Long ago even before this video was produced, go back, way back to 1968. My girlfriend (future wife of 51 years and 4 days (RIP)) drug me up to the family farm to visit with her folks and little brother. Now back then, the radio was still a mandatory product in every home, especially farm homes because they brought in the local news. For the farmer, the man of the house, the local market report on the sale of cattle and grain was mandatory listening, in fact my father-in-law (RIP) would stop chores and rush to the house to hear the market report, it was a great time for morning coffee over the sounds of an old tube radio, it's filter caps just beginning to fail with that hum behind the voice of the announcer as he read the report just off the teletype wire that was just outside the booth where he did his announcing. Earlier, my mother-in-law (RIP) would stop housework to listen to the Hospital Report, now this was a MUST HEAR, and was often followed by quick phone calls to gossip with her neighbors wondering what the latest admit was admitted for. Between those reports, in the summer months there would be some children's programming, and usually, sometime during the day the RADIO BINGO would play, you see you received a free radio bingo card for every 10 dollars worth of groceries you purchased at the local grocery store, and you just HAD to listen for those numbers to be called and mark them on your many cards, wishing to win the quarter of beef that was awarded to the lucky winner, or perhaps this week it would be ten gallons of gas at the local CO-OP gas station. The reason I bring this up is that the radio on their kitchen table looked exactly like the one you just repaired, and it brought back all those great memories. Ah yes, the days before the privacy act when the hospital report was most important. OH they still give the Birthday and Anniversary reports on our local radio daily, wonder how they can get by with that one?

I *never* tire of seeing an old postwar AM radio being brought back to life. It is noticed that this is a 1954 model, but with no CONELRAD markings! If memory serves, AM radios manufactured between 1953-63 were required by Congress to have those triangular CD (Civil Defense) markings at 640 and 1240 kHz on the dial. The music being played was certainly appropriate for the era in which this set rolled off of the assembly line. That music sure brings back *a lot* of memories!

i dont care if there is 100's of videos like this... its still a good video and was nice to watch on my lunch time..

I know nothing about electronics, but really enjoy all your videos. Between you and Radiophonotvnut you guys are awesome.

Love these little shoebox 5tubers. Simple to recap and they are cheap and easy to collect. They take up no room. Hot chassis radios are great radios to have in the bathroom. Turning them off after you just step out of the shower really wakes you up. Better then coffee.

Your AA5 videos are actually my favorite. Your style of presentation is MUCH better than all the other KZfaqrs. What you call 'ghetto' I call 'practical.'

Never get tired of watching an All-American 5 brought back to life, keep it up!

I don't get tired of these videos. Each radio is a little different with a different history. And the learning never stops! Thanks for sharing!

As someone who is learning these vintage electronics, I appreciate the time you take to explain things in your videos. I love watching them and love the finished product. If folks are sick of your videos, they can go elsewhere :) Keep on posting!

I like your videos a lot; a big part of it is your personality and style. You're funny, with a fantastic dry sense of humor. Kind of inspired me to get into this stuff, at least a little bit. I say don't stop making these vids about AA5's.

One great thing about smoke: it pinpoints the problem immediately :D

Shango, I enjoy the radio & TV repair videos. The gain & clarity definitely improved after you aligned it.

I would love to have a AM station like this here in Germany. This really makes AM worth listening to!

I like the retro cabinet design of that radio, it would look great polished up.

Shango, make videos of whatever you like. I find your videos interesting and am happy to subscribe. Between yourself and RadioTvPhononut I have learnt a lot and it has got me back into a previously abandoned interest in vintage electronics

I am still a newbie and appreciate all the information , basic or not ! It does help and this is where I will start , with an AA5 set ! Thank you Shango 066 . Dave in Mi.

I am that newbie beginner guy at the beginning of the video that you address. I have been watching Uncle Doug's videos and then The Guitaolist videos and finally I found this channel! Very cool and thanks so much for posting these repair / how to vids. I would like to ultimately learn more about solid state stuff but for now I am fascinated by the tube videos! Thank you so much for posting!

Great video. I never tire of watching vintage radios being brought back to life. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. Regards, Dave (TVs are OK too)

Much thanks from a n00b! You are getting me into valves a lot more than I ever thought I'd be!

Never get tired of seeing old radio repair

Very good video, I can't stop watching your channel, you're very funny and take a similar approach as I do repairing old junk.

Love your videos. I enjoyed this one a bit more than others because you took a little extra time to explain some things for us newbies. I always look forward to your videos. Lots of fun!

I love your video's Shango, TV's, Radio's and whatever you produce. It is brilliant and I love the detailed analyses, with the occasional smoke release to keep it exciting. Keep up the splendid work.

I love every video you do on these radios, I learn something new on every one you do. When your new to this it can be the smallest bit of info but it adds up. wish you would do more pp and single ended tube amps.

