NAPA Novelty AM Radio Diagnosis and Repair

[@joeblow8593]

You could try making a crystal radio out of that germanium rock

[@hestheMaster]

Don't give him ideas,he's got a lot on his plate. That is a good suggestion however!

[@AndyHullMcPenguin]

I'm going to be that guy... I think he said its Galena (lead(II) sulphide), not Germanium. Having said that, "that rock" would still work in a crystal radio, as would a bunch of other mineral crystals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena vs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanium

[@MattExzy]

The Hongkoidial Twerkotweebulated Galena X Special Edition for Mercury Cancer Cure

[@TurboTel68]

Thanks for all the extra content you’ve been posting, really helped keep me sane!

[@charlieb.4273]

Sir, Your videos are inspiring, and I really appreciate your low tech techniques like probing a cap with another to see if they are open. I always learn something. My first eBay radio arrives today and I hope to restore it. Thanks for a great new way to waste money and time, but seriously thanks for your videos. Charlie in Virginia

[@MikeF1189]

This is why you never keep your radio in your battery when storing for extended periods.

[@mrnmrn1]

Nice :)

[@Ellenslife851]

That’s a good one that had me laughing

[@JacGoudsmit]

I had to read that twice before I got it. :-)

[@dorothydale4683]

do you know who shango is?

[@wrnchhead76]

That's a neat radio. Since I got into the car business as a kid in about 1995, NAPA has really fallen off. They are my last choice for parts anymore, took me a long time to learn that lesson.

[@godfreypoon5148]

It's clearly low on electrolyte. Just top it up.

[@Raul_Gajadhar]

Good one.

[@JerryEricsson]

Just a note, I like the radio videos more then the TV anyhow, that's why I keep coming back to your video collection, when there is nothing new, there are a lot of radio videos I can go back to and re-watch thanks a million for taking the time out of your life and making these great entertaining videos for us, to top it off, it seems I always learn something even when watching a video for the 2nd or even 5th time.

[@bigmotter001]

We understand. Once a week will have to do till you get things running again. Thanks for all of your efforts and take care,

[@KAFKUBA]

Thanks shango...you're better than any professor I had in engineering classes 4 decades ago...you are the reason I had the courage to restore old electronics in my family's collection...if you want to see your student visit me

[@MsCori76]

It’s so cute how it looks like a little car battery. LOL 🥰

[@Wenlocktvdx]

I hope you can find more novelty radios, they’re so cool. I’ve got a ‘29 Lincoln model car radio from the late 70s. The sound was always distorted and a couple of years ago the local oscillator died. While I was trying to get it to oscillate again, I found a Rolls Royce from the same series (there were three) with missing parts and poor finish at a local thrift store. I swapped the radio into the Lincoln and have it on my bookshelf. The Rolls is in a drawer with the Lincolns radio, which still won’t oscillate.

[@coondogtheman]

I keep coming back to this video because I love how he messes with spam/scammer phone calls while doing videos. I wish he still did this.

[@RMphy89]

bandersentv! Good recommendation, been watching him for years.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Thanks for keeping the video coming I alway enjoy watching thanks. Regards Chris

[@Ellenslife851]

Best parts of the video when shango gets a phone call he doesn’t want😹 laugh so hard I started tearing up

[@A2Stanton]

I know. Too funny, goodness knows what the call centre guy was hearing in his headphone lol

[@juniorbcm5375]

Darchnarzbl warnarchnarzbl 😆

[@Ellenslife851]

Junior BCM yes I agree to funny😹😂🤣

[@Ellenslife851]

Junior BCM makes you wonder what language that is. It sounds German 😂

[@Ellenslife851]

TheEncyclopediaofPopCulture 2 that was to funny Just re-watched it and saw that part where the person said that you sound more Indian than I do. Specially funny when he stuck the radio up to the speaker on the phone and stuck the led rock on there

[@ntsecrets]

how cool would it have been if they put the IF cans under those 6 bumps on the top so you could align it while it was assembled

[@AriaPosting]

Yeah people used to use galena to make crystal radios if I remember correctly

[@grs6262]

Yessir

[@JesseHancock6400ba]

Awesomeness.... Loved the exchange with a call center... Too cool

[@brianmoore5498]

my world is once again spinning in greased grooves. thank you!

