Outstanding video! I am 64 years old, and I recognize a Magnavox eight transistor radio that my grandfather had.
@tylaranderson85592 күн бұрын
You had me for a second, when you said the granddaughter wanted to grow up to be a scientist.😂 We always love seeing items in your collection. Thank you for sharing.
@jamesmiller41842 күн бұрын
Gees! What a fine presentation in all ways! Just NEAT !! 👍
@electronicengineer3 күн бұрын
I always enjoy hearing your perspective on these collectible radios. You retain a whole lot of wisdom my fine sir. Thank you for continuing to share your substantial portable radio collection with us! Fred
@TMA623 күн бұрын
Thank you for posting. Well written and narrated!
@Go4Corvette3 күн бұрын
Excellent, 🤣🤣🤣
@ronalddevine95873 күн бұрын
We're just enjoying our shared heritage and ancestry.
@crr82973 күн бұрын
Newport, oh, that's a towne in England. Parliament, oh, that's a cigarette brand Viceroy ? Monarch? What am I smoking?
@Bob-18023 күн бұрын
From 2:05, I have the black/beige version of this Queen boy's radio with its original vinyl case. Bought it for few bucks in a garage sale. It is in pristine condition and... still working😳!
@EasyOne3 күн бұрын
nice
@WOFFY-qc9te3 күн бұрын
I know transistors were an expensive component but that little set has a lot of copper in those transformers and a rather well made tuning capacitor and it is UNDER PAINTED !. 1 transistor as mixer and IF and 1 for output, the mind boggles why they cheeped out or was this a set given away as a cereal promotion.
@johnstone76973 күн бұрын
These boys sets were not superheterodyne radios. It would require another transistor used as local oscillator to be a superhet. It was basically a reflex design with the first transistor being an RF amp with positive feedback to the base to improve gain. The volume control was basically a regeneration control.
@WOFFY-qc9te3 күн бұрын
@@johnstone7697 Now that clears up things as I was thought three transistors was the minimum. Regen well that was a fun set to have in the Christmas stocking still it is very nicely made. Thanks for the clarification.
@BrokebackBob3 күн бұрын
Why would you think that being a scientist is not in her future? She is your granddaughter you know and she might take offense if you said that to her.
@collectornet3 күн бұрын
From the video: "Thanks to Disney, and all the other peddlers of fantasy and distraction, little girls all seem to want to be a princess." Certainly my granddaughter can be a scientist--and she will have every encouragement from me. But the CULTURE, our American culture, is doing it's best to marginalize such thoughts in her. Surely you see the sarcasm in my narration. Surely you have seen in the culture what I am talking about: an anti-intellectual bias that channels females into traditional roles and escapist fantasies that serve the bottom lines of the proffering corporations without any care for the little girls affected. This is not to mention the boys, and the cultural biases that perpetuate machismo and violence. These pre-packaged fantasies and distractions do NOT well serve our young. I point them out in the hopes that others will begin to see and resist the programming being foisted on our young for corporate profit.
@WOFFY-qc9te3 күн бұрын
@@collectornet From Britain I say " Please appoint Collectornet as head of social education ". I like you and others with a few miles on the clock see the damage that is done buy the constant exposure to fantasy violence and misinformation. Those that say playing computer games does not effect the young mind are brain dead themselves, if visual and aural stimulation had no impact why send your child to school although that seem to be a minefield of mental stress due to individuals who choose to identify as someone the are not. I fear our young are being asked to grow up too quickly and programmed with unreasonable or irrational expectations leading to the inevitable mental crisis coming. Your Granddaughter is fortunate to have you as a mentor and guide. I am very irritated when I hear people question the achievements and discoveries of the past only to create their own reality taking credit for others work and re writing the scientific library for others to blindly take as truth. I believe they reside on a flat Earth wherever that is. Best.
@willstansbury37473 күн бұрын
Great video and thanks for not adding any goofy music to it
@collectornet3 күн бұрын
You are very welcome. Yes! When we want music, we can supply our own. That's the way I feel.
