REPAIRING A RADIOLA IIIA RADIO
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This is an old 1925 RCA Radiola IIIa radio that came from a junk store. It was of course not in anywhere near operating condition so it needed not only wiring but a set of WD-11 tubes, which typically cost $50-$100 each on ebay! (the radio itself was bought for $75 at the junk store) We go over the wiring and fix all the problems to get the radio to not only look great but to work as well!
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Restoring a radio with tubes you've made yourself is about as gangsta as it gets.
I tell my friends that this gentleman is "The Radio Whisperer". I wish I could tap into this genius mind. I say this with absolute sincerity. Great video as usual. Much respect.
No quality control inspection from the feline. I'm sadly disappointed that I didn't get to see your curious cat :) Nice job, and to utilize your home made tubes is just awesome. Not many people can say they not only restore antique radio gear but to also manufacture tubes is just great.
I still cant get over how cool it is that you just, like, *make* vacuum tubes.
freaking inspiring dude, great work as always!
It really is amazing. I never heard of anyone else making their own homemade vacuum tubes! I've dabbled in antique electronics off and on for years, but I wish I had even half the knowledge he has!
When do we get to see your radio collection Ron, and maybe a shop tour ??
Congratulations. Very good job.
I am so glad you are back doing these videos. I learn so much watching you.... Thank you.
Plees show us your collection.
Always refreshing to see a repair that doesn't involve a microscope. Big Thumbs Up..
another resurrected beauty! thanks for sharing, and thanks so much for keeping these classics going
Thank you for a peek back in time, wow!
Another great video. Missed the supervisor, though.
So did I , 😿 , he might be on the PC giving email supervisor advice to Peanut and Shadow up in Canada
After watching this video, I think you'd make a great detective. It's amazing how quickly you find what's wrong.
Another fantastic restoration by the master. I wish you and superviser kitty a very merry christmas and a great new year.
I just discovered this channel today after falling down a rabbit hole of vintage radio repair videos. Subscribed! 💜
Love your comment,from ash
Beautiful! I think your videos are the best of its kind on RUclips! I wish I had your skills.
Thank You. I always learn a ton a minute.I swear to God that You are a National Treasure.There should be people there recording what You are doing that it may be preserved.
Nice repair and restore on this old radio always a joy to watch you work the magic regards from the uk.✌peace
Peace on Earth
Great video Ron keep up the good work
Always a delight to watch. We're now entering a decade where radios are getting to be true antiques. Stunning.
There's only 63 years until the Compact Disc is an antique.......Really odd :D
Take care over there. Merry Christmas from Denmark, Scandinavia :)
Nice lookin' radio, good job.
nice work
That part when you just casually mention that you made those tubes was amazing. Great work!
Big help on this one. I bought one of these a couple of months ago. Going to check the coil wires and tube sockets. I'm sure that will get it. Grat video and knowledge. Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful ! Greetings from Athens Greece !
Really liking the paint
Can you make a video about your bench power supply that you are using.
Great informative videos.
Thanks.
I luv your videos you are a very intelligent engineer, thank you for your time to pass on the knowledge. 👍
Hey Ron. 👋 Love watching your videos. ✌🇺🇸
Thank you.All the best from Croatia !!!!!!
Ron Your A STAR
Great Work Earthling
Fascinating repair on antique radio! Thanks.
21:20 The use of a variometer to control the regeneration(reaction) is archaic even by the mid 1920's. Rotating the "Tickler" coil inside the main coil to control the feedback, will have a sharp detuning effect on the radio receiver
Great job glasllinger nice radio . Best regards from 🇩🇰 🇩🇰🙂
Hello, it is always a pleasure to see you working and giving life again to all these beautiful radios! Congratulations!
To familiarize viewers with this radio I suggest going to Nostalgiaair website. Look at resources for R.C.A. Victor Co. and click Radiola III-A.
Amazed he has any working WD-11 tubes or he actually made them! Dig that variometer type oscillator design!!! Just fantastic stuff Ron!📻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent work as usual! I'll have to add one of these radios to my list of things to rebuild one day.
Always look forward to watching your videos, thanks for posting.
Another excellently educational video, Ron! Thank you!!
MY FAVORITE CHANNEL WATCHING THEE DAYS THAT KNOB FANTASTIC
Merry Christmas Ron. Thank you for the videos this year, enjoyed every one of them. Takce care - Regards.
Bom trabalho! E que paciência sua em descobrir os problemas deste RADIOLA IIIA .
great video Ron ...and pretty nail polish x
Very Nice! I have a rare table top Arline 6 battery radio,Im scared to do anything to it,Cant find any Information on it,..But I would love to get it to work!
Hi Ron, expert work as usual.
the master at work, thank you Ron
Great fun. Thanks very much for the video. It's appreciated.
Thank you so much
Great content but even better lighting and sound than ever!!
Awesome! You are the only radiohead I know of that makes his own tubes. BTW, the russians make new tubes for all types of radios, no matter how old. And their quality is great! And good pricing as well. That is something to think about when you finally get tired of making your own tubes.
That's something I,'ve not heard on another repair video,here's one of my tubes. All the best for Christmas Ron.Take care.
Love it! I just got a Radiola III-A. This is a big help. I have an ARBE iii power supply and a 20's speaker for it when it's done.
Thanks for another wonderful video. Working on my refrigerator Westinghouse radio thanks to YOU! Best wishes!
