Batterying Up a 1949 Zenith Transoceanic G500 Portable Radio.
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Making up a battery pack for the old Zenith tube portables is not too difficult.
I'm keeping busy staying home. Hope you like this project.
Next shop project will be repairing and batterying up the Mother of All Zenith Transoceanics, the Zenith 8G005. Please leave comments and ask questions and share your old radio stories, and Thanx-a-Million for the Thumbzup. Then Cookie wants to say Good Nite. Phil.
감사 합니다.. 두분 모두 건강 하셔요...
Phil, you are truly a modern day renaissance man
I hardly know what to say, John.
Thanks, Phil.
Thanks for sharing.
I picked up a Transoceanic A600 recently at a hamfest swap meet for $30. It's all there and the case, face, and all the rest is pristine. Never saw one as nice, and I've had a few over the years that I've repaired and given away to friends who still listened to AM radio. Very little wrong with it, a bad tube so far. I need to go through it when I get the time and check the caps etc before I power it up.
I just finished repairs on a Transoceanic 1000-D that I picked up dirt cheap. It sounds great now, but unfortunately the case suffered a bit of corrosion somewhere along the way in it's life..
I noticed that you have what looks like a Precision E-200-C up on the shelf. I picked one of those up cheap and it needs repairs. One of the interesting things I've learned about that is that Precision made many different variations on those over the years so it's difficult to find accurate schematics for some of them. The variations are recorded according to the serial number ranges. The modifications from unit to unit seems to be mostly in the RF circuit design where as the AF circuit appears to have stayed pretty much the same. On preliminary checks I've found that someone has had their meathooks in the unit and have made modifications that were mistakes so it would never run again..
I'm currently using a HP 8656A that I use for AM-FM radio alignment. Frankly it's a much nicer signal generator than the Precision and I picked it up fairly cheaply because it was not outputting a signal.. It was an easy repair.
I've yet to take the time to set up any of these older radios to run on batteries. I tend to be in the same situation as you though where I don't actually end up using the radios myself very much anymore and tend to spend more time on the internet these days. When I do use them I run them on line power.
Love the 260, had mine since my Navy days... still have a Transoceanic 3000 model we use up at deer camp! My brother has my fathers 1000 model, my mother worked at Warner Hardware and picked it up for him to take up to Crane Lake, Mn.
There was a Warner Hardware in downtown Minneapolis in the 40's and 50's I spent my time and money in. They're all gone now. I have juggled the thought of buying a 3 to 7 thousand on e bay but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.
@@busoldmanphil7293 3000 was the first model with FM and could also run off a Walmart charger, I’ve seen a few 7000 models, buyer beware as their is a Taiwanese mfg. model out there near the end of production.....
Thanks for the video Phil. I enjoy collecting solid state multiband radios and have had very good luck repairing small issues as well. Always fun. 73 and talk to you soon. Ron N0YCX.
Hi Phil, that was another great video. so much good information and vintage equipment. and I like your old computer monitors in the backround. reminds me of my old Gateway P.C. monitor. good night Phil.
My first pc following a Commodore 64 was a Gateway 385 with 16 mb memory with Windows 3.0. We had a Saturday coffee catch called DOS & Donuts for those who preferred DOS. They said windows will never catch on.
@@busoldmanphil7293 thats right Phil, I guess it did catch on after all. catch you next time, Rich
Another good one BOMP...!
Glad to see you back on. Another great video. I remember the Simpson from back in school many years ago. Glad to see you are safe and healthy.
Please pass on my regards to Paster Dale. The two of you present good videos.
Will do. Thanx.
Ah, that's when radio and TV was fun. It wasn't called 'electronics" then. lol
Back in the day if you had a Trans you really had something. I have a tube Trans that works great but the string slips on the tuning.. I don't know what to do about it. I also have two transistor Trans that work great. One needs a battery pack and this gives me some ideas.
Thanks for your time, my friend.
Lee
Daub some nail polish remover (straight acetone) with a Q tip on the shaft where the string wraps around it. Let it dry and try it. On the wheel, you may move the spring up one coil on the clip for more tension. If the string breaks replace it with black nylon fishing line, of not, get new dial cord on e bay.
I’ve also had good luck with rosin like you would use on a bow string for a violin..
@@yoslick4079 Hmm, Never thought of that. I'll remember that next time I'm fiddling around with an old radio.
Phil, love your videos. Never messed with a trans oceanic, but you may have just primed the pump. Stay safe and well. BTW love cookies laugh. 73 Jim KC2DHU
Cookie says HI! Tnx & 73, Phil WEØK.
Great video Phil reminds me that I bought one of those at a garage sale years ago and promptly put it in a box and forgot about it LOL I'll have to dig that out I didn't even know that they originally had batteries in them keep up the good work we love your videos 73 KE7MAI
Dig it out and we'll look at it together via zoom. 73 de WEØK.
