living in new england, we are no strangers to finding green death in wires, connectors, and traces... such is life :/

This radio is the 'older brother' to GE's SuperRadio series. Built to be repaired; the tuning mechanism is a dream. But, GE seemed to cheapen out on the copper traces in this generation of radios. When loaded with 6 'D' batteries it's quite heavy; the '57 Buick of portable radios!

I had one in the Sixties.  It was awesome!  I used the light a lot in bed at night and was amazed at what distant stations I could receive.  Yes, I am old.

Shango, he bring good G.E. radios back to life!

That thing should be a good DXer.  What a whopper of an antenna ❗️
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sure is a nice radio. the designer Conrad Jutson said this was one of his favorite radios he was a part of while working for G.E.

They are really great for d.x. ing.  I consistently picked up Las Vegas, A Canadian station,  and Des Moines Iowa.

Spider in the dial is a classic. Now you can say that you've got a vintage radio receiver.

Must have been in the window by the ocean.

another magnificent repair. you could  probably make a living doing this.lol all your videos are so teaching. keep going!!! thanks rd

that’s a killer radio, very nicely executed on the build. very serviceable

Have restored and sold several of these at auction. One of my favorite AM portables. When aligned right, it's a hot DXer, almost as good as my GE Superadio but with much better audio. Love the almost tube-like sound and the 50s era chrome. The key to eliminating heterodyne and squealing is to dress the rod antenna leads carefully.

I had one of those.  Great DX radio, worth aligning.

Great video and diagnosis, Shango!  KTNN broadcasts on 660AM from Window Rock, AZ which is right on the Arizona and New Mexico border.  It's Class B station and transmits at 50k watts (probably during the day).  That's pretty impressive you're able to pick that up from LA.  The radio sounds pretty sensitive.

No doubt this party was over two years ago, still it's worth mentioning, this radio was not a
P-780A. The ones with General Electric  above grille are either 780E or F. This one is a '61/'62 E as it still had CD markings, F is same but lacks CD symbols. The 780A, B, D & G all have eight transistor above grille, with G version having whip antenna.  P-780H states Long Distance & has a 9th transistor, excepting for H all have similar circuitry.

With the RF stage this should really be a good DX radio.

I have one just like it out in my shop.It worked the last time I used it.

Reminded me of the days back in the 80s where russian radio was detected by just touching the inputs of an amplifier and played nicely on the speakers. He.. of a strong signal they had.
Nice repair.

I had a new in the box radio from the 70's that didn't work because it had 4 green caps like that with crystals all over it. All of them were the same value, I replaced them and it worked great.

KTNN is in Window Rock, Arizona (right on the New Mexico border), which is about 540 miles away from L.A.