Dad tests the Retio (retro nixie tube clock!)

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Thanks so much to the viewer who sent the Retio, it's definitely a conversation piece! It's a bit pricey, but for someone who loves nixie tubes, vintage electronics, radio, and fine woodworking... it's about as close to a perfect product as it gets!
Here are links to all the other odds-and-ends we talked about in the video:
- Retio: retio.co
- Wicked Device Angular Clock Kit: www.jameco.com/z/ANGCLKV1-Wic...
- Robot USB 2.0 Hub: www.ideastage.com/Robot-USB-2...
- Non-contact voltage tester: amzn.to/3N2uk8N
- Insignia HD Radio Portable Player NS-HD01: www.ebay.com/itm/175316195043
- RTL-SDR Blog V3 Software Defined Radio: amzn.to/3xu9ppa
- Airspy SDR Software: airspy.com
- SPARC HD Radio SHD-T750: amzn.to/3mYwGef
- TWTADE SSR-25AA 25A AC Relay: amzn.to/3tJyknX
- Drone - DJI Mavic Pro: amzn.to/3y20oW1
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#FathersDay #Engineering #Retio
Contents:
00:00 - Unboxing (Jeff)
00:58 - Dad's Desk and SDR
04:33 - Unboxing (Dad)
05:44 - Testing Retio (clock and radio)
07:52 - Testing Retio (bluetooth)
10:24 - More knick knacks
11:24 - Drone for Tower inspection
12:28 - 5000 watts!
13:06 - Conclusion

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@michaelvilain8457 2 жыл бұрын

That was terrific. My dad is no longer with us but I could imagine him reacting similarly to something like this. I passed this link to this to friends and clients with engineer dads.

@MarcoGPUtuber 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! I know this! The perfect Father's Day gift for an engineer is another Geerling Engineering video!

@ChrisFredriksson 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the clock, really beautiful! But the best part of the video was you two chatting and showing off stuff on the desk, the drone footage and all other info. Love the video big time! ❤

@Ratchet_effect 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Father's Day to all us Dads alive & those gone but not forgotten 😇 I have that exact same Wall-E USB Hub Also a Monkey both came from Avon 10+ years ago 👍🏻

@SorinOltean77 2 жыл бұрын

You guys have such a wonderful relation, one every father-son should have!

@stevenwright991 4 ай бұрын

Man... I love these videos, you should do like a monthly video tour of youre dads desk... he's got all kinds of goodies and parts on his desk 🤠👌

@draz1c844 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, lovely dad & son relationship, so heart-warming! P.S: Joe reminds me of "Bob Gunton" a little bit hahaha (I might be crazy though lol)

@HaskellMoore Жыл бұрын

That's really a cool radio. But even better is the relationship between you and your father!

@alexlandherr Жыл бұрын

I have the same model of SDR, though I use it for recording satellite images from NOAA satellites.

@TheJimmyCartel Жыл бұрын

Your dad's got a pretty cool job :)

@GeerlingEngineering Жыл бұрын

I think so too! Lots of hands-on electronics work, with a huge variety of equipment.

@dmacpher Жыл бұрын

Haha - love the SDR in the background

@MarcoGPUtuber 2 жыл бұрын

It's woodgrain. LGR approves!

@dfmayes Жыл бұрын

Looks like walnut.

@WobblycogsUk 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in seeing inside that radio if your Dad does take it apart. I'm particularly interested in how the box is built as it appears to have an unusual construction. None of the parts of the box are hard to make but getting the fit and finish just right is going to be tough. They've got a potential issue with cross grain expansion on the back, it's fighting against the long grain on the sides. Cool gadget though, I'd certainly pleased to get one.

@JeffGeerling 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely! My Dad did take it apart already (he's trying to debug that RF circuit), and I'm thinking of doing a follow-up.

@leetaylor3304 Жыл бұрын

How? How did you receive yours? I’ve been waiting two years for mine to be delivered, like many many other people.

@johnstraatmann9618 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Easy-to-Read clock!

