One Dollar Radios

[@Landrew0]

You can never have enough of these old radios around the house.

[@RODALCO2007]

Those non-vented caps are perfect for popping on the mains. Interesting that none of the battery compartments had no signs of battery leakage in them. That Packard Bell radio is very cool with the schematic in it.

[@jamesmdeluca]

Greetings: The 4 transistor GE AM only clock radio reminds me of one I had in the late '60s. It was notable in being a reflex radio with the detector output feeding back into the previous transistor to make it work as the first audio amp as well as the IF output.

[@JerryEricsson]

Best radio I ever owned was a Hitachi, AM/FM/Cassette. I bought it from another GI in Dong Ba Thin Vietnam in 1970 and it served me through half my tour, then, when I went home to be with my wife when our son was born, some prick broke into my hooch locker and stole it. She was a heavy little radio, all black with silver speaker covering. It was so damn strongly built, I once knocked it off the side of the damn guard tower, she dropped over 65 feet to the sandy beach around Cam Rahn Bay. The only damage was a slight crack on the top of the thing. Sure wish I had it back again now days. I used to make tape letters for my wife and mail them back and forth, sent her a tape recorder. Sort of wish I had those to listen to again. God I miss her. UPDATE: I found an old radio, exact same model, in fact has the same cracks, wonder if I found my own set?? I bought it off Ebay from a seller in Florida, need a bit of tlc to get her back working but she is playing now as good as I remember from my days in the war! Cool to have it back again! Hitachi made a great set there.

[@jimlocke9320]

In the early 1980s, I rebuilt the GE radio model on top into pay TV decoder boxes. The radios purchased for the project sold for about $20 each. The power supply was modified to use a step down transformer for isolation. Two coax cables went to the TV set to bring the tuner output to the decoder and decoder output back to the TV for delivery to the IF amplifier. The radio RF and osc coils were replaced with ones that allowed the radio to tune the sound carrier in the TV's IF band. An FM stereo chip was added to recover the sound and horiz. frequency pilot. A FET inserted gain during the horiz. sync interval so the TV could recover sync. Sound came through the radio speaker. I had a PC board made for the project which mounted on standoffs parallel to the radio's PC board.

[@douglashoff95]

Candle was a radio brand that was sold at our local Rexall drug store in the 60's. Sony had that R--*--F "logo" above the tuning dial when there was a tuned RF stage. Panasonic does make great stuff, my Panasonic plasma TV is 15 years old and still going strong! The Hitachi set is my favorite.

[@MsCori76]

Panasonic is a fantastic brand. All my sound systems, microwaves I've had & still have are Panasonic.

[@Turborider]

True. I have a couple of Technics (wich is Panasonic) amplifiers from the late 70s they are great amps.

[@1marcelfilms]

vcrs are good too. and plasma tvs.

[@silentbloodyslayer98]

My parents still have their huge early 90s panasonic TV in the bedroom, still kicking good.

[@Walczyk]

hell yea, agreed

[@LMacNeill]

What a fantastic collection -- and for only $10! Can't beat that price, and you got some *very* interesting radios out of that box. That Hitachi is something I'd never seen before -- very cool! And I would *really* like to see a video with some DX'ing on that Sony -- bet that thing would be incredible. Glad to see you're back! Great vid, as usual.

[@radiotvphononut]

That first GE does use a dropping resistor and is like the one I have. The Zenith clock radio is a '71 model.

[@barrybear2012]

I have the Sears Silvertone 8001 radio. It wasn't working too good, but after I opened it up and plugged the AC line cord back into the receptacle on the main board, it started pulling in stations with no issues and DX reception became very good. I think the Sears Silvertone 8001 and 8002 were the last AM-only ttansistorized table radios to bear the Sears Silvertone name.

[@focusfrenzy9759]

I had one of those cobra emergency CB radios and they were well tuned and had rather good reach for their limited output.

[@greedyfirstalgorithmlast26]

@6:05 YES at 70 Years Old and Grew Up a RADIO NUT in 1950's building Crystal Sets and Reading PopComm with my Entire Universe the Radio. I loathed TV. Watching you Tune back & forth is EXCITING AS HECK, Young Feller, I also Chew Tobacco, in San Francisco, Pit and Chew.

[@greedyfirstalgorithmlast26]

W5AWG is me!

[@siskokidd]

I like that Packard Bell AM with the silver face, faux leather side and backing, and big control knobs.

[@jeffking4176]

Love the Candle. I have one. Love it. But know nothing about the brand. Nice Zenith too. “Zenith: The quality goes in, before the name goes on “❗️

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

That radio at 8:10, I'm 95% positive my parents had one just like that when I was a kid. My dad turned into a short wave radio by adding a really long coiled wire antenna and I could hear BBC, etc. on it. That was pretty cool.

