This one is made by RRR - "Rīgas Radiotehnikas Rūpnīca", translates to Riga Radio Factory, which is in Latvia. There's also the "VEF" brand that made radios which was also based in Latvia. There was also Elfa/Aidas - from Lithiania (made mostly tube radios and reel to reel tape recorders)

Shango is the best in the biz! Been watching you for years. Never a dull moment. Love your News/QVC/Radio news commentary. Always get a chuckle. Crunkle frunkulate!

Великолепный радиоприемник,очень не прихотливый с великолепным звуком. Лайк, за вторую жизнь приёмнику!

Most of the USSR radio's were made in Riga, Latvia. Always very good performance when sorted. Thanks again

Hi from the UK. I had one of these as a kid, I remember the square red ceramic caps. It ran for 20+ years, and if its ever found probably still works.

Thank you for the late night capacitor fix... Now I can sleep well.

hello!! I have many transistor radios. I have bought many models of Soviet radio receivers on ebay. but both the selga 404 and the 405 models are one of my favorites both in design and in simplicity, selectivity and sensitivity. I already have 12 of these!! and one of them has become my receiver for daily use. greetings from Argentina.

Nice Restoration, have repaired a few of these European Radios!! I retired just before Covid hit. Had collected about 50 pocket transistor radios over the years and decided it was time to do some repair. Many of these had some real collectable value so it was worth the effort. I would say that in 80% of the cases it was all related to capacitors. Very Low Audio. Most had dirty volume power switches... Was able to restore most of them over a 8 month period. Lots of fun, lots of pulling out your hair. Having the right tools was critical... Still left are 2 Sony that have the built in CLOCK!! Decided to save the hardest ones for another day... OH!!! I did throw out 6 radios as they were just not worth it, some water damage, some battery leakage that ate up the PC boards... Robert

The use of a used SMD was awesome! You make me so proud!

That was an amazing repair job! You are the master in radio/TV repair! Imagine what that rig would pick up @ night out in the open terrain.

What a performer well worth the effort of repair.

Wow an early Saturday morning Shango

Finally a radio from Latvia.

Your reviews on these Soviet made radios is just awesome. Before your videos on these radios, I would see one every now and then and not give it a thought. Now, however, I’ve seen several and on different KZfaq channels as well. Shango does a tremendous job. Thanks for your videos and your channel. I learn a lot.

This was equivalent to taiwanese pocket radios in USA for the USSR - mass produced, but very far from that cheap relative to average Joe income. The secret of good reception for all soviet radios was multitank first IF filter - a bit less losses than cristal filter with properly tuneable bandpass. This example goes under 404 model number - an intermediate serie recognisable by silvery speaker grill and chromed outer rim of the dial and the only difference with the later larger serie 405 model is box finish - black painted small holes perforated speaker grill and only the dial center cover was chromed.

Спасибо за видео. Один из моих любимых радиоприемников. Не только отличные чувствительность и звучание, но и прекрасный дизайн.

This was Well Worth the Fix, and the ability to do just that should not be underestimated. Thanks

Great job and stellar radio performance 😊👍

Man that noise takes me back! Our old AM Radio used to get that noise when my Uncle came by in his old Ford 4 banger.

I always learn something from these videos. Thanks Shango!

Outstanding as usual, fix was worth the trouble, Keep up the good work sounds first rate!

Great job! And you have very good reception in your area, good stations too.

Be careful with those ceramic variable capacitors, they tend to seize up and then the adjustment screw breaks off from the ceramic wafer

In Soviet Russia, the radio listens to you! Lol. Interesting radio. Soviet radios are the greatest!

Ooh, this is a Radiotehnika radio, a Latvian company

Getem, green/blue gloved goblin! You the best radio cafibulator! Enjoyed watching.

That sounds awesome. Nice one Shango. It's just a pitty there's nothing worth listening to.

Smart fix for the bar antenna. Nice job.

I'm surprised the reception is that good with a mended bar antenna. Glad it could be repaired. I have a selga 405 and it's a performer as well. Only downside, I find it picks up a lot of interference from everything around the house not to mention distant thunderstorms.

Excellent video!

Rádio of my youth resp. childhood, still working, but here in Slovakia we have no moore AM

Beautiful! I live for transistor radios!

It's Shango time. Love your witty comments on everyday topics,and love your made up Yiddish sounding words too. The repairs are secondary.

Awesome build, those good times 🙂

A very nice repair

Thanks for the video 👍

it seems so easy when you do it

I could do the transformer rewrite in a heartbeat. But you nailed it 😂

I can remember seeing one of these in Britain that was branded Vega. I wonder why you don't use L.W. in America now? Long Wave proved to have useful extra reach (if a lot of power was thrown at it) with Britain transmitting the Shipping Forecast to those out at sea via B.B.C. Radio 4.

I have similar model to this, my is Selga 403. I did all recaping and it works well.

this is a beautiful looking radio

❤ the bridge cap idea, and I have something to try it out on…🤔

Here we have, another great video

Thank you for the video!

Oh, night cap Shango. Nice.

Hi, in terms of Long Wave I can understand why it is of low concern to people in the western US, given that it has never been used for b/c radio transmissions in the Americas. Sadly long wave is in decline in Europe. Living in the Western European Islands we only have two long wave stations of much interest, BBC Radio 4 and RTE Radio 1. The latter being of interest to people in Britain because most people in the island of Ireland can pick up Radio 1 on FM. There is some speculation that BBC 4 on 198 kHz will go off the air but the frequency will remain in use, with a solid state transmitter, because it controls electricity meter timings. As happened with the French 162 kHz channel. Anyway these USSR receivers seem very efficient, it would be great if someone would produce a kit based on the circuit of one of these. I know you have built a couple of Chinese kits for medium wave (or "the broadcast band" in US parlance) and were not too impressed by either.

