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Hey there. I have been working with electronics for over 50 yrs. I also have obtained a 1st class FCC licence. i just want to say you are one of the best. you are thorough, give great explanations, easy to understand, and great on screen precense. Your talking on camera has no hesitations, no "ums" or "ahhhh" etc. I notice you go beyond a simple repair and pay strong attention to detail, which is to be admired. My expertise is in professional video tape machine maintenance, and your various videos reminded me of things other than electro-mechanical devices. I commend you sir. keep up the good work!

Ive been in this field for 45 years, however i know nothing compared to you. You take the restoration way beyond me. I am just a repairman.

It isn’t difficult enough to make the repairs, but maintaining an intelligent conversation simultaneously keeps me glued to my screen. Can’t stop watching, and loosing sleep. Don’t stop. John L,

I have never in my 72 years on this earth seen anyone like you! You know you’re making a lot of repair people look really bad! 🤔 But they will improve in the future watching you!

I have been looking for this radio for years. I was blessed that my electronics shop teacher taught me to read and write schematics and repair vintage radios and old school Hi-Fi's and that was back in 2004. Still talked to him off and on over the years until he passed away and his wife gave me 8 large 800 page cardboard binders, filled with schematics of radios from 1912 to 1964. One of em was this radio.

An absolute masterclass. I really appreciate the range of skills on display and all the quality education that comes with it.

I thought my chance was over to have explored electronics as a hobby, since I never took any courses in my younger years. Although I have always been fascinated by high tech, You have made that chance available to me in my 60's. Another finely crafted electronics video. Thank You Mr. Carson!

I've been an embedded systems engineer and professor for 25 years and I've rarely had the pleasure of working with a technician/engineer of your caliber. I unsubscribed from your channel a year ago because I was just fed up with electronics. However, now that I'm retired I subscribed again because I'm back into HAM radio and your channel is the best. Thank you, please keep sharing your work with us. My first restoration will be a Yaesu FT221B. I also have a Yaesu FT857D that needs "refreshing".

You have the priceless ability to make all of your listeners feel intelligent. You never talk down to your audience. You explain the logic and thinking processes behind your choices in great clear detail. Your choice of words is often humorous without trying to be. Your greatest funny moment was when you stated in a dry way that The Wire Insulation in a particular Radio was "FLAKY AS PIE CRUST!" I heard you say that and laughed to myself for days. Mr. Carlson I add my thanks to the many who appreciate all you do to share this awesome craft with us. You are a blessing to us all sir! Keep up the GREAT WORK!

I really love seeing these restoration videos! Always surprises me just how sophisticated tech was in the 30s and such.

Your patience and determination is really inspiring. That chassis was a complete mess, absolutely huge amount of work required to bring that back. To be perfectly honest, if that was put in front of me I'd more than likely have had to do it a little bit at a time over a very long period just so I didn't depress myself with the monotony. Whenever I have a big laborious job to do and I take a break from the tedium, I often watch one of your videos like this because it motivates me to persevere.

You're one of the best RF techs I've ever seen.

I'v followed your channel for quite a long time, and am ,even now, blown away with your knowledge and insight . Simply amazing!!! . I'm a old retired carpenter,but have always been intrigued by electrical things in general,but half of your dialogue is equal to latan to me,,but in just as engrossed as if I was as you in knowledge. Lol Didn't intend to write a book, lol. Just wanted to say thank you for your channel and to you sir ,,well done indeed.

These hour long restoration videos are a real treat, solid non-stop vintage radio and other electronics. I pick up more ever time I run them.

For every one of your restoration videos I watch, KZfaq recommends at least two more of yours, with thumbnails showing ever more glorious equipment I want to cuddle. I'm having a great time working my way through them all. Thanks again :)

Mr. Carlson, you are exactly right about the time to set up the camera, talk through things, etc. As always excellent job and thank you for taking the time to share this with us.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; "Exemplary!" Beside all of your restoration work, the RF and IF alignment tips were fantastic. Keep them coming. This is better than going to see a movie as far as I'm concerned! 73's Tom

Fantastic video and an amazing radio. I've been a lifelong radio nut (built my first radio when I was 8) so naturally I found your video absolutely riveting. Yes I did say riveting as my hobby during my teen years was restoring antique radios I found at the dump! Never had one that I couldn't get breathing again. My favourites were Crosley and RCA - had 6 or 7 Atwater Kents, many Philcos -- SWL was also a strong hobby. I spent many hours restoring those beautiful cabinets after the electronics were taken care of. Seeing the test equipment in your shop is so interesting -- from 1974-75 I used an HP 3580A spectrum analyzer for low frequency vibration analysis on rotating machinery, owned various scopes, built my first frequency counter from scratch with 7400 series IC's, etc. I'm glad I found your KZfaq videos-your detailed information and insight are really appreciated-excellent in every way.

