1966 Westinghouse AM FM Transistor Radio Repair and Desert Test Field Trip
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2024
- Vintage 9 Transistor pocket radio repair and field trip to test in a rural low signal setting outdoor exploring adventure
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God! How I love the desert! I do miss spending the winters in Topock Arizona, my wonderful wife and I used to drive our 35 foot Class A motor home from South Dakota to Arizona arriving on Thanksgiving day, then spend our winter months with Topock as a headquarters and drive our Jeep out into the desert to explore. I lost my wife 4 years ago, and gave my interest in the motor home to a fellow who took over the payments, thus freed up 600 a month for me to spend on other things, like food and such. I am now 73 years old, and having spent 51 years and 4 days with the most wonderful woman in the universe, feel blessed for the experience. I guess I shall spend the rest of my days waiting for God in South Dakota which is a wonderful place for 1/2 the year and a deep freeze for the other half. Still half a year in paradise is worth the other half waiting indoors for the snow to melt. I love Shango and his videos, he has taught me so much about fixing little transistors that I now can pretty much diagnose quickly and repair most that I have purchased off Ebay. My collection grows and the fun keeps on happening, but I do miss the desert...
I am now 73 years old, ..
NO Jerry
You are 73 years of 'age'
Learn that Ppeople and animals 'Live' through the ages.
It is THINGS that become old - Such as your JEEP ( remember that it is in UPPER CASE ) - Your Motor Home - Your shoes - Appliances - Clothing - and so on.
Even as it took you 73 years to learn this - You learned it today
Make a List of all the ' Ages ' that ManKind has lived through.
I'm very sorry fro your loss Jerry - just know that the Soul returns to its
place of origin and is happy to be Home - It is only those that remain
who are in pain - and the tears fall like rain.
Each Soul is 'one' and each Soul is unique. and irreplaceable.
That is why we are all 'Someone'
One is the Cardinal Number.
I wish you well Jerry
I was only in AZ for 3 days back in 1987 with my then beloved
who was born in MARGATE NJ
If you love the desert. go back there where you and your wife were happiest.
Shango's like the cool uncle I never had lmao. This video had it all.
Shango is like that grandpa that mother calls crazy but is actually very cool.
in 1971 I got home from Vietnam and was stationed at Fort Lewis Washington. I was married with a young son, about 6 months of age. I needed a car, so went to a local dealer and purchased a pink and white '58 Pontiac, we loaded it up with our cloths and such, being fairly newly weds, we didn't own a lot of stuff, and we headed West from our home town in South Dakota. The trip was uneventful, and after a few months in Tacoma, I decided to trade the car off for a van, back then vans were cool, and I was catching shit from my buddies on the base about driving a pink car (IT WAS SALMON!) a buddy on the base loved my car, so when I traded it off for a 63 Ford Econoline window van he went to the dealer and bought my Pontiac. He had it for a couple of weeks and when he was pulling out of the parking lot of our apartment complex, the steering wheel shaft came uncoupled with the power rest of the car and the car drove into a tree. It made me think, when driving through Montana, back then there was no speed limit and on the fairly new Interstate, I had been pushing the old car up around 100 MPH, had that let go then, well there would have been no rest of the story.
I had a similar experience with my 1960 Corvair. I had come home on a long trip the day before, doing a lot of high speed driving. The next day as I was rounding a corner on city block, the rear axel on one side pulled loose, the wheel pulled out about a two feet, and the car came to a quick halt. I was so glad that had not happened the day before.
This video has it all! electronic repair, mine exploring, close encounters of the third kind (or the weird kind actually), offroad mechanic repair... He never ceases to amaze me.
WOW! Over two hours of Shango on Saturday morning! This is like a second Xmas present! Take care!
It's kinda bittersweet watching you get one of those old cheap throwaway radios working again, only to discover that all the AM band has to offer is either Spanish talk radio or "oggy shiggy leggy mumbo jumbo" and ads.
That's true, AM used to be filled with so many great channels
Yes but when our đumbass leaders finally get us ñukeđ you will need one of these radios to listen to their pre-planned talking points and stay in line like a good little sheep
@@shango066
Got that right, shango.
I thought we were supposed to wait in our apartments in front of the nuked tv for government directions? (Wait to die)
I miss the great Rush Limbaugh!
Shango and Mine Explorers kind of crossover video with a transistor radio repair and test and nice and lengthy, been a treat! Thanks for what you do, loved this.
Beautiful country. I like exploring videos, watching the radio repair and the mine exploring was an added bonus.
Thanks for bringing us along. I would probably never have seen this not for you. That wooden structure was beautiful .