What a good performer! It would be interesting to see how it picks up stations out in the desert.

Yep that capacitor. Vividly remember these from few kits that I've build as a kid. I had much too powerful iron and sometimes these would start boiling.

Worth it, if for nothing else than to keep your skills sharp.

Thanks for a nice short video this Saturday, Every Saturday I wake up waiting for you videos to show up to start my weekend. Never a dull weekend, However I miss my crape erase commercials and still remember Jenny who even a block of wood is smarter than her:) waiting for next exciting u tube video. Many thanks Love your videos

Wonderful work! @10:45 - priceless 😁

some of these radios are really damn cool.

Awesome!

Thanks!

Damm it. You are going to make me get that Westinghouse back out, lol I had to. Change the transformer out, and I did get all the volts needed, but I only ended with one station in but very low volume. I will check that cap.

In USSR, Radio fixes YOU.

People get so exited over nothing. It's just a cool old radio. The folks that built it had absolutely no control over what their government was doing at the time.

Sometimes I think you should do one of these dropped / abused repairs wearing a doctors white coat and blue gloves, dangle some test leads around your neck in lieu of a stethoscope for extra effect. Glad to see the patient came out with good health.

I like Russia. I wish Russia could be my ringtone. Hyper-sonic missiles...

RRR - Riga Radio something. It's not russia or Ukraine. Actually Riga did make excellent, even the best electronics of USSR.

Astonishing talent for electronics troubleshooting. Respect. However, I miss roundie resurrections and restorations. CRT is the only woody for me. Maybe it's a generational thing or maybe it's missing the Charles E Stone repair shop. He was a racist ranting show piece. But he could repair tube TVs like crazy. This channel is my nostalgic venue.

my grandfather had one. model name "selga". This was popular radio in the 80's

Cool radio.

Хорошая работа!А в самой протяжонной стране в мире нет АМ вещания.Только фм.И эти приемники сейчас просто молчат и стали бесполезны.У нас в Сибири выехал за город и тишина в эфире......,а расстояния громадные!

Soviet industry was divere through the republics-partially because jobs were needed, partially in an attempt to avoid everything being destroyed in the case of the war. I have read that Sukhoi-25 attack fighters were made in Georgia truck factory, all the way from prototypes, by truck factory workers. Those first prototypes had "interesting" flight characteristics and were used for ground testing of combat damage, but entire series was later made there.

It would really suck if AM goes away. These units are so cool to hold in your hand and hear real analog sound. It would be wonderful if someone started a nice to listen to AM radio station again.

Well done shango, and thanks for all your effort! I'm also impresed by these things, given all the things the USSR government did to keep their subjects uninformed.

I was worried you got flooded in LA. Nice radio.

You had me thinking...I'd say add some powdered steel to super glue and put the antenna together. I wouldn't rely on the antenna pressed together with tape but on the other hand what I suggested it would still affect permeability. Doubt it would matter at the frequency but I'm sure someone knowing more than I do has some ideas,

Its not from Russia, it's from Latvia. Riga factory.

Save from being put on the Gulag shelf. Great repair technique, very systematically done.

My grandfather had one of these.

I remember seeing that "RRR" logo on a Rigonda Party Time music centre I had once :)

Never underestimate the powe, of will power!

lots stations yea working good I agree !

1:38 neat surround on the speaker cone.

Still waiting (not so)patiently for the Alpinist 321 video.

I need to finish working on my Selga 402.

I'm back in the U.S.S.R You don't know how lucky you are, boy Back in the U.S.S.R

Shango, I don't always agree with your political viewpoints, but for the purposes of repairing old electronics, who the hell cares where the radio came from. I personally think old soviet electronics are pretty cool, and I'm pretty sure you buying old, obsolete electronics even from Russia, isn't funding Putin's war efforts. So, screw the critics, do what you do, and keep the videos coming. I'm not here for politics, social justice, or any of that crap. I'm here for the electronics and the joy of seeing something old brought back to life. Keep doing what we come here for and the haters can piss off.

If the leather wears off any further it will be made in US

are germanium AF series rf transistors any good to use on todays date , in radio receivers ?

Tks fer how to fix a bar antenna W/heat shrink. Good thing to put in my book. Odn-1

Good morning, you're posting early today.

I was never really interested in radios, but your videos got me interested in them, could you do some CB radio videos at a later date? Thanks Dan

Yahoo, some Shango content for havdalah.

What is different with the USSR made radios, that makes them such great performers on AM?? Plus, I would love it if we here in south-central PA had a nice AM classical station like that one, you have there in LA.

Why an unreliable tantalum cap vs a mlcc ceramic?

i've nearly watched every shango066 video , I skipped the record players one

That model is notoriously hard to find.

Rattle shake shake. I await the magic of some power. I await ...

The problem with these transformers (including IF transformers) is that the coil former are made of a low melting point plastic. As you solder them, the leads become loose. I really don't get why they haven't used some better thermoplastics. This was a well known problem for Soviet electronics already in the '60s, but they kept on making them this way till the '90s!

Is there any USA use of Longwave ?

Shango. You don't have to apologize about Russia

I have two of its older much larger brothers i mean to tanker with i would send you one but postage from the czech republic to LA would be way too much they are heavy.

When did shango start uploading early?

Good videos.

I can't believe there is demand for radio stations in 2023. I would think the wast majority is on the internet with podcasts and such.

Thay are good radios I have one here the Rx is very good on mw LW. I understand u don't have LW over there.

Wow is it Memorial Day already?