[@ammoalamo6485]

Pull out radio - don't scoff! About 1967 I took my hard-earned paper route money and bought a combo 4 & 8 track tape player, because no one could tell me which format would stay popular (and no one said 'neither'). Then I put 3.5" speakers into the door panels, and another set in little plastic containers installed on the package shelf. This was all in my 1947 Ford. Ok so taking the radio out overnight for safe-keeping got to be a hassle, even though I had to park out on the street. Those 8-track units were expensive and valuable to pawnshops, and within a couple of weeks the vent window was broken and the unit torn out. Or, rather, taken out, leaving me with the surround. Grrrr.

[@guglielmomarconi9942]

Ah! The 'good old days' :)

[@markanderson350]

I agree, some go too far on rebuilding radios. Change every part, dump 100 hours and 100 bucks into fixing a $5 radio. Love the Hitachi pull out!

[@ADXYMOX62]

Somebody has to have the guts to say it....I love these videos!

[@rotaxtwin]

We had a 1969 Datsun and the Hitachi radio in the dash looked very similar to that pull-out unit. It was a relatively expensive option for the time.

[@rajendrachopra3000]

Very good collection of old sets

[@jwl9286]

Yes it is exciting to view these radio video's! I have not watched a single of your video's that I didn't learn something. Thanks for posting them.

[@MutethatBozo]

I had that exact same white and black G.E. clock radio for years, as a kid :)

[@retrotechnologies1194]

I have a General Electric am-fm radio model-no 7-4553D and my clock gets so warm on the plastic on the inside the clock gets so hot I can't even touch it. I love your videos because all the he vintage items from televisions to radios keep up the good work.

[@someguy2637]

All classics, nice collection of impressive radios.

[@stephenwilliams5201]

Had a pullout in my 60 corvair. And it was a Mayfair. Fm only rig wasn't original naturally.. but I could pull it out at school and put it in the trunk.

[@mainwire254]

I really enjoy all your videos. I was so glad you and U tube are on the same page again

[@cleophusA]

"That Crosley Feel," man, you are too funny! I just discovered you and am enjoying the hell out of myself!

[@michaelszczys8316]

Another Shango quote - " smoke is cool "

[@michaelszczys8316]

Favorite Shango quote, I think from the video where he runs color TV chassis through a quarter car wash. " for the sake of stupidity "

[@Elfnetdesigns]

That Juliette clock radio is radioactive. It has the glow in the dark clock hands and markers which were made of Radium.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Is it really radium or is it just phosphorescent? Used to have alarm clocks with phosphorescent dials that had to charge up with light.

[@IAdryan]

16:08 ...automatically your brain will say : Hey, you should wash your hands. - No it won't. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 I've thought it was a video from the pandemic year but when i've looked it was much older. Weird and funny.

[@JerryEricsson]

I had one of those Hitachi pull out car radio, I purchased it at a yard sale to install in my old 1948 Chevy Pickup. I had a stepup converter so I could play the radio plus I had a CB in the pickup. If I turned off the radio I could talk on the CB!

[@brianveitenheimer4492]

Please more crappy radio guts! I love it . Subscribed!! more!

[@jeffking4176]

I have aCandle 3band (VMS1224). A FANTASTIC radio ❗️ Receives very well. (Bought it not long ago NOS. so I’m sure it will need a re-cap at some point). Juliette was another “brand “that was supposed to be very good. Love the Sony,too.

[@roogalater]

"Smoke is cool " Love these videos.

[@buddylight2191]

Cool you really like those old junk radios. Myself I like old tractors.

[@ralphburns6659]

Tractors are cool too!

[@Pyridox]

I always liked the older Hitachi stuff, they always seemed well made.

[@Erdie5]

Some great memories in that stack... Very nice finds!

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Great bunch of unique and plain radios. Nice deal!

[@AMStationEngineer]

I'd definitely like to try for some nighttime Dx with the Sony "Super Sensitive", if for no other reason - but to make a comparison with a Superadio.

[@shango066]

I am going to do that. Next deep desert trip I will take a bunch of them and do comprehensive video on performance and the russian radios and transistors. If tgey ever get here. You will be surprised that the performance is about the same between all of them if they are working right.

[@clydedenby1436]

I learn a bit more from each video. Thank you! Some more "how-to" videos would be amazingly helpful for us newbies.

[@cll1out]

I had one of those no-name portables. It was a family hand-me-down when I was a kid. It came with a leather case. Reception was crap so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the single IF stage version.