I use your videos to sleep they are very relaxing

I grew up in very rural North Dakota where we had no power or running water till I was about 10 We used to enjoy going to my Uncle's house where he had one of those large radio's, all we had was an old AM battery pack set for local stations. I used to love watching the magic eye on the old sets. This explains a lot to me as well as to what happened to radio reception from the old floor sets to the modern transistor units. That tinny sound we had with the transistors was so different then the old sets with their great bass and sharp treble sounds.

I am a PCB designer, and was a radio tech in the Air Force, and I have to say you do amazing work. I have never seen anyone put in the time and effort that you do. Thank you for the very informative videos. Please keep them coming.

The owner of this receiver is very fortunate to have you restoring their unit. It is going to be "bulletproof".

You're a born teacher. I spent my life with digital tech and now your videos are inspiring me to go play with tubes once again.

I've been working my way through your videos from the first one. I still have a Hallicrafters S-20R that was my first shortwave receiver, around 1960 or so. Used it a lot, shocked myself a few times, even added an S-meter circuit from the ARRL Handbook. I distinctly recognize many of the sounds that you call computer generated noise from my listening in the 1960's. Not many computers then, I'm guessing. That loud roaring sound I used to think was airplane engines when I was little. It hasn't been plugged in for forty years or so. That radio was what led me to getting my ham license, WG2E. I keep a notebook handy when watching and jot down things about test equipment, chemicals, tools, etc. Thanks for your time. Great stuff!

Mr. Carlson and Ave are two of the best on KZfaq. Two completely different personalities also. Ave is blunt, mean, gruff, obnoxious, etc.......... Mr. Carlson(said with English accent)is a gentleman, perfectionist, friggin GENIUS........... the best of both worlds...................

@34:29 I had to pause the video so I could really appreciate the absolute elegance of your restoration under the chassis. That was obviously a ton of work, but you make it look so simple. Elegant in its simplicity.

The information on the tuning caps was very interesting. I always wondered why the cuts in the plates were there, now I know why. Thanks.

Man you sure have a lot of patience to do all that!

For shortwave reception one really needs a properly tuned antenna, it's not optional. That is illustrated here. I am very impressed by your work and determination to get this thing working!

Nice restore, better than when it was new. Love the dial on this radio. I always pick up a trick or two from your videos.

You are such a knowledgeable, thorough and articulate teacher! I'm loving your videos.

It's great that you do these restoration jobs. I really enjoy how you share your expert knowledge about these relics so that knowledge is not lost. The modern upgrades and swapping of better components making these great appliances perform better is something that takes these vids to the next level. Thanks Paul. 😊

Paul, Excellent restoration. You have demonstrated the ART of being an electronics technician with pride in your work. I was trained in electronics by my father and later when I was in the Military (Navy) when TUBES were the standard and solid state devices were a "passing fad". :-) Thank you for the time you took to present this to the public for a great education in the proper way to conduct electronic repair, restoration and teach the technology that most people don't understand let alone care about. 73' Tom

Very enjoyable, even for someone like myself that knows very little about this subject,you actually make things sound simple and I know they aren't! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us all.

What an incredible task that is to restore one of those old radios. I know the old ones are the best especially on shortwave and glad there’s still people like you having the knowledge to work on them. Great job amazing video. Keep up the good work.

Very nice! I have a similar-looking model by DeForest Crosley called the Prescott from 1937-38 which runs like a charm, although now I mostly run old time radio plays through its amplifier input jack which adds to the vintage ambience. This radio also has the rare 6X6 twin-ray magic eye tube, the green of which has faded over time but is still functional. Luckily I have several spares but only of the single-ray version.

you are fantastic! I could never afford all the equipment in the past. Just read about it. Sweep generators and all. You let us actually see the operation. I have learned so much. Thanks!