@toddd74444 күн бұрын
$29.95 in 1960 2024 $318.26
@toddd74444 күн бұрын
$49.95 in 1959 2024 $540.45 today,
@MCW19554 күн бұрын
The best narrator anywhere! That was great.
@Schnydes6 күн бұрын
I drove home from Beaumont hospital this past Tuesday, going around Chrysler corner down Woodward to 696. Things were starting to ramp up and I'd never been that close to the action before. The etiquette was to allow a wide berth at driveways for cruisers to pull out. Cool stuff!
@victorboucher6757 күн бұрын
We had the TV but I never saw any radio.
@grege62879 күн бұрын
Very enjoyable! Thank you for identifying Kresge Store #13 in downtown Pontiac. As you probably remember, there were Kresge stores all along Woodward from Detroit to Pontiac, with Kresge Store #1 downtown at Grand River & Woodward. By the way, I once owned an '84 LeBaron convertible too.
@donl14109 күн бұрын
Very cool "home video". 👍
@1McMurdoSilver10 күн бұрын
Nice car show. Is this a rerun?
@collectornet9 күн бұрын
Well, I wouldn't use THAT word. I review past videos from time to time and if I have more to add or to say I will remake a video and repost it. Sometimes new documentation comes available, new images, viewer response--there are lots of reasons that can accumulate for believing that a video can be improved. Those reasons will add up to a range of options for me, running all the way from 'leave it alone anyway' to 'a remake is imperative.' One recent video I reposted was 11 minutes long, replacing the original video that was less than four minutes. And not just length is impacted, or course. I improve video quality as well, as skills and resources improve. That said, this particular video is not much different than its original posting even with the changes made. Also, I thought a reissue on this year's Dream Cruise week would be timely and appreciated by fans of the car show.
@JohnShinn196010 күн бұрын
Smelly in the most beautiful way. 👍🤠
@bones007able10 күн бұрын
The dream cruise is crazy and fun
@ronalddevine958710 күн бұрын
I love all of your videos, especially the transistor radios, but this was a super treat. Thank you so very much. BTW, I'm surprised that Vega is still running!
@ronalddevine958710 күн бұрын
That Dodge was a 1957. The '58 had the smaller quad headlights, two on each side. The '57 had the same large sealed beam as the '56, that smaller light was the turn signal/ parking light.
@thrillscience10 күн бұрын
Wow! What a wonderful video and narration. When I was a kid (I was born in '62) I dreamed of the day when I would be an adult and can afford a Cadillac or a Lincoln (we were poor). I've looked at these cars as recently as 10 years ago, and I it was sad. They just don't have any class, style, or quality anymore. And since 2020, there' no more Lincoln Continental!
@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube285810 күн бұрын
All rich people way out of my bracket still my old rusty 32 is fun
@WOFFY-qc9te10 күн бұрын
They may have more money but only you have your old rusty 32 someone will pay good money for that.
@Go4Corvette10 күн бұрын
Cars that I owned as a kid, were a 1972 VW Bug, 1971, 72, and 73 Ford Mustangs, and 1976, 77, and 78 Pontiac Trans Am. By the time I was about 25, I started buying new cars and trucks but I still miss those old cars. My first new car was a 1985 Pontiac Trans Am but still to this day, my favorite is my 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that looked like the Smokey and The Bandit Car in the movie with Burt Reynolds. Thanks for the video tour.
@WOFFY-qc9te10 күн бұрын
Never owned a Bug but worked on a few and liked them. Citroen 2 CV was another quirky but fun machine. Trans Am with the big scoop and a gutless low compression engine but they were the dogs nuts and got a second look especially in England (other countries attached). I remember the film Smoky, Convoy and Duel and Petrol costing 50 pence a gallon (75 c) Enjoy your cars.