“Technology is changing very rapidly” says the voice out of the 100 year old radio lol
I would like to have just 1% of your knowledge!!!
Great work!!! Congrats from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Excellent work! Nice old radio. It's amazing that you can make your own tubes. Who else can do that??!! Thanks.
You know things are serious when the Weller comes out.
I always look forward to your videos and you never let me down,what a great radio thank you Ron
I just finished a Radiola 18. Fine job sir
I really enjoy your videos. And I am sure I’m not the first person to ask this but it’s a beautiful restoration and it went into your collection we’re all very curious to see this collection. Would you ever consider doing a video where you let us have a glimpse of what you’ve restored? And also what you’ve just collected. I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas season!
Coming up! It is a BIG collection so it is taking quite a bit of video work!
@@glasslinger Great to hear looking forward to it Ron!
Alex.
@glasslinger Thank you so much. I’m excited to see the upcoming video! It will be exciting to see a long time collectors collection, I have collected them since the mid 90s. And I can remember the gems are used to find in junk shops and antique shops. Of course the Internet makes that a little easier but the prices tend to be a lot higher! And in 90’s they were often still fresh out of the attic after being put up for years
Excellent video as usual.
Ron, I couldn’t help but notice your great desk top custom made power supply - I’ve also seen it make guest appearances in some of your previous videos. : - ) I’ll order the voltage / amp indicators and add them to my AES based power supply. Looking forward to it as one of my winter projects.
ooh...I know what I need next for my radio collection!
Another enjoyable and interesting vid! I have the Radiola III with the balanced amp making it essentially a Radiola IIIA. A very good sensitive radio. If you find a Barkelew switch for it, it makes for much easier antenna selections and looks very good with the set.
Yes I would not mess with that box. that is a piece of history. I have never seen a radio like that, reminds me of the radar system's that rotate.
Always love your start to finish videos. Thanks for sharing. Hi to supervisor kitty :-)
Could you please make a video about photomultiplier tubes and how they work....
Nice job ron, you do find em, i think you should do a separate tutorial on that power supply though, just asking!.
“This is my homemade tube, I like the way it looks better than the original”
Not very many people can say that, and it be true.
Magician at work!...
Thank you Ron ,what a great week it's been to watch two of your fantastic new video in 7 days, I wish you a happy holiday and new year ,And I am looking forward to watching more of your videos .I must of watched all you video at least a dozen times each and I will watch them in a glasslinger marathon on Christmas Day .Best wishes to You and your family and of course your kitty cat
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for your lovely videos and you have taught me a lot. All the best. Nick, Isle of man, UK
Back from the grave nice work!
Amazing video! Thanks a lot for sharing with us.
When You Was Tuning That Little Set In I Hoped You Was Gonna Find " John Denver You Fill Up My Senses "
Very cool, really enjoy your video/s thank you for sharing your "know how" !
You really had to drive those old sets.
Can't explain how great you are
fine job , and a nice radio , thumb up
greets
Uli
Muy buen trabajo mi amigo, felicitaciones
Thanks, Ron! Great video!! Now that you have better quality videocamera, please could you re-do some of the old tube videos? Make them all over again? 73 de LA6UOA!!
another great vid ron . keep up the awesome work
Hellow glasslinger Boa tarde!! olha meu amigo adorei você ter arrumado esse radio, ficou novo e funcionando muito bem, eu gostei abraços do Rick Mallow
Fascinating, wish I had your knowledge and desire, any chance you would share your life history of how you became so knowledgeable in this area? Thanks
@ 30:47
Anyone catch the 100 year old radio with a broadcast "Technology has taken over so much of our lives"?
I'm beginning to see connections between laser maser magnetron crt and night vision
I do miss your videos. Might I make a suggestion. My father told me about 'cat's whiskers' and the first radios with batteries that he had to get charged at the local car garage. Could you show us how to make a simple crystal set ? I had one around 60 years ago and it was great fun. 100 odd feet of aerial with porcelain insulators. I think I just made myself feel old.
Those WD11's are a rare as hen's teeth today (and more expensive than 1L6's). Many of those radios were modded to use '199', '120' or 864 type tubes. Some people use sub-mini tubes inside of a dead 199 base.
PS 1l6 can be subb with 1r5 sw.weak on higher bands.🤔 Find them in old portable radios at flea market.
Nádhera.👍
Nice job good looking radio
another great video Ron .
Parabéns pelo vídeo.
Um abraço aqui do BRAZIL 🇧🇷
L'habit ne fais pas le moine très puissant ce personnage !
My father must mentioned that he built a 'peanut tube" (AM) radio during WWII. I found a schematic, parts list and assembly directions for one (probably one of many) in a 1935 radio magazine. Have you ever seen one? I am wondering if the parts are even available. The resistors wold be and capacitors/condensers. The tube, probably not.
great work
What state do you live?
Great job ! 👍😃
I suffer from “No idea whatsoever” syndrome it must be very contagious!
I have that as well,I caught it from somebody ?
Technology has replaced so much in our lives! How ironic it said by the voice coming from this radio at 30:49!
You put a rise in my Levi’s 😂😂😂😂😅😅
Excellent work! Great nail color too.
Hi glasslinger,
I would need some advice on cathode ray tubes / the possibility of getting a small one from you. Unfortunately, RUclips has removed the private messaging feature. Is there a way I could contact you privately?
Regards, AstralChemistry