Beautiful work as always Mr. Carlson! I love old radios/receivers; you can tell so much thought went into the design, not just function, but aesthetics as well. The craftsmanship in and out are works of art! And add the Carlson upgrades and they're that much better!

love your attention to the mechanics and projecting the life of the unit.

So Tuned. So Dialed in. Better than when it was new. You blow my mind, sir. You have to be in the top 10 in the world.

Very cool as always. I loved your little potted addon circuit, I'll have to remember that next time I'm adding on to equipment.

Sounds better than a modern AM radio. Great job on the rebuild.

Absolutely fabulous restoration well done. I have learnt so much. Thank you very much. I am hooked on your work.

Old Radio keep alive ! Old Radios are cool !!! Love to hear.

Enjoyed the video. I do miss the days of AM. Super nice job you did on restoring this radio.

I just feel so fortunate to be able to watch a true master work his craft. Great job with the wiring and the signal strength light. Awesome work! Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us and I look forward to the next.

Such an enormous amount of work Paul. I know the camera time can't do it justice. Camera and audio are fine. Really nice, educational work. Ken

While first watching your videos I have to admit I thought this guy talks too much. Well after watching a few more of you uploads, everything you say is extremely concise, pertinent and is necessary in order to completely explain what your doing, why your doing it and most importantly how you're doing it. I'm a complete convert. Absolutely love your uploads and learn at least one new thing if not several from them. That's definitely one excellent thing about your videos. One can always count on taking away something useful even if it's not truly related to exactly what you're working on. You are a huge inspiration to say the least. Subscribed!

Incredibly interesting restoration. This may be my favorite so far. Thank you!

i would love to see some more of these. this whole am radio hobby is very interesting to me your channel introduced me to it i would like to see more info on how to begin. thank you for all of the hard work and time you put into all of your videos!!!!

Big thumbs up on that restoration Carlson. Thanks as always for sharing.

A very professional approach to repair, thanks.

Just add me to the long list of others impressed with the knowledgeable details given in your videos. Your videos show just how far one can take it to the limit with proper knowledge and proper tools, along with knowledge of how to use those tools. I’ve yet to ever do an IF alignment on any receiver, for I don’t own a expensive spectrum analyzer. Suppose there might be ways around using a S.A. , but wow, what a truly wonderful way to see so precisely one’s adjustments. My mouth drools for some of your test tools, and my back then hunches over like Quasimodo as I then shuffle off grunting/feeling defeated as if I could never fill my brain-pan with half the knowledge and information that you expound upon in videos such as these. I sure wish I wouldn’t have killed off so many braincells when younger, “When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand...” 🥴

very nicely done Sir! I Nice job tidying up underneath the chassis.

You mentioned the large power transformer. I bet you will find that the radio was designed to work on 25 to 60 Hz. Until the 40's sometime, Ontario (and maybe all of Canada) had all 25 Hz power. This goes back to the early days at Niagara. 73 Dan

Amazing work, thank you for this outstanding educational video performance. Your skills and passion for this restoration are very impressive. I have this same radio and was considering getting it restored but I think I will just keep it as a family heirloom after seeing what is involved. Keep up the great videos.

Another Fantastic how to video. When you get the chance,please do a video showing how the little white box's that protect your signal generator and spectrum analyzer ,work and are built. Your doing an awesome job, please keep the videos coming. Much respect. Bobby

Years ago, I would just make old radios work. I never restored one fully. Your detail to forgotten engineering of the past is enlightening. To do this for a living and make a profit, you need some really good customers willing to spend a bundle. I learn quite a bit, but I do skip ahead because I don't have 2 hours to spend watching.

Another amazing job with attention to detail. The tips are always helpful too. Thanks for sharing. Best, Don

I just love old tube receivers. It like a combination of antique technology and spooky glowing haunted house you can put on a tabletop.

awesome work, sound from a bygone era where pride and craftsmanship we selling points.

Fantastic restoration work and a real pleasure to watch (and learn)!

Paul, Amazing how much smaller modern capacitors are than the old ones. Plenty of room in that chassis now.

Thank you so much for presenting these videos . I really enjoy watching you do your work and listening to the small details that you take the time to explain. Even if I have no intention of trying to perform one of these restorations, I find these extremely interesting. And who knows, I just might be able to use the knowledge you share on something I come across in the future. Thanks again and you keep doing these videos and I'll keep watching.

