manufactured quality components in America 🇺🇸

[@quantumleap359]

Hi Shango, I have a one owner Ranger 700, my Father's. And yes, it is a DX beast. The selectivity is top drawer too. I remember listening to the AM band at night in the early 60s, the stations would just roll in. I run mine on 10 9 volt batteries and 6 AA cells. They give me about 8 hours of run time on the filament battery. Only mod was to install a 1N4007 and a 150 ohm resistor to sub for the tired selenium. I've never touched the alignment, still hot as a firecracker. Really enjoy your videos.

[@hanginglow420]

Shout out to 1530 am out of Sacramento. I live like 1500miles away in canada and that station comes in every night. They play coast to coast at night and no canadian stations do so im happy they exist! Great video shango!

[@Ronl53]

A while back you mentioned an AM/FM radio kit from WeMake/Elenco. Well I bought one and just got started building it. I am having a blast and learning a lot. Thanks for mentioning it on your video.

[@jimvashro2872]

Ron, I also bought a kit and am anxious to spend more time with kit. Thanks to shango!

[@nickb.8876]

I can't wait for the 10 hour Shango video to unburden me by what has been.

[@piwex69]

Motorola: It burdens me how modern this little radio looks inside for being made in 1956!

[@Rev22-21]

I have a 50's Columbia console I inherited with a push pull output amp. But what really surprised me was the vented box cage the AM/FM radio came in. Looks like something used in the Mercury Space Mission capsules. 😅

[@davidhollfelder9940]

Those old desert “baked” TVs get the best B-A-K-E-D! callouts .. Baked - BAAAKED!

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Bhhaaaaakkkked!

[@Chems7308]

Shango and fans , greetings

[@erikdenhouter]

Yea, greetings, lets get all the electrons down to earth and enjoy.

[@tomj4506]

Moto used those modules in early 60's B&W s. A real PIA. Had a box full from a buy out but never the ones I needed ! LFOD !

[@jamest409]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I watch these videos 20% for the content and 80% for the commentary love shango and so does my cat

[@dannymundo7538]

Just got a Motorola Ranger 700 from goodwill really excited to restore it. Couldn't believe the timing of this video lol.

[@agoogleuser704]

Wow you can still find this stuff at goodwill? Cool haven’t been in years, I should get down there

[@crooner2007]

I wonder where this Goodwill is. I can't find anything remotely like that here in Southern California.

[@talltomb]

Just wanted to write, I thoroughly enjoy your videos, commentary, tips, sarcasm, wisdom, stories, and thank you!!!!

[@davepike6170]

We called those "Tinkertoy" modules! I have only ever seen them in those Motorola portable tube radios.

[@superhet7281]

Excellent work! You’ve revived my interest in a couple of Rangers down in the basement.

[@neil4306]

I truly enjoy your videos

[@a1wireless1964]

I absolutely love the sweet smell of the real good old style rosin flux, It's not the same as the new resin core / resin flux that they sell now.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

I can't imagine a more challenging resurrection than some of the desert sets you found abandoned laying bleaching in the sun and getting rained on for decades. I look forward to seeing this new one. And I for one never thought any of the videos were staged or the sets were props. It's obvious they are real if you watch the videos.

[@XMguy]

Classical music while tuning the set in. Epic.

[@fiddlyphuk6414]

I worked for Motorola back in 1978 at their Business Band FM radio plant. I know some of the higher power radios went out of the factory emitting loads of spurs across the spectrum when transmitting. Happens when you overdrive a cheaply made class C RF power amp.

[@111000100101001]

Yes the Motorola is definitely a worthy radio to have around. Looking forward to watching it perform in the desert when things cool down.

[@InvestigationsDepartment]

This is a great video! I like that old Motorola 700! I'm North of the border in Ontario within the groundwave coverage area of CFZM 740. Thanks for the amazing videos you've been posting on your KZbin channel!

[@onefootinthegroove39]

I have an Emerson 569, same face as the 558 but with provisions for AC power with an external rectifier can that plugs into the wall. These things are dogs to work on, I lucked out with mine and was able to get it working on both power sources. Tiny battery compartment- used 12V garage door opener batteries for the B+. For the size it’s a decent performer. Better than most coat pocket ‘40s sets. Not a whole lot of volume on the weak stations, but it holds its own.

[@ziggfreud9820]

Tiered couplets is an interesting method of making the radio smaller.

[@JesusIsLordofMybeing]

Love your ability to bring back to life all these old classic devices. Also, loved more the Camel Lah Word Salad. I was rolling on the floor. God help us all.

[@jimmyday9536]

Shango's political commentary shows that there may still be hope for CA.

[@mikefinn2101]

Thanks for a nice Saturday video and yes a nice old TV resurrection would be great. Really enjoy my Saturday coffee mornings Mike

[@brigganthewolf1461]

That plant sure has grown quite a bit over the past 7 days (between videos)!