[@RODALCO2007]

Great radio score for 10 bucks ! Can't beat the 60 Hz hum on that Sears radio.

[@talps128]

Maybe you know already, Candle was one brand name for a Japanese importer in New York named Shriro Ltd....The same radios wind up as Silver, La Plata and Candle in the early 1960-63 period ..they also produced private labels as well....Mfr was Shin Shirasuna in I believe in Nagoya...Hope that helps

[@helioshaul3924]

Wow I have a bunch of Eastman Electrolytics removed from a Hong Kong made VESTA radio originaly sold by Woolworth's, all of them Leaky reading about 4 times their value. That was an impressive box of stuff you picked up there.

[@justsumguy2u]

That is one hell of a deal....I never find stuff like that around here, not at that price. My fave was the white Slivertone table radio, because it was right in that transitional period between tube and solid state.

[@algrabenbauer]

Hi Shango, The Sony has 3 tuning caps. It has an RF amp making it be one of the bet radios you got . It should be a very good radio.

[@eletronicatotal9835]

Parabéns pelo vídeo, um abraço aqui do BRAZIL! 🇧🇷

[@PINKBOY1006]

that no-name pocket radio, the one you said was green, that was blue, you might be colorblind.

[@silentbloodyslayer98]

impossible, if he was colorblind he couldnt be fixing color tv

[@fostercathead]

I saw yellow on the left, and blue on the right.

[@321CatboxWA]

Wish you were into old CB radio's.

[@AiOinc1]

22:38 The design of that Packard Bell is really nice for service, what with the leather straps and all. Too bad they didn't socket their parts, otherwise they'd be in the green.

[@olenamcquagge7777]

The sound of your voice reminds me of that guy on 60 minutes, he would come on at the end of the broadcast...I think his name was Andy Roonie or something like that...

[@Farmradio]

Those are all awesome. The Hitachi is ancient. Think most of them are, being AM only. Neat.

[@albertolenzi5562]

Lovely videos👍👍

[@bwc1976]

That first GE looks very familiar, like my grandparents might have had one like it on their breakfast table.

[@audubon5425]

The Webcor radio was probably made in the same place as the JIL Candle, Ross, Juliette, etc., etc.

[@zacharyradford1708]

Nice haul of radios!! I like the silver tone and the Packard bell. I see Packard bell stuff on your feed and radiotvphononut's feed but have never seen anything branded Packard bell in the north east where I live. NH to be exact was it as western states brand?

[@LyonsArcade]

That Packard Bell was sweeeeeeeeeeeeet

[@davidharrison4881]

Hitachi had the Civil Defense markers too.

[@nonamex3052]

You are lucky you got such beautiful radios for cheap price.

[@jamesho703]

The smoke I think is come from the big resistor, as it reduce the voltage from main supply to low voltage, then, a lot of heat will be dissipated due to voltage drop between 2 leads of the big resisitor. However, that kind of circuit is dangerous.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Smoke could have been from dust burning off, then it was quiet.

[@TerryMcKean]

That Hitachi is a nice set...so is that Sony. I can see why Hitachi put all that extra gain in the RF and IF stages since it is designed to operate in a car, plugged into the whip antenna outside on the car and that short little whip is not a very efficient antenna for AM broadcast frequencies and car radios in general must have extra stages to compensate for that short antenna to get decent reception.

[@barnabajones6524]

It's smoke from his history.

[@ArthurJS123]

Just replace all the electrolytics, and you’ll be all set, on all of these! ;)

[@wa1ufo]

Glad you are back!

[@shango066]

Wait who's been gone?

[@scratchback2001]

You guys are seriously delusional. I love it.

[@radiofesst418]

bardzo fajny jest twoj kanal.fajnie gdybys radio planeta mi odsprzedal do polski.poszukuje tego radyjka i nie mozna go u nas nigdzie dostac.

[@jerrycarriera8648]

That Hitachi is a cool radio. If my memory is correct, GE made a pull out car radio similar to that one in the late 50's.

[@siskokidd]

That Silvertone looks like it would be nice to DX with because of the big tuning dial.

[@OldTechFan]

Cool radios!! I was very intrigued by that Hitachi car radio and I did a little digging on it. From what I was able to research it was made in the late 60's and used just like you said, both in car and portable. It ran on a special interface that provided power to it in the car and then ran on the batteries when out. From what I read it was used in the VW Karman Ghia.

[@shango066]

It works perfect too. I got a Russian one thats along the same lines but way better, has several shortwave bands and sounds way better. Some day i should do a video on it

[@ESDI80]

Delco made a similar radio as well. When docked, the radio ran off the car's electrical system and used the speaker mounted in the dash board. When you pulled it out, it became a portable radio. Very cool find!!!