This is such an awesome channel. I always learn tons in each video. Thanks.

Crazy good work! Love it . blessings to you!

Fantastic, very well made video of a charming receiver. Thank you Mr. Carlson!

You're my hero mate! Love watching your videos. Wish I had an electronics teacher like you at my school back in the day!

Beautiful work, as always!

impressive restoration

You got big brains! That room full of test equipment is beautiful/Great video.

This video was a great pleasure to watch!

Another great video. I'm sure glad that you do these. I learn a lot from them every time. I very much appreciate your attention to detail, both in your workmanship and videos. I'm looking forward to the spectrum analyzer "magic box" video :)

AWESOME, really enjoy your vids, and get alot of info,THANKS! your a great instructor !

Another fantastic job! I'll wager the designer's would have loved to have seen you tweaking that IF, seeing how their circuit works in real time on your spectrum analyzer. I would have liked to have heard just how good that field coil speaker would have sounded on some good music!

Your voice is very calming

Thanks for the nostalgic memories of my first xtal set ,then my one valve 60 volt & 2volt lead acid receiver .There is not much so captivating as tuning the bands as when I was 12 years old.

Wow you are a genius! It is obvious that this is a labour of love for you. I would like to see what the final receiver looked like re-installed in the cabinet. Your customer must be thrilled with the results! Keep up the great work. I really enjoy the videos.

Very interesting vintage design. Great informative video as always. Magnificent, Thanks!

Thanks Paul. That was just awesome! That is a lot of work.

Thank you for this Videos. I realy appreciate your knowlege. I bought som old stuff my self and am trying it out.

Very professional,liked the way you work ,particular,nest ,and explaining how to work Safely,again and agàin. Really enjoy you video,for sure!!👍👍👌👌

One cool radio. I like these restorations

Another terrific video and a lovely set - as you said not a beginner's project. Cheers, John

Paul, Your attention to detail and your workmanship is nothing short of incredible. We don't often see many of these Canadian sets here in the states. The very colorful dials are beautiful. It is obvious that you spend many many hours producing these videos. Can't tell you how much we appreciate them. I especially like the radio restoration videos. Have you ever considered restoring a vintage television set? Keep up the great work.

Wonderful and delightful !!! As usual Bravo! 😉👍

Couldn't believe the amount of parts u removed from that receiver; I thought Max Arcade winds up with a lot but you really took the biscuit with this DeForest Crosley. Thoroughly enjoyed watching (as usual) keep up the good work :-)

Great great great job with this in-depth knowledge and explanation.

Very interesting. Lots of good information. Great teacher!

Awesome restoration Paul! I know how much work it is and additional to that producing this great video! Nice little signal indication circuit. Easy to build for anyone great solution. All thumbs up!!

Flawless work Paul, very educational. Thank you so much, really appreciated.

I enjoyed immensely. Wish I had my Knight Kit T150 and Lafayette Receiver from 40 years ago to rebuild.

New to the channel, but I hope they pay you well for all that effort!

7 year old video, but it's really good! Nothing like the sound of on old am tube radio. My first radio was a Heathkit GR-64 given to me by my cousin in law back in the 60's. I spent many late nights fiddling through its bands and then being tired all day in school the next day... I finally passed it on to my nephew in the late 70's after graduation. I don't know what he did with it, but I missed it enough that I bought an identical model off of fleabay a couple of years ago. Still working well but it could use some tlc.. Keep up the good work! /kd0ndc

With every video I learn a something new, your a wealth of information, thank you!

Great presentation. Always enjoy your videos.

Just starting on a similar model of DeForest Crosley, the 6D831 chassis, without the adjustable IF. It has all the badly deteriorated rubber wiring, especially around the tuning mechanism. It will be quite a project but I am sure it will not look as clean and neat as Mr. Carlson's amazing work. The removal of the tuning capacitor and mechanism is a daunting task on its own.

OK, so its 5 years later; so says Johnny come lately, better late than never ... Wow what a beast ! I'm foaming at the mouth already. Lets get into it then, carry on mate .

That's awesome Mr. Carlson's lab. I would like to see you go through A president Washington uniden base stations from the 1960's & 1970's area on your channel to.