It was the perfect thumbnail image! We get to see a radio repair, a night in a mine and a desert car repair all in the same video! It doesn't get much better!
What I like most about this channel is the sportsball coverage.
Back in 1971 when I was stationed in Vietnam, we would go to the PX and buy little cans of spaghetti brand named MayDay. The cans came with a small sterno container welded the bottom of the can, you took a key and opened the sterno after opening the can with your P38, light the sterno and you had hot spaghetti after a few minutes. It was a quick meal and tasty to boot, better then most C rats that we were issued in the field.
I appreciate what you guys went through.
The U.S. ARMY ration packs were still better that those issues to the
AUSTRALIAN Forces -- I returned march 25, 1973 [ AIR FORCE ]
was posted on attachment to the USAF 1974-1976
It is ARMY and not Army
AIR FORCE and not Air Force - Air Force is what comes out of your Hair Dryer
NAVY and not Navy ( Navy is the name assigned to a Color
COAST GUARD and not Coast Guard.
-and when referring to SWITCHING it is ON . OFF and not on off
on off is used in an entirely different context
Good luck Jerry
All the best and Good bye
Shango knows cars too! He’s right about his options.
Shango, so sorry to hear about your soldering iron. Inanimate objects we have possessed for many years are like our friends. I lost a really nice coffee cup back in 1999. I really loved that coffee cup. I miss it very much. You have my condolences🙏
Same for me with a cute $12 watch, it took 11 years before the battery died, and after digging in through the glass to replace it, it run another 8 years, taking every shower and bath with me, suffering al sort of minor repairs before the casing broke in an unrepairable way. I still have the remains, sadly I never found a time piece to replace its cute functionality. Also my condolences shango066 and keithperry8098 😔
I salute your old soldering iron! I happen to have an ancient Weller Expert Model 8200 gun that I've been using for nearly 20 years. I found it in an old house that was being demolished, and I'm pretty sure it was used 20 years before I ever owned it!
Excellent video! It has everything! Fixing old radios… Testing receiver performance… Two guys tag team a hole…
On the loose bolts.... That's one of many reasons I work on my own car. Has never let me down in 21 years so far.
2 hours, awesome. And fantastic thumbnail.
That was a very good variety show. Very cool!
A resurrection, a DX test, and an abandoned adventure. It’s like Shango has released a greatest hits album and I love it!
Loved every minute of it! Glad the front suspension didn’t give out and leave you guys stranded, definitely time for some front end work at least. That Westinghouse is a real oddball, never seen one like that.
Waiting all week for Shango time. Miss my crape erase or shopping channels. Great Saturday morning
Better than anything on television these days. Pleased to hear the test lady ahain. Great content variety Shango.
Those guys that just walked up sound like the "day hikers" that we read about in the news all the time, unprepared.
aWESOME VIDEO !!!! That sunset was epic !!!!!
Old radios, TV's and old mines cannot get any better than this.
impressive video shango! the last part bonus! wow!
shango time!
Thanks Shango. I really enjoyed this video.
Outstanding! I just learned a new application for my TinySA. Time to build a pigtail. I love working on these old radios. Great stuff!
I had a Westinghouse AM radio as a child. When they realized I was always listening to it they gave me a c-crane am/fm/ shortwave.
Nice repair Shango66, love how you included the trip to the sand dunes. Awesome, I have 16 Transistor Am & Am / FM Portable Radio, I'm in Nova Scotia Canada we only get a Ball game out of New York in the evening during the summer. All the AM is pretty while gone in Canada. Keep the videos coming. Best regards
Hi Shango, I like the radio and construction,today's thumbnail looks cool anyway
The Weller breathed life back into many sets, My condolences to you for your loss. Next video "Iron Resurrection" ?
Shango. I especially like your legacy radio & TV resurrections, as I was around back then. Time flies .. it’s been 25 years since the digital TV conversion (although many of us used converter boxes and cable TV that still supported NTSC for several years), until our old sets got tired, and we finally bought HDTVs.
The video thumbnial looks awsome with the sunset in the back awsome work
Thanx to yours’ and others’ videos, I was able to repair/restore an early 60s am/fm tube radio (safely) .. and even did some SMD surgery on the IF cans.
The Tiny SA spectrum analyser/signal generator is a very useful tool, have one also.
Me also too.
Great Video. Radio stuff, Exploring, A Mystery and more...🤫
Awesome upload! You're sharing some fantastic content on both channels. Thank you! (Thoroughly enjoyed last Sunday's exploration and accompanying sound track)
That mine tour was fascinating. Thank you Shango.