[@bigalsmallengines]

That Motorola Ranger is certainly a surprise. Very nice radio to use. The look is different and the performance seems awesome. Cheers! 🍻

[@pietmondrianstudent6984]

I know this is easy for me to say, but if you live streamed a video while you were making repairs or diagnosing, and had a moderator there reading out the comments while you worked on the device, it would be interesting to see what the viewers had to contribute.......maybe do this for a period of time only.... great video thanks for making it.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

Every hippie should be carrying one of these around at the beach ⛱️. Sad 😔 that almost everything on the AM band has gone to talk shows. I remember the AM band broadcasting baseball games when I was a kid. That was about 1977. Your friend, Jeff.

[@christopherhulse8385]

18:40 KMZT classical music sounds so good on AM

[@irishhoosier1225]

Tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto

[@bobbyk6585]

I recognize that sweet solder aroma. Reminds me of my work bench days.

[@erikdenhouter]

I think it is the pure rosin ? Maybe from trees ? I remember in earlier days that rosin was smelling like that. I am not sure if (solder) rosin came then or now from trees, but I do know that some rosin smell that good, like the rosin that comes from the bud of the populus balsamefera (the balsam poplar), or some pine trees.

[@RingtailTheRaccoon]

I really hope hell will host the debates this year I really want To see Shango066 resurrect that TV.

[@gordonwelcher9598]

For the battery eliminator not a lot of power is required for the B+. An audio amplifier producing a sine wave connected to a step up transformer would not produce a lot of interference from harmonics. Something like a LM380 or maybe something stronger would be good. The filament could use a linear regulator. The way to prevent interference is to use sine wave power.

[@Zickcermacity]

7:47 "be unburdend from the burden" holy shit is that so Donald Rumsfeld! Reminds me of his "known unknowns" diatribe nearly 20 years ago. :D

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

"There are knowns. There are the known unknowns that we know we don't know. Then there are the unknown unknowns." Something like that and yes I had thought the same thing a few weeks ago. We are in crazy times. Psych warfare attack.

[@dosdoktor]

Some quality time indeed. Wanna visit your place in a couple of years or so, when I gather what I need. Prolly will learn some from you.

[@LiquidRadio]

8:15 You’re not putting a burden on anyone. We have fast forward buttons. 😁

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

i see no ads

[@hotpuppy1]

That Motorola looks like a really good design even with the hard to work with couplets.

[@tomtke7351]

Estate sale?? Know the man who left this behind will be pleased YOU now have his collection.

[@piwex69]

This Emerson with shic “S” looks so much as a future car radio.

[@jasonproductions9391]

10 hour video? You're spoiling us, Dan

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

Ten hours I'm ready for a punisher.

[@PapiDoesIt]

It's great how that Motorola was unburdened by the things that burdened it in the past, being free from the burden by being unburdened.

[@joelima201]

Candy smoke , good one . Get the same smell on old German electronics when the solder is melted.

[@erikdenhouter]

I remember in earlier days that rosin was smelling like that. I am not sure if (solder) rosin came then or now from trees, but I do know that some rosin smell that good, like the rosin that comes from the bud of the populus balsamefera (the balsam poplar), or some pine trees.

[@davepike6170]

Motorola's "Pla-Cir" chassis 😊

[@ArlenMoulton2]

Pleased to see how the plant is getting on! Can't wait for a 10 hour resurrection video, that's 10 days viewing for me, excellent!

[@cardboardboxification]

I just purchased a case of costco popcorn for the 10 hr vid resurrection for the debate

[@leftymuller]

just an FYI .. KBLA is a regular into Australia.. (videos on youtube) I believe 4BH 1116 Brisbane (centre channeled to the US and 20kw with a strong sky wave) gets into the west side of the US regularly

[@PapiDoesIt]

That's a really long way! I used to love those "skip signals" on the AM band. I remember driving on Karl Marx Strasse in the old East Berlin listening to Rush Limbaugh and thinking how surreal that was.

[@nudebaboon4874]

Can't wait for a 10-hour video, and I'm not joking!!

[@turle8645]

I found an Emerson tv very similar to that one a little while ago in an abandoned building, It’s in rough shape but nothing compared to that one lmao l

[@hugoegon8148]

A double sided PCB in 1956? 😳 I wasn't aware this was so early.

[@oldradiotvsc9836]

Cool portable tube radios and great "B" battery eliminator!

[@andygozzo72]

one way of getting 'noise' free 90v ish would be to use a capacitor multiplier string, a 'cockroft walton' multiplier, you'd need a x10 setup, will take about 20 small electrolytics and similar number or diodes! only problem is it'd only be suitable if the 90v and 9v or whatever LT is, has common negative, you wouldnt be able to isolate them and use it on a set with a bias resistor in series with HT negative

[@frankowalker4662]

That Motorola is awesome. Love your power solution.

[@erikdenhouter]

Would love to see the scope on that, what is causing these spikes/interference. If you use a transformer, why not a good sine wave oscillator ?

[@thornmountain8129]

Couplet, a network of electronic components localized in a small form factor to save space and cost of electronic devices. Seemed like a good idea at the time....

[@marc1178]

Excellent radio and excellent video! The Country station might have been 550 KUZZ from Bakersfield if AM makes it over mountains. I wonder if that radio would tie the Panasonic RF-2200 in the desert for sensitivity. I also understand that there is at least one Sony radio that is equal or even hotter than the Panasonic.