[@preiter20]

Thank you for the extra videos Shango!

[@huffman425]

I/m glad to hear you are going back to repairing radios. Don’t care about repairing TVs

[@guitarpro248]

*"recycle their carbon dioxide and self suffocate"* favorite quote of the month so far @18:11

[@KameraShy]

"I should make a radio out of this." Well, as kids we used to make radios using a galena cat whisker detector. With a tuning coil hand wound around a cardboard core from a toilet paper roll. I wonder if Shango is up to the challenge.

[@jefffoster3557]

I was thinking the same exact thing. Love these recent vids. Not that the old ones are worse, these are all great.

[@45AMT]

That set is pretty cool. Napa is everywhere around here. We use them a lot.

[@AndyHullMcPenguin]

18:15 "... self asphyxiate, I think everyone should just put a plastic bag over their head..." “I thought,” he said, “that if the world was going to end we were meant to lie down or put a paper bag over our head or something.” “If you like, yes,” said Ford. “That’s what they told us in the army,” said the man, and his eyes began the long trek back down to his whisky. “Will that help?” asked the barman. “No,” said Ford and gave him a friendly smile.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[@docfoot316]

Good to see the galena at home than lefted in the mines ,you have stepped forward Shango006 ,please go to the next level .73's i always enjoy ur video's

[@BRMBug]

If you did make a radio with the Galena, would you be able to get anything but KNX with it?

[@herbertsusmann986]

It would only get rock stations...

[@5roundsrapid263]

The only music it gets is “Led” Zeppelin.

[@jefffoster3557]

Or "Iron" Butterfly.

[@stephtronix1811]

Make a radio whit that rock that would be very interesting! Great video nice little radio

[@brianleeper5737]

General Battery Corp was purchased by Exide in 1987, from Fruit of the Loom.

[@brentwegher2014]

Start with an older solid state AM radio that uses a glass diode detector (germanium) Unsolder and remove the original diode, leaving two open points on the circuit board. Solder separate long wires with clips or probes into the circuit where the diode was connected.. The free ends of the probes can then be used as contact points by touching on the mineral sample. Try different metals on the probe tips, that might cause differences in rectification.

[@teddunphy8369]

i enjoyed getting a 1st hand look at this cool radio

[@n2n8sda]

next time you get one of those calls you need to address yourself Idi Amin style. "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Shango, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas, Conqueror of solid state radios, holder of rare earth elements, Galena in particular."

[@Boozion]

Fascinating rock. Making a Galina radio will truly rock! When your done you can eat your radio rock with your radio active mask on. ;-)

[@edwardallan197]

I love it when Shango torments telemarketers. So satisfying.

[@carlosedwardos]

from wikipedia: Galena is a semiconductor with a small band gap of about 0.4 eV, which found use in early wireless communication systems. It was used as the crystal in crystal radio receivers, in which it was used as a point-contact diode capable of rectifying alternating current to detect the radio signals. The galena crystal was used with a sharp wire, known as a "cat's whisker" in contact with it.

[@TonyFleetwood]

NAPA: never any parts available

[@audiodood]

yup

[@bigslick]

I was told that it meant "Not All Parts Awful"

[@Raul_Gajadhar]

OH MY Gosh! Ha ha ha, Good call.

[@waltschannel7465]

Good!

[@buzzard91]

NAPA= Not Another Part Again

[@Rfk1966]

Came for the radio repair, stayed for the geology lesson

[@michaelrobertson575]

Well done Sir, You win again!The Plastic bag over the head suggestion is not helpful but a Galena Cat's Whisker Radio would be quick,easy and educational.

[@zx8401ztv]

Thank you for all the extra videos, it's appreciated :-D A novel radio but a softer cone speaker might make it less squarky.