@WOFFY-qc9te10 күн бұрын
Lovely to see these fine machines strutting their stuff I can smell the unburnt hydrocarbons in England Mmmmmm. Studebaker made cars that looked like they belonged in the Jetson's, as for the Fiat (spider me thinks) that was a nice car as long as it did not get wet then the Gremlins appear. Most enjoyable video and informed commentary however I think Gretta Thurnberg will not be so happy. Land Rover, as a Brit I must give you our humblest apologies as Land Rover seem to have taken the batten from Lucas (smoke impregnated wiring) and continue by selling over engineered and unnecessarily complicated bling machines that even a Brit can't get to work without first opening your wallet. Bye a Toyota and avoid the anxiety.
@karl-heinzruttimann813310 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video! As always very informative and a pleasure listening, even here in europe!
@Couchflyer-NY12 күн бұрын
Channel Master was an interesting company primarily known for antennas. It was located in upstate NY and was financed by a cabbage farmer.
@collectornet12 күн бұрын
There are several other Channel Master videos on this channel you might enjoy.
@Couchflyer-NY12 күн бұрын
@@collectornet Times these days ain’t like they used to be…
@Couchflyer-NY12 күн бұрын
I enjoyed this video. Collecting transistor radios is fun. Especially when I can make them work. I had a TR 610 with a SONY case and earphone. Sony is cool. But, I’m really a fan of Westinghouse radios.
@nightwing201214 күн бұрын
Good find! ^_^
@JohnSmith-ef2rn15 күн бұрын
It is actually good policy. You have to consider the time this film was made - this was prior to the development of thermonuclear weapons, when the USSR and US had relatively limited stockpiles of fission-based weapons, which were delivered by aircraft. Accuracy was considered relatively low, and there was a chance that bombers could be shot down, limiting the destruction. In the event that you were at or near the epicentre of a nuclear detonation, obviously you would not survive. Everyone understood that, even most of the children watching this film at the time. Of course, if you were close enough, you might not even see a flash. The expanding nuclear fireball and heat would be so intense and quick, that you would be vaporised before your optic nerve could convey any signals to your occiput (I actually think it would be one of the most painless deaths imaginable - you would die before your thalamus could even interpret any signals from pain fibres in your body). But for those on the periphery of an explosion, the advice could be useful. If you lived far enough away, after seeing a flash, you may have a few seconds to position yourself to reduce your exposure to super-heated air, pressure and flying debris. It could increase your odds of survival significantly. Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki often did state that sheltering behind walls or throwing themselves to the ground aided in their survival. of course, with modern thermonuclear weapons, ICBMS and MIRVs - duck and cover is no longer as useful. At least 3 warheads will be assigned to any strategically important economic asset (i.e city), usually with overlapping fields of destruction, so the odds of any survival if you live anywhere close to a major city is practically zero. And even if you did manage to survive, you'd probably easily find yourself in one of those "the survivors envy the dead" scenario. But remember, this film was made in 1950, or close to it. Nuclear war with the weaponry available to them at the time would not have been as devastating, and you could even rationally argue that it was " survivable", from a nation-state perspective. Depending on the efficiency of air defences, you could prevent enough bombers from invading your airspace to possibly avert total destruction. So - Duck and Cover was reasonable policy for the time.
@collectornet14 күн бұрын
Spoken like a scientist, without a word regarding humanity or child psychology. This film was made to make a defenseless public feel that they could “do something” about a nuclear attack. But all we were really empowered to do was this: crouch, hide, and worry all the time. And this, you say, was "reasonable policy for the time?"
@elmofeneken436415 күн бұрын
I love the way you speak in these videos. It makes you want to just listen to whatever you have to say about these fine old pieces. A good speaking voice with emotional tones that grab your attention.
@gordonwelcher959815 күн бұрын
The girl holdingthe radio is scary looking, she makes me feel uneasy.
@RJDA.Dakota16 күн бұрын
I’m glad you clarified all the information. There are some people who believed that the Standard Oil company owned Sony. Some people believed that the letters stood for the Standard Oil New York company. This was a big rumour for a long time. Glad you clarified all this. You should do a history of both the Matsushita and Sony companies. And yes you will find are related.