[@sgath92]

I will watch every minute of a 10 hour resurrection video.

[@adamwheeldon]

shango time!

[@jutukka]

To get a clean 90 VDC supply for test use, I usually just connect nine or ten 9V PP3 snap batteries in series.

[@mrpontiac83]

Sweet smoke sounds like lead... Lead salts are supposed to taste sweet. Maybe the flux had some lead compound? (leaded solder does not emit lead salts when melted)

[@Rev22-21]

You're correct. Ancient Rome would feed theirs troops lead as a sweetener.

[@erikdenhouter]

Rosin... the plant based stuff smells so sweet, like from the balsam poplar (populus malsamifera), or some pine trees.

[@jimmyday9536]

Yes, and I read that the Romans would sweeten their wine with lead.

[@carlosedwardos]

I am unburdened by KZbin ads, I don't receive them (blocked) - however, I make up for it by being a long time Patreon contributor.

[@johnsampson1096]

I LOVE MOTOROLA..........................................

[@fiddlyphuk6414]

Same !!

[@michaeldellacava]

Shango is the GOAT!

[@supercodehead6806]

I been burdened for months please no more lol love this!

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

It's electrical Lazarus time

[@kd6tas]

The plant is looking good.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

The shango telethon. Let’s go back to our hero working on the decrepit TV.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

Live in San Francisco and our host in NYC.

[@kpc5]

What an amazing little tube radio, perfect for a SHTF situation?

[@jpkellyburbank]

Just say no to Kamunism.

[@hansblooeyribbon4207]

Hmmm. Seen an episode where Shango dug a TV chassis out of a filthy riverbed and got a picture on the screen.

[@thrillscience]

I love those oval speakers!

[@jimmyday9536]

You are lucky to have AM stations with actual content. Here (Baltimore area) these is nothing on AM except a few hours of talk radio, endless repetitive commercials, and a very depressing gospel station. And sports 24/7.

[@oddo710]

The noise isn't coming through the box, it's radiating from the wires coming from the device. Ferrite cores on those leads are your answer and make sure the box is grounded.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

I've always wondered if the youtube channel owner is aware of or has any say in what advertisements plaque their channel. After Shangos burdening the unburdened comments the answer would appear to be no,the channel owner has no say and isn't aware of what ads will appear on their channel..

[@superhorchacha]

ghost town djs on am radio is a rare

[@lookylook570]

Nice word salad! Cackles would be proud!

[@Babysqid]

shango deep in the KHive

[@davidhollfelder9940]

6.3V filament transformers can work well for an audio output xfmr. Primary to B+, speaker on secondary.

[@randymelinn5096]

A 10 hr video... Ill get some snacks and just veg. I absolutely love the video's!

[@minty_Joe]

shango066 Drinking Game: Every time he says "burden" or "burdening", you take a shot. Need I lament more? ;-)

[@KevinBambrick-qm7nx]

Cool dude. September 10 Philadelphia Debate. I am from Philadelphia.

[@Magnusaudiofighter]

Wish there were more on the Emerson. They just built a brand new campus outside of St. Louis. The company is located here, but the products are built in China. From their corporate page, they don't really market consumer electronics like they use to. They did have a cool looking clock radio on the page which had a phone charger on top, so you could wirelessly charge your phone up by laying the phone on the radio while you sleep. I might look for one of those tube radios. A vote for the pod creature is a vote for Obama 3.0. We now have an authoritarian monarchy in this country. Sad and scary...

[@shango066]

I picked up a whole bunch of those ill addressed them In a future video

[@frankowalker4662]

Ten hours ? Bring it on❗

[@hestheMaster]

Look up Project Tinkertoy for those Motorola commercial grade version modules with a tube base on top.

[@michaelroberts1120]

Chokes that might be able to filter the power supply noise should be available from any discarded pc atx power supply

[@1McMurdoSilver]

Thank you Shangoooo

[@joeblow8593]

Yes but Eric Burden was not a burden although a Beast of Burden was never be for the Stones. Although a lot of heavy stones can be, many times...a burden.

[@samubambek956]

Our mistery plant is getting bigger😅

[@Zickcermacity]

1:31 - Those are NEURAL NET PROCESSORS :D

[@bigliftm]

Its time that Shango gets a yeasu FTDX101MP transceiver and his Ham licence.. 73s PD0ROH

[@davepike6170]

"All that noise" sounds like TVI

[@HankPanky]

Rock With You was MJ's best tune.

[@ivok9846]

7:49 "genius at play"

[@samhendrix378]

Shango got this

[@andershammer9307]

I just got an Olympic portable tube radio and I wish I had a quick power supply to test it. We have pwm circuits but they only make 35 volts from 9 volts.

[@erikdenhouter]

You can put a bunch of 9V easily in series to get the desired voltage. Their connections fit to make a solid block. Nice and clean DC.

[@kevtris]

those strange "integrated circuit" doodads on the tube sockets appear to be from "project tinkertoy". searching for that will bring up more information. I wasn't aware that production things like radios were actually produced.

[@Bryan_in_USA]

fascinating stuff