[@adamwheeldon]

Looking forward to the return of the tv videos 👍

[@focusfrenzy9759]

does your local NAPA guy have air plane parts? LOL

[@mikegallant811]

Speaking of which, did you ever listen to fat Albert's car? It's on spotify You'll laugh your ass off!

[@qrplife]

“Irvine, India” 😂

[@gregorymalchuk272]

H1B visas for people doing the phone-scamming jobs that Americans just won't do.

[@hoosiernick]

Cute little radio. Wonder what the cranking power might be.

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

Those are cool little novelty radios, I have the Western Auto one.

[@andygozzo72]

nice beast, i have a few novelty radios - a few 'paint tins', a wd40 can, an 'alan titchmarsh garden radio', a couple of 'cotton traders' ones, and some others i cant remember what they are! most work well for what they are especially the larger cotton traders one ,made to look like a 'vintage' radio...

[@godfreypoon5148]

What's the card in the background? I have boxes of boards just like that, from some late 60s / early 70s scientific equipment.

[@LDCoronel1]

I was wondering the same

[@shango066]

Exactly like you said not sure what it's out of though. Lots of good American-made components for parts

[@dklucas1]

I love it when you mess with scammers.

[@mjg263]

If you make a radio out of that rock Gilligan is just going to come along and screw it all up so why bother?

[@rolandkeith5322]

That's a cool radio .....awesome work as always

[@jpolar394]

If I'm not mistaken, my neighbors son has a transistor radio that is in the shape of a gas pump that was sold by Gulf gas stations in the early 60s. I have to ask him the next time I see him if he still has it, how he got it and if it still works.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Scam caller: "You sound more Indian then I do sir." Shango066: "Yes, that's correct." Oh my god, that gave me a good laugh.

[@paulgalea4718]

Love your videos , keep up the good work

[@fanofoldfans9238]

Baking soda works great to clean those battery terminals. Does it supply it's own power or maybe it has sulfate and a dead cell.

[@radiotvphononut]

Yes, indeed....there are some things that Deoxit and Capacitors won't fix. However, they fixed this.

[@iRepairElectronics]

I keep hearing that governor Neukem has things closed down still. I hope things open up soon out there. Love the design of this radio. too bad its so chinsy on the inside.

[@LakeNipissing]

Careful... I got attacked for commenting about the Dems wanting the lockdown to be prolonged on Shango's last video.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Love the prank calls!

[@rexoliver7780]

Galena--a NATURAL semiconductor.These Galena "crystals" were found in very old crystal sets-had one when I was a kid.Didn't need power.Used with a headphone.Also remember you could wind the coil for a crystal set on a Quaker Oats cardboard "can" they came in.

[@michaelturner4457]

A radio that looks like a car battery, that's beautiful.

[@nor4277]

I love novelty radios,It plays great.

[@ralphhoskins2115]

My dad owned a Phillips 66 gas station, well as he said service station,, throughout the 1970’s,,, he closed up in 1980, and me and my brother found a case of radios like this one ,, except they were cb band,,,, and labeled with the Phillips branding...they were very cool,,, and I wish we hadn’t of given away or just destroyed them,,, we had about thirty of them...in the 80’s they worked fine...pop in a 9volt and listen to the static.... lol

[@RockeyDAproductions]

i guess there is one thing good about californy, shango gets more AM stations than we have FM. there are 0 RAP staions, 1 pop sation, 2 rock stations, 3 country stations, 1 or two oldies stations, and i think 4 chrichy stations but one of them shuts off. and National Democrat Radio also known as NPR. AM is hard to pick up but its mostly sports.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Where do you live where there isn’t a rap station? Sounds too good to be true!

[@LakeNipissing]

We have three Hip Hop stations receivable on AM here!! 620, 1080, 1400

[@DavenHiskey]

Had to listen to a rap song ad before I got here, I don't think I`ll ever be the same momma.

