There is or was a Raytheon facility here in town. At the time, I only knew them for Ray-O-Vac batteries and such. One Saturday evening, a friend and I pulled into their large, empty, unassuming parking lot where I could show him how to drive my stick shift Volkswagen Beetle without fear of him stalling it in traffic or lurching the car and hitting something. We were very quickly approached by a security vehicle, and the guard politely told us we would need to leave post haste as Raytheon was a government contractor working on secret projects. I assume he thought we were German spies sent to steal the secret of long-lasting alkaline batteries, since we were driving Der Fuhrer's people's car.
I like your story about the driving lesson in the Raytheon parking lot! Ray-O-Vac was a brand of batteries by Chicago's French Battery Company and I don't think had any connection to Raytheon.
I agree with you statement about these companies today. American business can once again become Number One in the world if they become customer focused again.
Another interesting program. Unfortunately, we all know what happened to consumer electronics in the US. Raytheon is still in business because of the decision they made, while others are no longer around. Throughout the years there have been many consumer electronic businesses that became defense contractors, I'm sure. Wars are inevitable. If they don't produce the requested products, others will, and do. Stopping wars is beyond the scope of the contractors that manufacture the weapons of war. Keep up the cool videos.
Admiral still around but in the form of AOC. Old Admiral colour TVs were better than the average TV, never the best, though. Had an Admiral TV showroom in our city that showed us how their sets were made.
I had read that one of Raytheon's first products was a battery eliminator for home battery radios. Unfortunately, they had a propensity to explode. One woman sued Raytheon because she claimed the explosion caused her to have a miscarriage. Insiders at Raytheon then began referring to the item as a "baby eliminator."
Philco was another company that actually did quite a bit in the early part of the 20th Century. Wish we still had companies that were able to make it happen here.
I once got one of those ATP tan portables at a hamfest for peanuts. it was cosmetically excellent for age, but it was non functional. I pulled my hair out trying to get it to work. Good modulated signals in the IF stage to the detector but I could not get any audio out of it. Yea, I checked that. Traced with a scope etc. Got tired of messing with after awhile but I think I made a profit on it as-is.
4:25 The Owner’s Manual has a typo under the section titled OPERATION. It should read “…and will receive all standard broadcast stations…”, NOT station as in the singular form.
This is patently false and a case can be made that the opposite is true. I make such a case in other videos on this channel. I think the "What Happened to Magnavox" video covers this--if you'd care to hear a point of view that challenges your establishment thinking.
if you don't want to talk about it, *don't! (tho from the sound of it, you very*much want to talk about it). you have a choice of not making it about your politics, but just *had to squeeze it in there, i guess. next time you heat up your dinner (*ding), you can thank Raytheon. there are a few more things you might be able to thank them for too, but, like you, i don't want be be political - just want to enjoy these old radios. I enjoy your videos and respect what you know about their history. thanks.
@RJDA.Dakota no-- this channel is (was?) about transistor radios. wanna make it about something else? that's the creator's prerogative, of course. but i come here to escape the whining knowitall-ery among armchair commanders-in-chief, and learn about interesting radios. But that's just me, i guess.
@@I-Libertineno, I apologize, history will not, though. I don’t mean to make it about that. Raytheon Corporation is a very controversial company. Sorry.
@RJDA.Dakota history is saying they're a defense contractor, or saying they're controversial. but saying 'it's a shame what they've become'? that's commentary. you know, we're all pretty smart here, but would like to learn about radios, not what the creator thinks of the company today as a defense contractor (we get it- disapproval.) the snark at the beginning was so off-putting, so winkingly judgmental and dismissively conclusive, however, i didn't (couldn't) pick up on much of what else was said. a real shame. way to put up a wall.
was that not sort of a gift from the British for help during wwii? not in the form of a microwave but the basis of it disguised as radar well the Cavity magnetron!
Sad for your repeats. Somehow you missed the point. The very first transistor radio was deliberately made to sound inferior. Japanese engineers took the challenge!
This is just wrong. You state: "The very first transistor radio was deliberately made to sound inferior." The very first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, had a Jensen speaker in it for crying out loud. Nobody tried to "sound inferior." The Japanese made a good product but they weren't geniuses. I don't think they ever made a small radio in that era that sounded as good as a US-made Zenith Royal 500H. As to your first clipped statements, I don't understand what you mean. "Sad for your repeats" means what? And what "point" is it that you allege I have missed? If you are going to participate in the discussion here, be respectful of the rest of us by being clear in your statements and refraining from comment that runs contrary to fact.
That is not respectful. Nor is it in any way clear what you are talking about. Nor did you clarify your earlier statements which are also incomprehensible. If you can make sense, MAKE it. Otherwise, spare us all the clipped, cryptic, disrespectful rants you spit out in service of your fictions.
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There is or was a Raytheon facility here in town. At the time, I only knew them for Ray-O-Vac batteries and such. One Saturday evening, a friend and I pulled into their large, empty, unassuming parking lot where I could show him how to drive my stick shift Volkswagen Beetle without fear of him stalling it in traffic or lurching the car and hitting something. We were very quickly approached by a security vehicle, and the guard politely told us we would need to leave post haste as Raytheon was a government contractor working on secret projects. I assume he thought we were German spies sent to steal the secret of long-lasting alkaline batteries, since we were driving Der Fuhrer's people's car.
I like your story about the driving lesson in the Raytheon parking lot! Ray-O-Vac was a brand of batteries by Chicago's French Battery Company and I don't think had any connection to Raytheon.
