Electronic Restoration- 1947 Belmont Radio Receiver 5D128

Let's bring this beautiful Belmont receiver back to life. Click the SHOW MORE tab below for links.

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[nyckhampson]

1947 radio by BELMONT, how sweet Carlson you have my attention Sir ....
In March 2024
Love the work you put in capacitors that turn resistor, tubes are
Ill just watch you
Peace ☮️ all ....

[JerryEricsson]

You know today's young folks have no idea of the importance of those old AM only radios back in their day. Having grown up on a small farm some 25 miles from the nearest town over roads that, on a good day were thought at one time to have had a bit of gravel on them, in an area so remote that electrical power, while available on the pole that went past the farm was never brought to the house. Old battery pack radios were it! They were what the television became, they were our internet, our access to the outside, they were our entertainment system, they were the door to the theater of the mind. I can still remember some of the old shows that we used to listen to in that darkened living room, the kerosene lamp in the kitchen furnishing the only illumination as it filtered through the door. Now to see one of those amazing machines brought back to life is, well a trip into the past. Thanks, your rebuilds are always so complete and the care you take in restoring these old fellows, well it is a testament to your love of those old days when things were so very different. God how I miss those days.

[XENONEOMORPH]

I could listen to this guy and never get bored, what a genius and simply explained for a novice like me.

[SuperFredAZ]

I am glad you bring up the need for isolation transformer. Anyone intending to work on these old receivers, should invest in an isolation transformer as you suggest. That should be the very first piece of equipment they buy.

[coffindancer]

Really enjoy your show. My dad was a dedicated ham radio operator. I grew up with tune radios. He had big wooden radios and told me in no uncertain terms, that tubes sound better! Loool he was correct! Later he got his first class radio telephone license and became cheif engineer at a radio/tv station. I play guitar and bass, and wont ever play without at least a preamp tube in the signal path. Best sounding bass amp ive ever owned is my Mesa Boogie Walkabout Scout. Its a true combo with fully cased removeable amp. It has 2 12ax7's, and sounds fabulous!!! I also have a 50's heathkit mono hi fi amp. 2 6L6, with tube rectifier. original mullard preamp tubes. After watching you, i think i need to recap it, even though nothing is leaky or cracked. Great show!!

[Puggyful]

I used to work on radios like that in a local repair shop when I was a kid, . I am now 84

[c_ya]

That radio is a really nice piece. I appreciate your attention to detail. I worked on countless units like this when I was growing up. I learned early that a plastic I.F. alignment tool was a good thing. I didn't have a scope back then so I would just tune to a station around 1000 Kc and adjust for maximum volume. The scope method is obviously better. I thoroughly enjoyed witnessing how it should be done. Thank you!

[jaked.]

I cant tell you how much I enjoy your fabulous radio instruction and repair ideas, My Dad used to fix neighbours radios many moons ago as he was trained not only in that, but did radar detection work in Iceland during the War. Many thanks and I'll keep watching, and learning a little:) Jake

[danev]

Back in the early and mid 1950's I lived in a housing project in San Francisco. I made a good amount of cash replacing burned out tubes and by the time I was in high school, replacing capacitors and such with a weller soldering iron. I was fortunate to go to an after school lab to learn the fine points of oscilloscopes and tube theory. Thanks for the memories...

[bobvines]

Paul, you make these electronic restorations look so easy. At least when all you need to do is replace failed & failing components.... I wish you had taken a couple of minutes to show how the "preset mechanism" actually works -- down in the weeds. Thank you for your great videos -- no fluff like so many other channels have!

[greggaieck]

Mr Carlson you are good at electronics restoration of vintage shortwave radio Receivers and Aliament

[Vtrontv]

Whenever i see you sitting in your chair, I feel like you are in a space station! My dad use to repair these sets when i was a kid. Glad i can see those repairs again. Thank you!

[MrMorphix]

I don't think I have any intentions of restoring old electronics like this. It's just charmingly interesting to see not only how things were done, but to see it restored back to that tolerance with modern components.

[greggaieck]

MR Carlson your Belmont Radio River D128 From 1947 is cool

[edmondedwards]

I always enjoy your videos and your depth of detailed knowledge. Something I do when I begin a restoration of these small table radios that have the speaker fastened to the chassis is to cut a piece of cardboard to cover the speaker face, holding it on with the mounting holes around the edge of the speaker frame. The cone paper is thin, rather brittle sometimes, and an accidental bump or tool hitting it could lkely tear or put a hole in it. I have two cardboard covers made up for this purpose, one for a 4" speaker such as this one, and one for a 4"x6" speaker in the Bendix 302 I just finished. I have a Belmont 6D-111 recently finished, with the same cool tuning system that the 5D128 uses. Thanks Mr. Carlson

[greggaieck]

Mr Carlson your vintage Belmont radio Receiver 5D-1228 with broadcast band is good for DXing at night and day from 1947 is cool

[PeterMilanovski]

I have seen similar radio's that have been painted in candy apple green or even red and they look amazing! I think it was on one of D Lab's video tours of a swap meet... The colour puts new life into the radio and really catches the eye.. I'm not much of a radio person so I don't see myself getting one but if I was to find one that has a nice shape to it, like the one in your video, I would definitely restore it and have it painted. As they stand, they fade into the background if you don't use them but in a bright colour, they instantly become a conversation piece and when people find out it's age, they just gotta hear it! And therefore gets some use LOL... Otherwise in my hands, it would just sit there.. And that would be a shame...

[jimbogusky]

I took vocational technical school electronics in high school. My instructor was very old school and insisted that we learn vacuum tubes and how to use a slide rule, I'm so glad he did!


I've had an interest in 1960s-70s car radios for many decades, but never from a component level.


A few years ago I heard a Marshall tube amp at a small concert, ever since I have fallen in love with tube amps!


A few weeks ago my wife mentioned that it would be cool to have an old stereo console in our guest bedroom.
Now I'm in search of a tube amp stereo console, and even if it works I will HAVE TO fine tune it. lol


This vid and your tube 101 vid was a perfect refresher on electronics that I can apply to solid state electronics as well.


Thank you!

[AssignmentUniverse]

Very nice tutorial. Clear and concise. Much appreciated.

[akaJughead]

I like to see examples of old electronics like this. You can see how much things have changed, and in some ways how much some things have stayed the same.