Hello again. Another enjoyable video. That is a classy piece of pioneer equipment from the days when you got your money's worth. With decent sound quality and bombproof construction you couldn't really go wrong with pioneer in the late 70s and early 80s. Once again a very interesting and informative video. Cheers Chris.
The owner wouldn't get that back from me unless he was prepared to prise it from my cold, dead hands! Loved the lateral thinking regarding the FM alignment.
16:50 540kHz Kossuth Radio from Transmitter Solt, Hungary I bought one of these small pocket transmitters for the exact same purpose. You can also attenuate the signal by putting the little thing inside some metal box and ground it. Then leave some opening on the box so that only the needed RF comes out.
Nice result! I agree on leaving it alone as much as possible and really prefer the look of incandescent lamps over LEDs. Not to mention 12v lamps running at 8v will last nearly forever.
I have to admit, that does look beautiful in its own way. Not my cup of tea style wise but I do get why some people love it. Impressive control panel and construction. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job!! I'd love to get my hands of such a machine one day.. On the LED conversion... the method you describe causes flickering at 50Hz.. I usually rectify (one phase) the AC and then add an Electrolytic, which nearly eliminates all flicker.
Welcome to the world of FM DX'ing! If you get FM stations from the Canary Islands, you must have had tropospheric conditions. Layers in the atmosphere with a different refraction index cause the signals to bend back to earth, so they can reach locations of hundreds of kilometers away. If you listen a few hours (or days later), these conditions will probably be gone and you won't hear them anymore. And while you have these conditions, please also try to listen on another good FM receiver, like that Grundig Satellit 2000.
Started with tubies. Then classic receivers. For the time and effort, the classic silver receivers win hands down. SW is not what it used to be. But FM or aux can sound amazing. Working on a Pioneer sx626 with a Yamaha cr820 right behind it.
Thanks for your channel Manuell, your video work is very good and you always have great content. I suspect that having to do all the camera work sometimes takes away from the enjoyment of the restoration hobby. So again thanks for sharing.
It depends on how important it is to you, but since most, if not all, radio stations must identify on a regular basis, you can start at one end, listen until you get the call letters of the station, write it down, then move to the next one till you are at the other end of the band. Then you take your list of stations, use the internet and find the location, frequency transmitted, and any other information you might want. The little FM transmitter you used to align with, what is the brand name and model of that device?
This is the one: [7,57€ 27% OFF]3.5 milímetros de áudio sem fio carro música transmissor fm para ipod iphone móvel Car Electronics from Automóveis e Motocicletas on banggood banggood.app.link/ry8tGLNKdbb
In Europe the radio stations don't have 'call letters' to identify. You have to wait for the next news (which are usually broadcast every hour) to find out the station name. And, as shown, they might have Arabic names...
Is the design/build of a 80-110Mhz signal generator on your 'To Do' list ? Save a lot of wear and tear on the floor, and associated scowls from 'She who must be obeyed' :-}
The scowls from “she who must be obeyed” ended when I told her that a few hundred Euros would put an end to my walkabouts - a HP signal generator. She suggested the walking could be good exercise 😊
Wonderful as always. I always watch your videos and i am from Serbia. I was shocked thay you receive Hungarian AM on 540kHz. I never saw you could receive it there.
Was that the language? I had no idea. This receiver is really sensitive, and the mini whip is a great antenna for AM, but I also find that surprising. Thanks for letting us know.
@@electronicsoldandnew Yes. It is quite strong 2MW antenna, but to reach that far that's amazing. Mostly i get covered with strong Romanian and Hungarian broadcasters. Sometimes i can hear Barcelona on a longwire.
@@electronicsoldandnew that's been on my list for a quite some time, but there are many opinions whether to make it yourself, or buy an original one or a Chinese one.... Btw. I also repair tube radios and this standard european type i figured out all the Russian substitutions but for EABC80. If you need any advice, please write. I see that ECC85 are getting more expensive so i tried russian 6N1P and it works like a charm. EF80/89 can substitute 6K13P or 6J51P. Unfortunately our EI Niš tube industry has been busted and tubes sold all around the world.