[@billharris6886]

I remember seeing these in the stores, seems like it was around 1964. I think it came with a car mounting kit that placed it on the top of the dash. Yes, it was marketed as an "On the go" radio so you could easily take it with you when leaving the car, for a picnic for instance, so you could listen to a ball game. They never caught on in the US, the radio picked up a lot of ignition noise, making it almost useless. Also, Japanese radios at that time used some kind of really cheap plastic that would melt if you left the radio in the car in the summer sun. Radios made in the US did not melt because, they used nylon for the case material.

[@1marcelfilms]

For a dollar id buy that.

[@chalmerbasham695]

I used to have a life.....than along came Shango066!!!

[@connorm955]

6:01 Yes, although i assume it was a sarcastic statement. If you thought that general sound radio is goofy looking, check out the general sound gs-4040 music-dancing center.

[@radiotvphononut]

The bad filter cap Sears is an Arvin-built set.

[@aidanhawkins6491]

yay it is radiotvphononut and the sears special foor rtpn nao u need a chanel called filter capacitors perfect

[@KennethScharf]

one of those IF cans on that Sony was probably the RF interstage coil.

[@kennynvake4hve584]

On the Sony that blue IF transformer is the RF stage adjustment...as you know the 3 gang 'usually' means tuned RF stage, thus making it "super sensitive".....cool video

[@andymouse]

A good Jason kicking...cheers.

[@PecanPie1102]

I love you man , Crack me up @24:15 C.D so valuable. yah in 1991 everyone was carrying there's in Nyc. like its gold

[@IcelanderUSer]

I was carrying one as late as 1998. Only because I was driving a convertible and had parked on the street for a quick errand.

[@master4461]

Sony is migthy..❤️😍🔥

[@ralphburns6659]

10 bucks well spent!

[@barnabajones6524]

Superheterodine ,very nice radio's and not very easy to built it. Cool.

[@nathanm8232]

“Hey you should wash your hands”

[@edwardallan197]

FASCINATING........

[@arthureverett8220]

Those GE radios with their famous dropping resistors

[@javierbiaggi3072]

Well Sears promise instand sound, there you have.

[@NJPurling]

The Hitachi pull-out radio couldn't pick up much signal if any inside a car as it is shielded by the car body. I suppose that an antenna connection would be via that edge-connector? AM radio in a car (in the 1970's) was always noisy as hell because all the spark plug leads needed to be suppressed. The company name is in a very old style... From the 1960's?

[@MsCori76]

My 1983 Daihatsu Charade had a pull out cassette player with radio with a handle. It worked well when the volume control didn't freeze. LOL

[@billa8671]

THAT's not a knoife

[@ViRtUaLmOnKeY023]

Rare find on that Hitachi radio.

[@IcelanderUSer]

The hitachi was more robust because it was a car radio. Don’t you think? Was the battery easily accessible or was it hidden inside?

[@SuperBuzzbomb]

The hitachi has those same markings on the dial as the Packard Bell.

[@Prnencetti]

speaking of Crosley my grandmother in Puerto Rico has a Crosley freezer in her kitchen. Who knew Crosley freezers. They make record players like you show here and they make freezers I must make everything they must want to slap their name on anything they can get their hands on.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Wonder what brand this pocket radio is? Alan Sherman ( Hello mudda, hello fadduh - Camp Grenada ) might tell you it's a Nakashuma. ( from Alan Sherman - Twelve Gifts of Christmas )

[@nathanm8232]

“Hey, you should wash your hands”

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

I have a Zenith "Circle of Sound" Korean.. sounds great -sometimes.. sometimes it loses signal when i walk away from it. it was $1 also. yardsale.

[@kennynvake4hve584]

That Hitachi slides into a metal box under the dash of your car...at least the same setup is on my Sony 7F-74DL

[@mikemcmanus3918]

Do you ever work on Zenith Transoceanic radios? How are they as shortwave receivers?

[@360MIX]

did you notice that both the Hitachi and the Packard bell have a arrow in between the 6 and 7 and then on the 11 and 16... Is that normal of AM radios to have those arrows there? _just added... I noticed at the end of the video you noticed them too___

[@DavidMadeira29]

"What's the maximum bet?!" 🗨😏📻💡〽️

[@mikejohnson9257]

that sony looks pretty nice.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

A radio on a chip

[@aristocrat_000G]

you are dynamite, sir~

[@robertkilbourne323]

I guess some electronics do still work after releasing the magic smoke.