I'll watch any video of any gear you want to work on. I like the radio videos as they are at least kind of close to vtr signal processing and I still have some to learn there. I'm nearly confident enough though to start a custom project thanks to videos like these. I also like learning of vacuum filled transistor bulbs.

Cool little radio. I never get bored watching your videos on old radiozzz. I have learned a lot from you and radiotvphononut. You guy's are the best. I love vintage electroncs. I have an old GE clock radio like the one that you showed in your 1 dollar radio video. Mine works but started to smoke too. I think it might be the resistor the one that gets warm. I will have to do a video on that one when I replace the old resistor. Fun to watch smoke and fire if your lucky enough to watch it burst in to flames. Anywayzzz I think you should do more radios anyway. TV's are fun to watch too. Take care and have fun. 😊

Looks exactly like the radio that sat on the kitchen table at my in-law's farm back in 1969 when I was dating their daughter (all RIP). Since then, of course the house was torn down and replaced and I would guess the radio is out in their private land fill, my brother-in-law is about to retire and leave the farm to his son, my how time flies.

And now 1260 KBOQ changed their format again to oldies. Mostly it's 50s and 60s doo wop stuff but it seems like they're venturing more into the late 60s with The Beatles and whatnot. Love listening to them on my Zenith Royal 400.

Iam glad you and all the other guys are out there with the all american 5.

Never get sick of watching radio repair.

Thank you very much for making these videos and explaining theory. It is much appreciated.

I never bore watching your videos Shango :)

Good video, I enjoyed it. As you said it might just be another AA5 video but it's always fun to see your approach to getting them back up and running, anytime the 15000uf cap comes out it's fun. Had the video on in the background while working on a PSU. Oh and disc caps in a 50's radio.. nice touch from Packard Bell...

It's been two weeks since your video. Im missing them. Good video the Packard sound the best. Saw a video that connected radio and record player in the 40s WIRELESS with Packard tubes

Wow you did a good job of this, it sounds like an FM radio shango.

I am old beginner ,I built a lot of kits,including one I found in a old electronic store,a tube tuner from the 50,,s with a magic Eye kits it still works for the last 30 years,just ask.my x wife ,but I find your five tube radios video pretty good to learn from ,I have one I trying to get to work as soon as I find the right caps to replace a wax cap.so please keep making these kind of videos

That am station makes me wonder if someone with big extra cash hated the lack of decent music on AM and brute forced a fix.

Guess What I'm not sick of watching any old radio Resurrection video, keep up the good work. I like your channel because once in a while you get fireworks. Thanks Much BigKenney...

wow, a brand new video ;) I enjoy your videos very much, shango, and I'm not tired watching them. Your systematics in fixing the problems is world class, your descriptions, too! Entertainment an learning in its best way... I'm in repairing Radio/TV for more than 30 years and learned it as a profession in the late 80's. Its funny to see this lots of tube stuff in 2017 ;) will keep watching it.. Sorry for bad english greetings from Germany

Very intertaining shang066 and educational too I have been working with tube electronics for 40 years now and it is fun to work on this stuff

For our next performance, shango066 will replace all the vacuum bulbs in the transistor radio... :)

This is one of my favorite Shango videos.

Oh, "smoke is good", I am writing this down... Shango, you really make even a video for AA5 interesting!

nice video again. what gets me is how on all the videos of yours i've watched, you were always able to turn the i.f. cores. great stuff though

Shango66 you’re a riot. I don’t know squat about electronics other than red to red and black to black but you make these vids so interesting, maybe I’m learning something because I think I know the difference between a capacitor and a resistor. Oh I made a crystal set radio in high school shop some 58 years ago. My guess is that if you like that “Unforgettable” station we’re about the same age group, (Boomers). I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and by the sound of all those airplanes flying overhead you might be near one of the airports either in the San Fernando or San Gabriel Valley’s. I like this vid in particular because you encourage folks who are interested in learning about this stuff is go get an old radio and dig in. I wish I had my Mom’s old Motorola AM radio my Dad gave in 1952 that he bought at the Douglas Aircraft company store in Long Beach. We’re never too old to learn something new.

i never bore shango you are the best.

I used one of these PB chassis to replace a Crosley farm radio chassis a set that someone bought at auction thinking it was a.c powered, he was wanting to use the radio so I found that this chassis was easy to adapt to the Crosley cabinet I just had to add spacers under the tuner to get the vericap to the right height to line up with the cabinet and original tuning mechanism. Both of these radios used the "backward" variable capacitor, high end of the band was at the counter clockwise end of the dial. Everything matched up great both radios had the controls in right places and the customer had a useful radio that he uses all the time.

Many thanks and great radio .,always enjoy ur videos

I've done five of those 531, 5R1 sets, only because of sentimental reasons and you could not have picked a cheaper set to do. They were also sold in kit form, and later versions had a nice B- buss ran from the center of the two outside tubes. Your 15000 mfd filter cap will fry your 35W4 shortly. At least you didn't set this one on fire or blow it up, I guess that's an improvement!