Subscriber count bet, how goes the bet with your daughter on the reveal? What were the terms of the bed again? Well I can certainly understand one's reluctance to give up anonymity, once gone it can never be recovered.
@@electronicsoldandnew Sorry if I brought up an ugly subject, no pun intended. If your daughter didn't have specific criteria, down a custom a Portuguese pirate, a cardboard reproduction of a tube valve. Anyways thank you for putting up with my attempts at humor.
Great substitution for frequency generator. Can you get sweep with your tablet app? Here in the states we would say, "you just can't eat one potatoe chip" with regards to working on this type of equipment. So, would end up buying from yard sales, etc and having way to many lying around.Enjoyed watching.
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Very,very clever on your FM alignment.Hats off.You Sir are a very resourceful man.Well done.
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Hello again. Another enjoyable video. That is a classy piece of pioneer equipment from the days when you got your money's worth. With decent sound quality and bombproof construction you couldn't really go wrong with pioneer in the late 70s and early 80s. Once again a very interesting and informative video. Cheers Chris.
Glad you liked it.
The owner wouldn't get that back from me unless he was prepared to prise it from my cold, dead hands!
Loved the lateral thinking regarding the FM alignment.
i had to fight the same temptation 😊
16:50 540kHz Kossuth Radio from Transmitter Solt, Hungary
I bought one of these small pocket transmitters for the exact same purpose. You can also attenuate the signal by putting the little thing inside some metal box and ground it. Then leave some opening on the box so that only the needed RF comes out.
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great video. That's not what I'm restoring in my videos, but I think it's so great to watch!
thanks
Another great restoration Manuel. Your frequency generator workaround is something I can relate to. Well done!
thanks
Lovely work! Now imagine one of these in an official Pioneer rack with all of its sister components..and matching speakers! *drools* 🤤
Yes, I can imagine. Would definitely need a second mortgage for that 😊
I'm still working on that.
flic.kr/p/2k7YeH8
@@schorse1000 Nice!
Nice result! I agree on leaving it alone as much as possible and really prefer the look of incandescent lamps over LEDs. Not to mention 12v lamps running at 8v will last nearly forever.
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I have to admit, that does look beautiful in its own way. Not my cup of tea style wise but I do get why some people love it. Impressive control panel and construction. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure.
Stunning
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Very enjoyable series. Thanks
my pleasure
Nice job!! I'd love to get my hands of such a machine one day.. On the LED conversion... the method you describe causes flickering at 50Hz.. I usually rectify (one phase) the AC and then add an Electrolytic, which nearly eliminates all flicker.
The diffuser here seems to make the flicker un-noticeable. I tested it first to check.
Excellent alignment with low cost equipment! Thanks a lot for informative vid.👍
my pleasure
8V soft white LED wedge lamps are pretty readily available. Look great on my SX-1080.
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Welcome to the world of FM DX'ing! If you get FM stations from the Canary Islands, you must have had tropospheric conditions. Layers in the atmosphere with a different refraction index cause the signals to bend back to earth, so they can reach locations of hundreds of kilometers away. If you listen a few hours (or days later), these conditions will probably be gone and you won't hear them anymore. And while you have these conditions, please also try to listen on another good FM receiver, like that Grundig Satellit 2000.
I get the Canaries quite often, but this receiver really got flooded.
Started with tubies. Then classic receivers. For the time and effort, the classic silver receivers win hands down. SW is not what it used to be. But FM or aux can sound amazing. Working on a Pioneer sx626 with a Yamaha cr820 right behind it.
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Fantastic!
thanks
Thanks for your channel Manuell, your video work is very good and you always have great content. I suspect that having to do all the camera work sometimes takes away from the enjoyment of the restoration hobby. So again thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. The camera work is sometimes more time-consuming than the restorations 😊
At 5:50 I have one of those. Comes in handy!
