Troubleshoot And Repair Electronics - 1950's Radio Receiver!

Let's fix this rare vintage receiver from the 50's. See the radio come to life!

#troubleshoot #electronics #repair

[aryonllewellyn]

Hi Paul. Please perform a full restoration on the radio. I'd love to see how well it works afterwards.

[bradnelson]

Yes, sir. I would love to see a complete restoration. That old thing deserves a little TLC. Really nice job so far.

[jnorthrup]

Paul, you explain the radio circuitry so effortlessly a lay person can understand. Please perform a full restore.

[strummergr]

A great shout-out to RCC, Paul! I took one of their courses in (about) 1964, but that radio was not included! I would very much like it to have been, as I took Electronics for three years in High School (Burnaby Central Senior Secondary) and was much into tube radios, TV maintenance and ham-radio-lite all through h.s. and my first three years at college.
During the h.s. course (all three years) we studied DC, AC and tube circuits in each of the years, and built an all-american five as a display with each major circuit on its own 12x18 hardboard card, which slid into a horizontal frame and were connected by banana-plug leads. It worked fine! All my classmates went on to get Masters and PhD's, but I didn't! Still, very much enjoying electronics mainly as a hobby, along with music and astronomy, and had a side job for many years fixing the electronics in electronic accordions (I don't play!) from all tube through the years to very modern, if 2010 is 'modern'!
Thanks for the video!

[cloudwalker]

repairing the long past electronics is my favourite 😊👍

[briankays]

Thanks for this video. I'm guessing it's old hat for you by now but for me (having restored a few tube radios) it's still valuable to watch the process. That radio is a very cool find and, like any other tube radio, I think it pays homage to past builders and engineers to do a proper restoration. Maybe it's not worth a bunch of money but these old radios are a statement to the ingenuity of mankind and I feel like they should be treated with as much respect as we can muster. Your whole channel is a testament to that! Thanks again for spreading the knowledge!

[GoCorvette]

Excellent job. Pay attention kids and take his classes if you want to be the best. Mr. Carlson is a highly qualified teacher. Take care, Mike, in the USA.

[romancharak]

Nice to see Roberson screws holding the back panel in place. A great Canadian invention.

[williamdefeline]

There is just something satisfying when you've worked on an old radio or amp and those first sounds start coming through the speaker.

[waltschannel]

Very clean example of an instructional kit radio from a source that US subscribers like me never heard of.

[pierremartel]

This is a piece of history for the Canadian College of Radio. It should be restored and well publicised into Youtube for the prosperity. If you dont do it, who would? Yes, it is a small radio, that have no real special thing for itself BUT from being built by a tech. It shows what electronic people needed to do and learn to be accepted into the radio field way back when. This need to be known. Please, restore it ;-)

[caseyjones]

Definitely a full restoration! I've been screaming at you all through the video to replace that coupling capacitor before you lose another audio transformer! It would be great to hear your observations on the design as well.

[WRMD]

When going through the "short" tests with my tube tester, I like to tap on the glass to see if there is anything intermittent while switching through each test. I have found bad tubes this way that otherwise tested good. Also, thanks again for including a nixie tube piece of gear in every video. Have a great day!

[arcburn]

Thanks for the video. Watching this is nostalgic for me. In the early 70s I took a Bell and Howell home study electronics coarse in which I built a multimeter and an oscilloscope that involved utilizing vacuum tubes and transistors. I ended up welding as a career, but was always able to repair my own welding machines as well as a few for other people. Now being retired, I find myself helping others with automotive electrical and recently fixed a mig welder for my grandson. So the coarse has served me well. I have always been fascinated with radio theory. I subscribed to your channel today.

[donl]

Thank you Professor Carlson and what a nice build whoever did this. When you think of the 50's you also think of a lot of "art-deco" look of the 20s-30s. Except the 50's was all about tons of chrome on the cars and creative looks for some of the radios. This radio is a well-built, old school, plain jane radio that works (after repaired by you). Thank you for sharing PS, yes, restore it !

[albertocarballomontenegro]

Go to a full restoration, Paul. I Love the Way It comes to life

[terrym]

Let this radio have a new lease on life Mr C. It does work as designed 70yrs ago and as you said the builder did a good job so... restoration time. Tubes/valves amaze me at how they were visualized and invented. This was a great video showing the troubleshooting and diagnosis, thanks for another invaluable episode. See ya next time.

[docsav]

Yes please do a full restoration. Thank you!

[leonardpeters]

When I went to tech school we had to build a Heathkit VTVM and a black and white television. It was plenty of work and I enjoyed it. I remember seeing the box and bags full of parts for the TV and thinking, this will never work. I used it for years after building it. The Heathkit VTVM served me for years but got destroyed in a magnitude 7 earthquake. That's right, it took an earthquake!

[jukingeo]

Yes, please do the full restoration on this. It is a good example of an old 5 tuber radio and it has a nice cabinet too. Finally, that big speaker should produce some really nice sound.