@JohnShinn196017 күн бұрын
So I was in the gestation period, being born or less than a month fresh when Sony set up shop at 514 Broadway. 🤔 Also, at the bottom of the survey card reads: "Upon our receipt of this card properly filled in by your ratings and comment, we will send you something in return." I wonder what that "something" was. 🤔 Stayin tuned! 👍🤠
@collectornet16 күн бұрын
I did not notice that line ("Upon our receipt of this card properly filled in by your ratings and comment, we will send you something in return"). That's quaint! I wonder what they sent? And whatever it is, I want one! I'm thinking they may not have received many of these cards in Japan because for postage it just says "Place Stamp Here." Of course I don't remember 1960 international postal rates, but I should imagine a single stamp (first class or postcard) wasn't going to actually get it there.
@Advancedkid17 күн бұрын
thanks for this super interesting and informative video. The historical info and value is very much apreciated. It seems to me Sony spend a lot and went through great lengths to protect their prodvalucts, which naturally affected their products Sony's main rival Matsushita didn't seem to see such a need and saw their products of similar quality and value were somewhat affordable than the Sony equivalent, am I right??? Also, Matsushita seems to spent considerably less on advertising than Sony..
@collectornet17 күн бұрын
I've heard many comparisons made over the years pitting Sony vs Matsushita. Each company is a very different story going all the way back to each's origin. I appreciate the products each of them gave us.
@randyvance904817 күн бұрын
I am humbled by your collection and knowledge of these early radios. Could one find a better channel to learn from, I think not. Thank you very much for your obviously great passion for the history and the hobby.
@collectornet17 күн бұрын
Thank YOU! Very much appreciated!
@thrillscience17 күн бұрын
I love that "lime green" one you showed in the catalog! Do you have one in your collection?
@masudashizue77717 күн бұрын
Radios, cameras, and binoculars often came with real leather cases back then.
@kennixox26217 күн бұрын
Corporate greed. So many complain about overseas companies "stealing" American jobs when in fact American companies quest to maximize profits shipped the jobs to low cost factories.
@keith987617 күн бұрын
Does this radio still work, and how many of your radios still work? I have the TR-84 in the ad. It still works great with no capacitors or parts changed. I found it ten years ago in a thrift store tool bin for 5 bucks. When I bought it I thought it was from the 80's until I took off the back and saw the insides.
@collectornet17 күн бұрын
I do not know if this radio works. I do not use the radios in my collection "as radios," so it makes no difference to me if they work. The only exceptions are the micro radios. It's an extra kick to me if those tiny radios work. But for larger radios, it is always assumed that they could be made to work if one wanted them to.
@h7qvi17 күн бұрын
Would be good to see the schematic of that one, having the RF amp
@keith98766 күн бұрын
@@h7qvi I have the schematic. Found it online for free. The tr-84 has a single transistor amp off the antenna. It is a tuned circuit that tracks the tuning of the radio as you move the dial.
@petercarlsson660617 күн бұрын
50 dollar 1959 - that's really expensive. Around 500 dollar today. They were quite expensive radios.
@Couchflyer-NY12 күн бұрын
Transistors were a relatively new technology. And, there was a economic recession. $50 was a competitive list price. A few years later prices would normalize.
@bobconnolly161417 күн бұрын
Thanks for another interesting and informative video, Eric...👍
@crr829717 күн бұрын
Thank you for the video. Put next to the Emerson 888 "Atlas" the grill is slightly reminiscent. You should write a book, perhaps you already did?
@collectornet17 күн бұрын
My books are available at www.collectornet.net
@crr829717 күн бұрын
@@collectornet And to think, these books have been in MY collection for years, but alas, You Don't Know Me
@collectornet17 күн бұрын
Thank you! And you're a music fan too!
@WOFFY-qc9te17 күн бұрын
00:45 : Pitted, Corroded, Oxidised, I like to say priceless 'historic patina' . You are the custodian of a lovely collection, thank you for sharing. Patina; a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use. Usually a green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its colour. Ref Websters Dictionary
@ericchristen262318 күн бұрын
Agree. USA styling in the 50s was the best and most adventurous!