Funny story. Now Ray-O-Vac is part of the Eveready battery division. I think they are still manufacturing here near St. Louis, USA.
@collectornet Wow, all these years I've been making that association. It must be some kind of Mandela effect thing.
I agree about your statement. To go from something that brings music, joy and good times to what they manufacture now.. Sad just truly sad.
Thank you for the video, I have a 1950s Raytheon porthole television that I restored years ago, I agree, they don't make them like they used to.
I agree with you statement about these companies today. American business can once again become Number One in the world if they become customer focused again.
Raytheon radar sets were on some ships I used to work on. Pretty well regarded....we all know what they do now, however....
Another interesting program. Unfortunately, we all know what happened to consumer electronics in the US. Raytheon is still in business because of the decision they made, while others are no longer around. Throughout the years there have been many consumer electronic businesses that became defense contractors, I'm sure. Wars are inevitable. If they don't produce the requested products, others will, and do. Stopping wars is beyond the scope of the contractors that manufacture the weapons of war. Keep up the cool videos.
Admiral still around but in the form of AOC. Old Admiral colour TVs were better than the average TV, never the best, though. Had an Admiral TV showroom in our city that showed us how their sets were made.
Contractors that manufacture weapons are the ones who pay folk to start wars.
And Boeing used to built nice safe airplanes to take you to places you have never seen .
They also said artificial sweeteners are safe, Anna Nicole Smith married for love, and WMDs were in Iraq!
I have three Raytheon sets. The black and yellow, the grey and ivory and the red and ivory. Didn't realize they're so scarce.
I had read that one of Raytheon's first products was a battery eliminator for home battery radios. Unfortunately, they had a propensity to explode. One woman sued Raytheon because she claimed the explosion caused her to have a miscarriage. Insiders at Raytheon then began referring to the item as a "baby eliminator."
....and Philco made transistors in Pennsylvania. You should add a play and tune section to the radio episodes.
Philco was another company that actually did quite a bit in the early part of the 20th Century. Wish we still had companies that were able to make it happen here.
I once got one of those ATP tan portables at a hamfest for peanuts. it was cosmetically excellent for age, but it was non functional. I pulled my hair out trying to get it to work. Good modulated signals in the IF stage to the detector but I could not get any audio out of it. Yea, I checked that. Traced with a scope etc. Got tired of messing with after awhile but I think I made a profit on it as-is.
5:21 on the second line after the heading NOTES, “tolerance” is mis-spelled.
spelling Nazi
4:25 The Owner’s Manual has a typo under the section titled OPERATION. It should read “…and will receive all standard broadcast stations…”, NOT station as in the singular form.
the Raytheon story is very sad.
ya so is life for some most of the thing we have around us that we use every day came about because of war ! like it or not !
This is patently false and a case can be made that the opposite is true. I make such a case in other videos on this channel. I think the "What Happened to Magnavox" video covers this--if you'd care to hear a point of view that challenges your establishment thinking.
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if you don't want to talk about it, *don't! (tho from the sound of it, you very*much want to talk about it). you have a choice of not making it about your politics, but just *had to squeeze it in there, i guess. next time you heat up your dinner (*ding), you can thank Raytheon. there are a few more things you might be able to thank them for too, but, like you, i don't want be be political - just want to enjoy these old radios. I enjoy your videos and respect what you know about their history. thanks.
It’s not about politics it’s about what they did. You can’t bury the past when it’s all true. Raytheon is, after all, a defense contractor.
@RJDA.Dakota no-- this channel is (was?) about transistor radios. wanna make it about something else? that's the creator's prerogative, of course. but i come here to escape the whining knowitall-ery among armchair commanders-in-chief, and learn about interesting radios. But that's just me, i guess.
@@I-Libertineno, I apologize, history will not, though. I don’t mean to make it about that. Raytheon Corporation is a very controversial company. Sorry.
@RJDA.Dakota history is saying they're a defense contractor, or saying they're controversial. but saying 'it's a shame what they've become'? that's commentary. you know, we're all pretty smart here, but would like to learn about radios, not what the creator thinks of the company today as a defense contractor (we get it- disapproval.) the snark at the beginning was so off-putting, so winkingly judgmental and dismissively conclusive, however, i didn't (couldn't) pick up on much of what else was said. a real shame. way to put up a wall.
was that not sort of a gift from the British for help during wwii? not in the form of a microwave but the basis of it disguised as radar well the Cavity magnetron!
Sad for your repeats. Somehow you missed the point. The very first transistor radio was deliberately made to sound inferior. Japanese engineers took the challenge!
This is just wrong. You state: "The very first transistor radio was deliberately made to sound inferior." The very first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, had a Jensen speaker in it for crying out loud. Nobody tried to "sound inferior." The Japanese made a good product but they weren't geniuses. I don't think they ever made a small radio in that era that sounded as good as a US-made Zenith Royal 500H. As to your first clipped statements, I don't understand what you mean. "Sad for your repeats" means what? And what "point" is it that you allege I have missed? If you are going to participate in the discussion here, be respectful of the rest of us by being clear in your statements and refraining from comment that runs contrary to fact.
@@collectornet you totally failed in your research!
That is not respectful. Nor is it in any way clear what you are talking about. Nor did you clarify your earlier statements which are also incomprehensible. If you can make sense, MAKE it. Otherwise, spare us all the clipped, cryptic, disrespectful rants you spit out in service of your fictions.