Just Charlie and Squeaky out for a walk
This is amazing! Great video!
Can’t wait to watch this the next 2 hours! Can’t wait to see the desert part! Someday I would love to send you a few old radios I have if you would be willing to fix them I know shipping could be an issue though
Watch out for those Duracrap Procells. I had some brand new ones leak and completely destroy a brand new high dollar tactical flashlight after only a few weeks. Duracell reimbursed me, but still.
Great radio maintenance video. And also for venturing into the desert.
I salute you Weller soldering iron. RIP
This was cool adventure! Thanks for sharing!
RIP Shango's Soldering Iron.
1992 ~ 2024
Press F To Pay Respects.
From the year I was born! Awesome! 🍻 Cheers!!!
Sorry about the Weller. I know this pain, my Weller died about a year ago. This will give you a reason to get a Hakko 888 now. I love mine!
The desert is beautiful. I wish I was closer to see that, although we have sand dunes along Lake Michigan. Nothing like those!
Oooofff, the intruders! The missing bolt! Loosened brake hardware! Are you guys the victims of sabotage?! Stay tuned next week to find out!
That was a beautiful sunset! 😁👍
That would be awesome to hear it work !
1:14:46 for a moment, I thought it was the kraftwerk "radioactivity" intro and its famous geiger counter 🙂 ....This trip in the desert was really great, thanks a lot shango !
If you say the words "crepe erase" 3 times whilst looking at the radio it will magically start working.
If you say the words "Jason JJ Cruz" 3 times whilst looking at the radio it will magically recap itself.
Hi Shango in case you don't know there's a new station that plays from oldies to 90's music in English on AM 1470 from San Diego but the signal may not reach in your area unless you take a trip to the OC and the new station is called Radio Rasa
Have a nice day
I take my Zenith Royal 59 outdoors and it has an amazing receiver. Great video
Wow! What a great video! It's got about everything. I'm wondering what those idiots were up to walking all that way with one flashlight at night though. Thanks for sharing!
Best content on UA-cam!
I remember fixing transistor radios like that years ago and many of them had bad tuning caps.
Greetings there, Mr. Shango. I enjoy you working on those good oh, transistor radios. I grew up missing with them a taught myself how to get them working again I am familiar with a lot of the circuits you worked on. It is interesting how I did it specially, without hardly any test gear. I would love to visit with you on the phone about my experiences. We would have fun visiting about all of them, love the little phrases you have. I guess mine is woofers and tweeters yes, those round things that vibrate And his a dome in the middle of it known as the dustcap hope to visit more soon
thanks for the advice, Chap~!
I feel you about the Weller! I have an old Weller gun I would be lost without. Had it for years too! I think a moment of silence is in order for that Weller Iron. Bette Midler singing Memories was also really appropriate I am sure! Great video as always Shango! Regards, Paul
this why i have 7-8 soldering irons
@@CATech1138 I have a lot of them. But there is always a favorite one.
Awesome video -- 5 stars.
Wow! 2 hours!! Great!!
Thanks for taking us out in the desert with you. That was a real highlight.
My weller died a few years ago. I'm pretty sure you can still get heater elements for them. I was able to get an new heater for mine from farnell or rs, iron now is good as new.
Curious about the battery instructions inside the case at the start of the vid. Didn't know disposable AA mercury batteries were a thing. Must have been great for the environment, I'm guessing such things got banned early on.
"alkaline" batteries like, Mallory Duracells, had mercury in them when I was a kid. You could squeeze it out with a pair of pliers and it would run down between the floorboards. So, maybe the batteries designated "mercury cells" a few years earlier were more or less the same thing.
I would bring a endfed wire antenna and a long pole and my Yeasu FT991A and try some DX ing. in that desert. 73s PD0ROH
I used to do that. Talk to Hawaiian Japan all the time at Gray Line from here
Good luck sir 🎉
Thank you for another cool video. (transistor Wars)
Caliper bolts get loose sometimes. I went to the dealer for a replacement one time and told them what I needed. He immediately reached under the counter and without even looking handed me a new bolt. Loctite is your friend!
That sunset shot with the moon out is spectacular. On the automotive side of things,your missing caliper bolt and loose wheel lugnuts are another reason I'm glad I do all the work on my cars. Once a friend that had a new work truck for their business took it to the dealership for a free oil change and the person who did the work didnt tighten the drain plug on the oil pan and the engine leaked most of the oil out road on their way back to the shop. If they hadn't noticed the snail trail of oil on the ground when they parked and caught it the motor would have been ruined. Another thing that tire shops do quite frequently is jack cars up by the rockers denting them in. Stuff like this annoys and angers me. The level of incompetence today is amazing. Anyone working in auto repair should know what they are doing,excercise care with other peoples property and always double check their work.