That would be fun. I'll see if I can find it. I'm getting some gear ready for a ham fest my club is having may 1st. Hopefully I will run into it. Ryan KE7MAI
@@59redwing Let me know. busoldmanphil@gmail.com
Back in the day Zenith was a great company and produced the best products. I have a great old shudder dial chair side that I still listen to. I'll bet it was big bucks in its day. (actually it still is. lol) Hard to believe these old radios still work. I was big in radio when I was young and graduated from Devry Tech but in a few years I found I really couldn't make a living in it and moved on but still like the old tube circuits. I was some of the last taught tubes with transistors just coming out. I worked on some old army communication equipment that was still tubes that went to Viet Nam but when those contracts were over there was nothing.
Cheers, Lee
When I started hi school in the 10th grade the class was on TRF radios. I was by then servicing tv sets. The teacher had me showing the class superhet receivers. We put the trf stuff in the back room.
I heard that the Zenith Transoceanic G500 are very good for long range reception. Trying to find one with a battery pack and a good sensitive selective tube radio
A couple years ago I gave my Uncle Dan an H-500 in perfect working order and it looked almost mint. Later I set him a "battery" for it but because I didn't tell him that in order to use it he needed to plug the set's electric cord into the top of the radio chassis he thought it didn't work with the battery box I gave him (10-9volt batteries and either 1 or 2 D batteries inside a wood box with the 4 prong receptacle) he kept it a couple months, then gave it to another Uncle of mine who had never expressed an interest in antique radios before. I was a bit upset as it to me was a fairly expensive gift for him to just turn around and give away (He has several old console radios and likes shortwave, but none of his old radios actually work) Yeah, it was his to do with whatever he wanted to, but I don't think I'll be passing any more great radios along his way. To his credit, he does still have the Zenith H-725 consoltone I restored for him as well as the Grundig Majestic 2035 I gave him for Christmas the year before last (It only needed a new power cord and a good cleaning...and an EL-84? eye tube which was almost impossible to find). When I gave him the Grundig was when I found out what he did with the Trans-Oceanic). Next H-500 I get is staying with me, LOL!
That's too bad about the H500. I did that once, not thinking, and when reminded, felt ashamed and did not do that again. Did either of the uncles ever figure out the problem? What happens to most owners is they turn down the volume to talk to somebody and then go about their business, forgetting the radio until 5 years later they realize the radio was left on and the batteries are dead.
@@busoldmanphil7293 I've not talked to my other Uncle about it, though I did tell my 1st Uncle why he couldn't get it to work on the battery pack. I doubt he'd remember to tell the 2nd Uncle as he has never been even slightly electronically or mechanically inclined. Heck, he used to take his lawn mower to a shop when a screw on it came loose, lol.
Great to watch you work on them old Radios from long ago. I sure wish I had some of my old desktop tabletop radios. I think mine was a Zenith or Philco from the 30s or 40s. It had a small wooden cabinet. We always kept it on a desk. I spent many hours sitting listening to that old radio. We lived in the country so the reception was a little crackling. Great video Phil.
First!!!! Those old Simpson VOM are excellent meters !! The VTVM is awesome! There's more than one way to skin a cat! Thanks!
I use it when older schematics list voltages based on 20k ohms per volt meters.
Howdy Phil!
see you on 21.350 Thurs.
Best portable radio ever is zenith g500. Transoceanic no qweastion about it or argument! Case closed
@ 31:57 ,,, Phil , remove them plastic crimper tool handles and slip some fuel line hose over the handles .
Great Idea, Thanx.
There is an Oceanic club.
Where?
Phil, this question is a little bit off the beaten path, but I value your electronics expertise. What do you know about vintage reel to reel tape recorders? I'm shopping around on eBay, most are for parts only, not working. Any insight? P/S I have that very same Simpson volt meter. Thanks Mike
I don't know much. I have never serviced any model R to R. The most popular brand in the high end performers were Pioneer, Akai, Sony and 2 other brands I can't recall now. Teac was a fairly good model; I used one a couple times for a music recording session. I have never owned any model R to R, but I owned a couple Teac cassette recorders I liked. I would take a chance on a Teac if you want to stay under $500. If money is no object, then look at the other brands I mentioned. Anybody out there who can add to what we have here?
1r5 can be used as sub for 1l6 5$tube. Not good on sw.
Do you have any good working Sensitivity and Selectivity on reception radio of the Zenith Transoceanic G500 series please get back to me as soon as possible thank you very much. Very interested in trying to find a great Zenith transoceanic long distance reception radio
Hello sir....I have a question I cant seem to get answered. If I plug my Zenith Transoceanic 600 into a standard surge protector strip, is that safe enough for the radio? Thank you because I would trust your answer
Yes, it is.