I like your vid, especially the light bulb. I forgot about it. Thanks!

I enjoy watching,, radio, tv or plumbing,, even car repair, a jack of all trades, and hes not scared to get his hands dirty,,

love your work

Yeah, keep the radios coming. More radios!

Ahh, you should'a just done the IF cans. Really nice radio station-- wish there was something like that around me.

15,000µF filter cap. brilliant !

love your vids .. keep it up

Well this guy is the best. I found an all Mexican five in the recinto ferriel and replaced the electrolytic caps and of course it works without any mods. It didn't short on power up and just a lot of fun to play with. All the tubes are American, everything else says "Hecho en Mexico", even the if transformers.

it sure is nice to actually have music on am again the only ones that you can get music is Mexican stuff and in Southern California or Armenian or Chinese or whatever but no English station so it's nice to have something if you only have an AM radio in an old car it's nice to have something to listen to!

There is a station that does the same thing near me. They feed their AM transmitter with the FM "hd" subchannel. It saves them money on the backhaul out to the transmitter site. They are just keeping the transmitter running as cheaply as possible to keep the license active hoping someday AM will come back and they can sell advertising again.

keep it coming love it

I feel like I am back in grade school, watching a filmstrip that is one slide behind the record!

the radio thats being worked on is a Packard Bell 5R1 same chassis as a 531 except the filter caps 20 and 50 to 50 and 50 plus the death cap is .05 instead of 0.47 a couple of resistor values also. but basicly same radio.

The capacitor that became a firecracker. They are typically a waxed-paper type in a English radio. But the wax is not moisture proof so they become resistors. Strange that there isn't a mound of wax inside the case. As we are on 230V in the UK they sweat forth the wax for a while.

I enjoy old radios. I have 2 tube clock radios. (2 radios, not 2 tubes, lol) They both work. One was Dad's, (Motorola) another is one (G.E ) I bought off of eBay. I also have a Philco "old style" but is solid state. The FM is low, and has a hum. I am afraid to mess with it. We had it since 1974.

They use those giant electrolytics in arcade video game power supplies with a 5 amp bridge rectifier. They have very low ac ripple which the logic circuits like to see

nope not tired of a radio restore

I always like learning about applefires and rectumfires and transistoraters.

Christmas music, when did you record this, again? When you squash the antenna coil you basically are tuning it like a car radio. Instead of moving a slug, you change the shape of the coil.

Great point! This is what you want to learn on! Easy and plentiful! It's a blown-up bumblebee! Junk!

Amazed that the 15,000 uF capacitor didn't blow the 35W4 or the 68 ohm cathode resistor from the current surge when it first charged up...

I have seen quite a few CC resistor the read just fine but crackle(stormy sound) when sound goes through them.

I started in 1969. When I was 14. Built my own audio amp.

LMAO 15kMFD 100% hum reduction. You're killing me!

Hello, I am currently fixing an old tube clock radio, and I am having an issue. I changed all of the capacitors, and there is a very strong 60hz hum whenever there is an antenna connected. Without the antenna, it is quiet. The odd thing is, it was working fine right after I did the repairs, but I turned it off for a few hours then turned it back on again, it stopped working. Any suggestions?

we had a similar 5 valve/tube line up over here in the uk, but 0.1amp string, instead of 0.15amp with the aa5, ours was uch42, uf41, ubc41, ul41, uy41, which also spookily added up to about 117v , so would be suitable for the usa! did these b8a valves appear in the usa? they also were available with usa like type numbers....?

Is that all there is?

what happened to shangos' vid of repair of the smoking 70 year old household wiring?

good timing, i needed a distraction.

THANKS SO MUCH! I Need to see any and all; Learning is going to take me into next life, but . . eh. May DramacRats deflate. soon.

atypical or a typical?

Enjoyed!

Just found an RCA 14X AA5. Recaps ordered.

i was bored, but not anymore! Just unsubscribed and resubscribed to receive notifications from you.

i am for mexico and am is very used today and i have a sanyo m2422 n it sounds am like fm

Is that asbestos covered wire on those nichecons?

What could you expect one of these basic radios from the fifties to be worth when fully restored?

Nice Fix

smoke is good! absolutely true

Shango,Great station.!Can you stream it online?

I like to fix old radios also. Looking for a source for polypropylene caps, typical values found in AA5s. Any info? Thanks.

why no gun oil or the good stuf you blow my mind GOD BLESS sHANGO

nice video shango066.

Nice!

You are making me want to find one and, you know...fix it up.

I could be wrong, but did you connect capacitors in series? I learned that caps in series reduced capacitence. Maybe that was the intention? For voltage? Just curious. :)

All your vídeos are very interesting. Best regards from Brazil, Mário.

R.I.P Shango :(

Since the IF transformer adjustments on the bottom side of the chassis were close, and the filter cap had been replaced with the wrong value, I suspect someone was tweaking on the top side.

Nice loopstick ant be nice that filter good when you use pm speaker throw away dynamic speaker.