I would love too bring out my Gilligan's Island radio slash Channel Master model 6562 and see how she would perform !! Keep the video's coming !!
I can do a Channel Master radio in the future. I have plenty of them around here and they are pretty good
In order to properly test the Gilligan's Island radio you have to be on an island and use batteries made from coconut shells and papaya paste,then hit Gilligan on the head with your hat when it fails to work because Gilligan drank the contents of the coconut batteries.
Great video this week. I thought it would feel long at 2 hours but it was really engaging. Pretty scary how nonchalant your friend was about calliper mounting bolts falling off his car.
My seller Wc-100 soldering station that I bought in 1997 just died just last month. I got 27 years out of that soldering station. best soldering station I have ever owned.
Now that’s a great video:)
Hei.. gostei muito acrescentou facilidade técnica com precisão, o reparo com Tiny Spectrum Analyser, muito bom seus vídeos, até aqui no outro lado do planeta.....
Thirty Five. imagine every one of these placed in E Waste stream if AM was discontinued as a thing. I had one of those Roll Royce cars from Radio Shack, and a Marlboro Pack one featured here. it worked pretty well
"Schaefer is the one beer to have when you are having more than one.”
Had a Stewart ST-804, styled much like the newer Westinghouse. Recall it cost maybe $10 of change ca. 1968 at the local import shop that was called 'Advance Sales'. Inflation calculator says this is $90 in Mar. 2024 money.
I would also be concerned about 2 strangers approaching in such a remote place, particularly if weapons are easily available - they probably felt exactly the same way, but hey, life is always a risk. Great video, thank you.
have a Westinghouse radio that is similar in size to that one but is made to be used in the landscape orientation. The radio I have has a built in light and cigarette lighter lol, it also has flip out terminals that let you plug the radio directly into a wall outlet and charge it.
Wow!! most of those have been thrown away!
I have a pair of Westinghouse Wilkie talkies from my childhood in the 1960’s. Similar style. They look brand new. They have been sitting in a drawer in my parents house for over fifty years now. Don’t remember if they had batteries left in them.
Your videos have a nasty effect on me, after watching this one and a few more of you using the little device, I had to have one. I didn't get the ultra but the one I did get is almost like yours, just a bit smaller screen, I have used it on a few of the transistor radios that I have repaired after learning how by watching your videos, it is a blast If my wife were still alive she would be shaking her head at my waste of money but if I use it then it isn't a waste Thanks a million for the videos, even if they do cost me a few bucks, I need something to occupy the hours that God keeps putting on my plate while I await joining my wife and the rest of the family in where ever we go after this life.
This was a great video, I think I would have brought a QRP HF rig with me and used that old wood tower to support a antenna.
In Toronto, there are snow dunes!
2:04:52 "Welcome to a new episode of Just rolled in!" 😅
Bella esperienza....forte
Wow what a cool video I would like to see more videos like that that the then I like to do some time with sertn radio s 😃😃😃😃
Thanks!
Thanks
If you had fifty of them radios in a bucket, you’d have a bucket of turds! What an entertaining vid! This is why I never watch woke tv when clearly the real entertainment is watching Shango! Love your vids bro!
The Shasta can is 1970s-early 80s style pull top. Westinghouse so good I could forgive the dull design!
My old Weller SP-25 wouldn't heat up enough anymore - guess it built resistance. The 40w Weller from the hardware store (2nd one in three years) is a p.o.s. I bought myself a Hakko for Christmas and it works awesome.
Cool sand dunes. As someone who was born and raised in Toronto I can attest first hand that there are no sand dunes there Shango.
Funny to hear an American discussing kilometres and litres. Even though I’m Canadian I really prefer imperial. Miles and gallons and 11/32nds of an inch if you please.
Thanks.
Memories of soldering irons long ago....
21:04 there were soviet radios using third harmonic of the oscillator as the heterodyne, nothing really surprises you anymore after that point. I considered converting old soviet era tuners from 65-74MHz band to 88-108MHz band by going from below, as this is usually easier to achieve, semiconductors are kinda meh and they are not always happy oscillating at higher frequencies, which may require some changes to coils, to get things running again.
As long as there is no AFC, it's fine to do it from below.
This was one of the most visually stunning videos I've seen in a while and another great repair to boot. Felt like I was watching a movie at times.
Shango066,yeah! unusual -
I don't know about Toronto but we do have sand dunes in Saskatchewan. I should spend more time there, I'm not that far away.