Cool... it's amazing how many gazillions of variations of that 5-tube circuit appeared in sets all around the world through the years back then
@rareblues78daddy
7 жыл бұрын
I once worked for a broadcasting company where nobody in the station ever listened to make sure we were broadcasting. It was a total shitshow, and it's more common than you would think.
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah the local broadcasting company here are a bunch of idiots.
@vader0ne
7 жыл бұрын
Love AM radio,use to DJ on local am station for 7 years great memories..
@ladr1550
7 жыл бұрын
I LOVE these AA5 radios. So simple and fun.
@tonyblackmon6356
6 жыл бұрын
I helped build WBAF, 1090 in Barnesville, Georgia, back in the later part of the 60's. Since then, the antenna and transmitter have been replaced and it now operates at 500 WATTS. It's still operating but it's hard to hear from where I live, and it's about 12 miles away. I sure miss the old tube gear.
@45AMT
6 жыл бұрын
Grew up not to far from there...
@tonyblackmon6356
6 жыл бұрын
I was born in Thomaston and raised in Barnesville. I guess I'll die here. I really enjoy watching you rebuild radios and radio's have fascinated me all my life. I gave away all my equipment because of my wife's sickness, and my eyes fail me now. But the smell of radio components and the light from the tubes carry me back to the 50's when I first got started in it. Don't ever give up your talents in radio.
@45AMT
6 жыл бұрын
I worked at Thomaston mills before they shut down. Spent a lot of my life in Macon and Roberta. Because of jobs i'm now here in SC. Glad to have you on the channel. Good to hear from someone back home.
@tonyblackmon6356
6 жыл бұрын
A lot of my cousins worked there too, before it shut down. Does Wayne or Randy Blackmon sound familiar? Thomaston is my home town. I used to work with Harlin Holloway on WTGA AM transmitter and WSFT, 1220. I also played in several bands. The Saints and JUNKSHUN. Ever hear of these bands? Glad to finally meet someone on youtube with the same interest.
@45AMT
6 жыл бұрын
Can't say as i've heard of them. I use to work with a guy named Lamar Haygood. Wonder how he's doing these days? Time flies!
@Rebel9668
7 жыл бұрын
Great little radio. Arvin was made in Columbus, Indiana about an hour's drive from me. Nowadays Columbus is better known for building Cummins diesels. I fully understand about the signal being out. Our local AM station drops the signal fairly often and it's a manned station, lol. When I'm trying to listen and it's down I go on the owner's facebook page and tell them it's down again. Last time I did that the owner sent me a message on fb telling me they were working on it. I thought to myself they must be "working on it" a lot.
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
Yep I know about Columbus. I was at there hamfest this year.
@Rebel9668
7 жыл бұрын
I wish I had known that they have one. I would have went myself, lol.
@stormlight4184
7 жыл бұрын
Nice looking radio and great job on bringing it back to life. I agree that there's a problem in many cities and towns with AM broadcast stations. Many managers and radio sell's people find it hard to sell time on the AM station. Many business people feel that no one listens to AM anymore, but that is not true. I believe many people would still tune in to AM if they were being offered high quality unique programming from a high quality broadcast transmitter and transmitting antenna that was being maintained to high standards.
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@dougmcartin3881
7 жыл бұрын
Here in the New York City Tri State area we have just the opposite problem. The dial is full of 50 KW clear channel network owned stations that are either Rush and Sean all day, sports talk, or news and traffic reports. At the upper end of the dial you will find some local stations but very few left. No music except for a rare ethic station of one variety or another. The total concern of the program directors of these station is revenue from the drive time commuter audience that still listen to AM. Very sad but true I'm afraid. Good restore. Well done..
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
WCBS 880 is a powerhouse from up there! We get that down here most nights year around. Very few music stations here. The ones we do have are simulcast from FM. Thanks Glad you liked the video!
@Radiowild
7 жыл бұрын
That's one good looking radio! Any of the Arvin sets to cross my bench has been a solid performer. Even their transistor stuff performs above average. Betcha that was a whole lot lighter after you removed the dust!
@Boozion
7 жыл бұрын
Nice little radio. To bad your am band is practically dead on your side of the states. I feel very lucky here in the NW. We still have a abundant amount of am radio stations to listen to. I love the old sound of those radios. Anyway nice find. Take care. 😀
@td7456
7 жыл бұрын
Nice Radio!Last year I restored the "TL" version of this radio. I had to replace the on/off, volume pot! Very Painful! The replacement had a round shaft & trying to get it fitted to that knob was NOT fun. I don't know how rare these are but you don't see a whole lot of these on eBay...
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah definitely fitting those shafts aren't fun!
@IDPhotoMan
Жыл бұрын
That's a cute little guy
@veiledzorba
9 ай бұрын
Nice video - and I didn't know about the caps in the IF cans - I always thought they were pure inductors, so I learned something new today. I have a white 451 TL I'm going to restore. Dunno the difference between the 450 and 451 versions - but I'll compare the chassis number to yours. Did you align it?
@simplyretro9887
4 жыл бұрын
Yeh I just got one and those Capacitors in that one look different and it must have been serviced
@eugenetheodore2956
4 жыл бұрын
Did you repair the if can without removing it from the radio? If so, how did you do it?
@HappyHellscapes
7 жыл бұрын
Around where I live the am band is kinda like public access, lotsa local stations, mostly conspiracy theorists, news, classic rock, and classical.
@ladr1550
7 жыл бұрын
You should restore a television one of these days.
@matthewbest7513
7 жыл бұрын
Thank god one the fm dial we have kshe 95 the world's oldest fm rock radio station in the world. Not much music on the am dial.
@nor4277
6 жыл бұрын
Is their a way to filter out the camera noise ,I no certain power strips filter out emi and rfi interference or no .I think that going to be a very nice radio when you are done ,love the video,I keep a paint brush and canned air out for Dusty radios or other old stuff ,hope you have something better
@jim8230
7 жыл бұрын
I think the FCC would be very interested in that station's antics. If you have a license to broadcast you must maintain the signal or file with the FCC.
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
They're morons They had no clue there transmitter went down 3 months ago!
@TerryMcKean
7 жыл бұрын
The CW at 04:00 said "U A P E / R".... what is that repeater connected with?
@jordanch68
7 жыл бұрын
I have a white 450-TL I need to restore, not sure what the difference between that and a 450T is. Great video!
@45AMT
7 жыл бұрын
Likely just a color or trim difference. If the chassis is the same number it's basically the same set.
@dgmarkham
5 жыл бұрын
I read on-line that the difference is a lighted dial (look at the image next to my name). However the one here doesn't appear to have a lighted dial. I refurbished a 451 TL which can be seen here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/u5191puBjpperHo . They do not seem to show up as often as the non-lighted versions.
@sirmugman
7 жыл бұрын
that's dusty but i think shango066 tv beats it still! but yeah that's dusty serpised the thing even turned on without burning something, maybe if you left it to get hot it would but it works
@Ziggysprints
7 жыл бұрын
Those caps were second-rate the day they shipped from the factory.
@johnsimms3957
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could modify these radios to play a computer through them.
@spidyr2k
5 жыл бұрын
don't have to mess with customizing a classic old tube radio. better to get an am transmitter and plug your pc or phone into that. then just tune in the transmitter frequency on the radio dial.
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