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Transistor Radio Repair

RestoreOldRadios

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Join me as I repair this 6 Transistor Radio produced by SoundDesign for my Brother-in-Law.

A couple more videos of interest below:

An untuned circuit that allows you to couple an external wire antenna to your transistor radio that has a built in Loopstick antenna or alike using inductive coupling. Just keep in mind, noise in, noise out.

Transistor Radio Repair
Transistor Radio Repair

How to add an External Antenna to your Transistor Radio
How to add an External Antenna to your Tra...

Download the schematic: External Antenna For Your Transistor Radio
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Supercharge Your Transistor Radio
Supercharge Your Transistor Radio

Download the schematic: Supercharge Your Transistor Radio
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Another interesting circuit you can build below.

Oscillator Sniffer | Close Proximity AM Transmitter | Ferrite Antenna Booster
Oscillator RF Sniffer | Close Proximity AM...

Thanks for watching and subscribing to my channel on vintage radio repair and other related circuits.

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20 Comments

@steelcity321pb6 9 years ago

i'm in my early sixties now Don, and seeing those transistor radios brings back happy, carefree memories of the mid-to-late 1960s, as they usually do whenever I see pocket-size MW-only transistor radios of that era.
Thank you for sharing
Regards,
Phil.

@stormlight4184 9 years ago

Good job finding the problem and repairing the issue. Some of those transistor radios really brought back childhood memories.

@TheRadiogeek 9 years ago

Super cool repair. Its always satisfying when you get a radio working again.

@Rebel9668 9 years ago

When we were kids we went through a lot of those little pocket radios. Always got em from Radio Shack and would fall asleep at night listening to WAKY in Louisville on them. Of course the next morning the battery would be dead as a doornail and by the time we got more batteries we probably had new radios too, lol.

@jeffking4176 8 years ago

I have been collecting radio for about 2 years.
I’ve found that except for the early American made radios, the value is pretty much according to the owner or buyer. (Prices are just all over the place).
Unfortunately I am not able to work on the radios myself, so I end up paying double for each radio, but what good is a nice looking radio if it’s not working?
Every one collects differently.
Every time I watch these,I learn a little bit more.
📻👍🙂‼️

@THOMMGB 9 years ago

Don,

I haven't had too much experience with cold solder joints so this video was a learning experience for me. I do appreciate you sharing it with us.

Also, I think your close-up camera work was excellent.

Regards, Tom

@tonywright8294 5 years ago

Do like these radio repair videos . It’s like going to a friends shed for a natter ! Excellent .

@مهندس_علي 8 years ago

Thanks

@sadunnakipoglu9471 2 years ago

Thank you and appreciate your effort. Greetings to you from Turkey .

@hadireg 9 years ago

love that sound! Nostalgia

@Chalee2151 6 years ago

This demonstration is very clear. Thank you.

@tectalabyss 9 years ago

Looking good Don. Very happy to see another video. Ditto on a part two video That the other Don :) hoped to see.
All my best.
Bobby

@tomwold8269 8 years ago

Great job to get the radio working

@trs80model14 3 years ago

I'm inspired to fix a Radio Shack 3 channel weather radio from the 80's-early 90's. It uses an IC for audio amplification but the radio section is crystal/transistor. Had a bad battery leak. I have a second identical radio which works so that helps!

@AturoFlores 2 months ago

Tutorial repair mini transistor radio

@agustinramos7847 2 years ago

muy buenos tus videos recien te descubri.gracias al traductor de voz. gracias por compartir tus conocimentos, saludos cordiales desde Bs As .argentina¡¡

@LarryDeSilva64 9 years ago

That was pretty good finding out a cold solder joint was the problem. But I guess all of those Japanese radios were just produced so fast that over the years they would loosen up and stop working. Great fix thanks for sharing