[@scottmartin8888]

I wanna get a piece of that stone, thats amazing. Try building a radio using only that ore, on which parts you could use it instead of.

[@BigTex8319]

That is a cool radio, I feel like I’ve seen one before but it was Diehard brand for Sears.

[@1marcelfilms]

Cant wait for the debate eols

[@robertgeary7520]

Great video 👍

[@davidtillwach5542]

I love that word vintage like old people are vintage

[@bluef1sh926]

Oh that call was pure gold :D

[@ssboot5663]

I believe I have seen one of those..... Another novelty radio I used to see was a WD-40 can radio.

[@orange70383]

Yes, attach leads to the ore and use it to replace a burnt out resistor.

[@joebrock9784]

No shingle I didn't know you could fix the radio with the rock but you just did it

[@samuelfellows6923]

12:31 ✝️ I recognised that Christian song; is he worthy? - Chris Tomlin, a new song in our collection that we have practiced and sung at Church. 🇬🇧

[@jrocco36]

I have one of those car battery radios. I collect novelty am radios. Some work great and some are meh..

[@krz8888888]

Would be interesting to try that rock with a crystal radio

[@krz8888888]

Thanks for the video! I'm curious, what is your industry ?

[@Retep4565]

He is a customer service representative for female hygiene products.

[@jeffadams5510]

Have you tried soldering to that little rock?

[@mrjason9382]

Thanks for shareing

[@Mr_Meowingtons]

how do them little radios compare to the old tube radios with the same about of stages

[@morse.500thomas6]

I used to have one of those kind of radios when I was little

[@tombig4011]

Call center call makes you pretty f'n cool.

[@rexoliver7780]

Would be funny to have a 12Vto 9V convertor so you can run this radio from a REAL NAPA car battery!Wonder how long it would play?It is a nice little radio.Never seen one of these.The board and speaker back in the case does make it sound better.

[@usernameg5]

in my language "napa" is a belly button

[@X-OR_]

I have beed Digging the Radio Videos !

[@fireantsarestrange]

Napa always had the best parts.. all of it good. Not like other crap parts stores. Napa was always a tad more expensive but its real stuff.

[@sparkstron73]

Great vid and advice.

[@bigalsmallengines]

I do that with those scam callers also.... mess with them. LOL Put the phone in front of a speaker or run a tool. Whatever they disturb me of doing. Waste their time too.... LOL. My stepdad worked for NAPA 38 years, he'd love that radio.

[@mikegallant811]

A radio that looks like a car battery..... Kinda Cute!😍😍😍😍

[@LakeNipissing]

"This battery has good selectivity." Leave it to Shango !!

[@scottjlambert]

Good morning!

[@2509498788]

Cool radio

[@danmackintosh6325]

That thing is so cool it gives me Coronavirus in my plasma! Love it, for a novelty item it really isn't that bad.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

i have one of these, it's for Atlas batteries is all! never tried it out.

[@teacfan1080]

Back when I was in grade school in the 70's, I had a plastic snoopy Peanuts character transistor radio. I wonder how many different novelty radios were actually made.

[@LakeNipissing]

I have a Pan Am 747 airplane AM radio, and a cabin cruiser AM radio. Both are from the 1970s. I think that is when the novelty radios were the most common. I know there are also Polaroid "film" radios, but I don't have one.

[@john-cm8yn]

I found a radio disguised as a Cadillac once. It was so realistic the cops even pretended to arrest me.

[@NJPurling]

For a novelty radio this example is one that you would actually want to keep around. I would have expected one IF & 6 transistors.

[@crtsaretubular3940]

*Lead sulfide orders go up exponentially*

[@kennynvake4hve584]

I wish I had a piece of that germanium...I could complete my crystal radio then...You think your friend could send me a small piece...thanks...

[@LeeLocke]

Nice one Shangs

[@falc302]

simple video. pretty good!

[@rarbiart]

That case looks like a rather decent 3d print! (which off course it isn't. And off course i see the injection molding marks on the rear side)