Sure does.
Oh how I liked to have a machine like this some 40 years ago. But that was serious money.
i can imagine 😊
It depends on how important it is to you, but since most, if not all, radio stations must identify on a regular basis, you can start at one end, listen until you get the call letters of the station, write it down, then move to the next one till you are at the other end of the band. Then you take your list of stations, use the internet and find the location, frequency transmitted, and any other information you might want.
The little FM transmitter you used to align with, what is the brand name and model of that device?
This is the one:
[7,57€ 27% OFF]3.5 milímetros de áudio sem fio carro música transmissor fm para ipod iphone móvel Car Electronics from Automóveis e Motocicletas on banggood banggood.app.link/ry8tGLNKdbb
In Europe the radio stations don't have 'call letters' to identify. You have to wait for the next news (which are usually broadcast every hour) to find out the station name. And, as shown, they might have Arabic names...
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yes, yes, very well, very interesting, very well done etc. but speaking of important things, WHERE'S THE CAT? He's been missing for some series now...
He’s still around, but has become very shy :)
Is the design/build of a 80-110Mhz signal generator on your 'To Do' list ? Save a lot of wear and tear on the floor, and associated scowls from 'She who must be obeyed' :-}
The scowls from “she who must be obeyed” ended when I told her that a few hundred Euros would put an end to my walkabouts - a HP signal generator. She suggested the walking could be good exercise 😊
@@electronicsoldandnew Tsk tsk tsk, where is the challenge and sense of achievement in just buying it ? :-}}}
Getting a 100MHz signal stable is quite a challenge. I’ve done it, and it wasn’t easy ... or consistent. But I get your point 😊
Wonderful as always. I always watch your videos and i am from Serbia. I was shocked thay you receive Hungarian AM on 540kHz. I never saw you could receive it there.
Was that the language? I had no idea.
This receiver is really sensitive, and the mini whip is a great antenna for AM, but I also find that surprising. Thanks for letting us know.
@@electronicsoldandnew Yes. It is quite strong 2MW antenna, but to reach that far that's amazing. Mostly i get covered with strong Romanian and Hungarian broadcasters. Sometimes i can hear Barcelona on a longwire.
You should try build the mini whip. It may surprise you.
@@electronicsoldandnew that's been on my list for a quite some time, but there are many opinions whether to make it yourself, or buy an original one or a Chinese one.... Btw. I also repair tube radios and this standard european type i figured out all the Russian substitutions but for EABC80. If you need any advice, please write. I see that ECC85 are getting more expensive so i tried russian 6N1P and it works like a charm. EF80/89 can substitute 6K13P or 6J51P. Unfortunately our EI Niš tube industry has been busted and tubes sold all around the world.
I would certainly like the list of russian substitute tubes. Some are in fact becoming expensive.
quantos wats ele tem por canal
120w por canal, 8 ohms
Subscriber count bet, how goes the bet with your daughter on the reveal?
What were the terms of the bed again?
Well I can certainly understand one's reluctance to give up anonymity, once gone it can never be recovered.
The bet was that I’d show myself in a video when the subscriber count reached 10k.
I see no way out, so am getting ready for the deed :)
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Sorry if I brought up an ugly subject, no pun intended. If your daughter didn't have specific criteria, down a custom a Portuguese pirate, a cardboard reproduction of a tube valve. Anyways thank you for putting up with my attempts at humor.
Your attempts at humour are right on target. Especially the unintended pun 😊
Thanks for making this fun, which it is supposed to be.
There were times, such devices were furnitures. Today Radios are simple ugly. Why is it so?
Consumers are spoilt these days. Too much on offer, with very little quality.
Great substitution for frequency generator. Can you get sweep with your tablet app? Here in the states we would say, "you just can't eat one potatoe chip" with regards to working on this type of equipment. So, would end up buying from yard sales, etc and having way to many lying around.Enjoyed watching.
The tablet does sweep, but it would only sweep the audio signal, which would not be useful.