@johnstraatmann9618 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, the other *other* right!

@GeerlingEngineering Жыл бұрын

Haha

@LunaWuna Жыл бұрын

I recognize SDR# :) I've played with SDRs for years

@LunaWuna Жыл бұрын

He is using an RTL-SDR stick and those are cheap af and very impressive for the price (30 dollars ish)

@GReadyPrints 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video I think I'll make this for myself 🤣👍👍👍

@GeerlingEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like the Nixie Clock site has a lot of kits available, it would be neat if they could make the insides part of a kit for a bit less so you could 3D print or craft your own outer case for it, since that seems to be their production hold up!

@GReadyPrints 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeerlingEngineering i agree 👍 hey thank your dad for me for having an amazing son 😎💪👍

@Juste.Futari 7 ай бұрын

Hey, I was wondering if you still have the paper instructions that came with this beautiful piece. I displaced mine, thinking I can always find it online, buuuuuut for once it backfired because the website is down. Now I need the instructions for re-setup and can't find them!

@OscarInAsia Жыл бұрын

Well, at least you got one. Apparently thousands of folks on Kickstarter (myself included) have been waiting 2 years for it. It now looks like the company has sent them to China for final assembly.... Or the company did a runner and plan to blame China for the problems.

@JeffGeerling Жыл бұрын

My Dad and I did a teardown of the Retio (hopefully a post soon on that!), and I know exactly why it's taken so long to ship-the wood enclosure is extremely finicky to finish, and would probably take a fairly skilled woodworker at least half an hour to cut and finish. And that's a very optimistic estimate! I hope they can figure out a way to get past that, because the unit is very nice overall, with the exception of the radio functionality (which we'll discuss in that follow-up video).

@aguegu314 Жыл бұрын

China is kinda the last resort to the problems.

@BMC117 Жыл бұрын

That radio looks like something that would come out of fallout four

@brandonhowsare2718 Ай бұрын

Sadly, Retio is 3years behind and still hasn’t shipped to most of its backers. They are exporting production to china now so most of us KS backers will likely never see this product with our own eyes except for the few who did get theirs shipped to them in early production before they ran into issues.

@JeffGeerling Ай бұрын

Yeah, one of the slow failures I've seen play out on Kickstarter. It's been a while since I talked to the team behind it, but I remember they mentioned the details (especially the wood finishing) were what held up production. It required a skilled woodworker to make every enclosure. We revisited the Retio later I think in our 'Where does AM radio go from here?' video, and my Dad mentioned more from using it a while (the radio tuner's not great, though Bluetooth worked okay).

@frankbohnen2347 2 жыл бұрын

"When the batteries die, you stop" 😉 I guess, unwanted comedy.

@bobroberts2371 Жыл бұрын

Error message: It is getting dark and my batteries are low. . . . .

@kyleallred984 2 жыл бұрын

And I thought sourcing the nixie tubes would be the bottle neck.

@GeerlingEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

That's the crazy thing-apparently they have a lot of PCBs and the electronics ready to go, the bottleneck is woodworkers, since a number have left the SF area in the past year or so.

@yomboprime 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't you tear it apart before? Beware, someone could have sneaked in a microphone and a cell phone module. Although your dad can detect that without opening it, i guess.

@GeerlingEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, I just got word my Dad will be tearing it open to see if he can get that radio distortion sorted out ;)

@eslib2 Жыл бұрын

The kickstarter for this product has been hell!!!! Been two years and nothing yet. How did you get it? BS

@ingenfestbrems Жыл бұрын

I’m just saying your father have good music taste Earth Wind and Fire 🔥 Let’s groove 🥓⚡️⚡️🥓🥓⚡️🥓🥓

@Tntdruid 2 жыл бұрын

13 days too late lol

@justinbustin677 6 ай бұрын

Trouble making them is because of the nixie tubes. No one really makes them.

@snorkupine210 Жыл бұрын

The sound quality and reception is poor and the controls don't respond quickly. Threw mine in the trash. The cool tubes aren't enough for me to enjoy it.