This appears to be a very well built receiver that stood the test of time! It must have been quite a chore repairing it. I find it *amazing* that it took *less than 10 years* from the invention of the transistor in 1948 to the the time manufacturers started using them in the mass-production of electronic devices!
Good job you didn't throw this away! Your skills eventually got to the level required to bring this old radio back to life. So, another one saved. Excellent.
Very nice. “Stylish “ is a subjective word. True, it’s not fancy, but nice simple look. Very cool radio. (( NOT a Silvertone, but I recently picked up an “ SR” [ Sears-Roebuck] [ semi-] “Mini-Boom-Box”, with 2 Short Wave bands on it. Works fantastic. For the most part Sears did pretty good selecting the radios they stuck their brands on. Hope you are having a blessed 4th. of July Weekend. 📻🙂
Thanks Jeff, you too! For the most part, Silvertone radios were well made, and were better than a lot of the other sets on the market, though they did sell some low end sets too.
The "312" marking is the EIA code for Sylvania, not the date code. The blocky "S" logo is for Silvertone (or maybe Sears?) and is also on transistors made by TI that were made for Silvertone radios.
@@50sTransistorRadios Thanks for sharing your collection of radios! I especially like that you show details like the component markings, which to me are the most interesting part, and useful in determining the manufacture date. I've never seen that Silvertone model before, so it was great to see it.
And thanks for the video. Hard to believe so many parts were faulty. I still have a 7-transistor pocket radio made in the early 60's, that still works when you snap in a 9v battery. Never replaced a single part.
The quality of components improved greatly in those few years: 1. Paper caps were replaced with mylar and ceramic ones. 2. Modern style miniature electrolytics were developed, which are less prone to complete failure than the old ceramic (which cracks) and cardboard cased ones. 3. Transistors went from being crudely hand made and packaged to being reliably mass produced
I did a Video on the 1946 Sears Silvertone that I restored mine was tubes and mud daubers had built nests in it. This transistor came out 10 years later. Good save.
Very nice radio! I liked reading the catalog description also. I know when the Zenith Transoceanic came out in 1957 the transistor model was $250 which was twice the price (if not a little more) than the tube model. Transistors were indeed the “latest greatest” thing at the time. Happy Independence Day and thanks for the upload 😎
Thanks, Chad! I can see why people really liked trying stuff out for themselves in those days, as catalogs played everything up as "the best ever". The Transoceanic was very expensive, but seems to have sold quite well regardless, as the Royal 1000 is one of the easiest early shortwave transistor radios to find. Happy Independence Day to you too!
nice, i have Pye's first transistor model under their own name, P123BQ, plus UK Ferguson's first one, as for the avc in that one not being very good, it may not have avc, the first Pye transistor set, under the Pam name, model 710 didnt have
some UK transistor sets used 'split' supply either 2 batteries or a double one with centre tap, which usually fed one side of the speaker, other side going to junction of the 2 output transistors, saving use of a transformer or coupling capacitor
i wouldnt have thought paper caps would give any trouble at such low voltage? i have a few transistor sets with paper caps and they have been no trouble at all, i dont usually replace paper caps if only used in low voltage, low impedance conditions,
This is quite a well built and stylish set. Reminds me of a "57 Chevrolet.
This appears to be a very well built receiver that stood the test of time! It must have been quite a chore repairing it. I find it *amazing* that it took *less than 10 years* from the invention of the transistor in 1948 to the the time manufacturers started using them in the mass-production of electronic devices!
Thanks Chet, this one was a bit of a struggle! The very first transistor devices, namely hearing aids, appeared even earlier, around 1952!
Thanks another nice radio from the past.
Thanks, Gary!
Good job you didn't throw this away! Your skills eventually got to the level required to bring this old radio back to life. So, another one saved. Excellent.
Thanks! I'm glad I didn't throw it away too, it was worth preserving.
This is a collector's dream.Unfortunately, these radios are difficult and expensive to find and bring in Italy
Thanks! International shipping has gotten very expensive, so I rarely buy radios and clocks from overseas now.
Happy Independence Day to you too.
Thanks!
Very nice.
“Stylish “ is a subjective word.
True, it’s not fancy, but nice simple look.
Very cool radio.
(( NOT a Silvertone, but I recently picked up an
“ SR” [ Sears-Roebuck]
[ semi-] “Mini-Boom-Box”, with 2 Short Wave bands on it. Works fantastic.
For the most part Sears did pretty good selecting the radios they stuck their brands on.
Hope you are having a blessed 4th. of July Weekend.
📻🙂
Thanks Jeff, you too!
For the most part, Silvertone radios were well made, and were better than a lot of the other sets on the market, though they did sell some low end sets too.
Great job!
Thanks!
I’ve never seen this set. It’s awesome! There’s nothing better than the radios that came out from 1954-1964
Thanks! It's a pretty rare one
That radio would have cost almost $600 in today's money.
Yeah, early transistor radios were quite expensive, but by the 1960's, prices had come way down.
I’m glad you persevered, it would have been a shame to ditch this radio.
I'm glad I did too, the end result was worth it.
Nice informative vid, thanks!
The "312" marking is the EIA code for Sylvania, not the date code. The blocky "S" logo is for Silvertone (or maybe Sears?) and is also on transistors made by TI that were made for Silvertone radios.
Good to know, thank you! I hadn't noticed that blocky "S" logo on anything but Sylvania transistors, but I will keep an eye out.
@@50sTransistorRadios Thanks for sharing your collection of radios! I especially like that you show details like the component markings, which to me are the most interesting part, and useful in determining the manufacture date. I've never seen that Silvertone model before, so it was great to see it.
That radio is my age .. LoL .. Great job on the repair. Beautiful radio!
Thanks, I'm happy with how it turned out!
And thanks for the video. Hard to believe so many parts were faulty. I still have a 7-transistor pocket radio made in the early 60's, that still works when you snap in a 9v battery. Never replaced a single part.
The quality of components improved greatly in those few years:
1. Paper caps were replaced with mylar and ceramic ones.
2. Modern style miniature electrolytics were developed, which are less prone to complete failure than the old ceramic (which cracks) and cardboard cased ones.
3. Transistors went from being crudely hand made and packaged to being reliably mass produced
Great video. Thanks!
Thanks, Scott!
I did a Video on the 1946 Sears Silvertone that I restored mine was tubes and mud daubers had built nests in it. This transistor came out 10 years later. Good save.
Cool radio. Good work fixing it. Thanks for showing it to us!
Thanks, Steve! It definitely put my repair skills to the test.
Very nice radio! I liked reading the catalog description also. I know when the Zenith Transoceanic came out in 1957 the transistor model was $250 which was twice the price (if not a little more) than the tube model. Transistors were indeed the “latest greatest” thing at the time. Happy Independence Day and thanks for the upload 😎
Thanks, Chad! I can see why people really liked trying stuff out for themselves in those days, as catalogs played everything up as "the best ever". The Transoceanic was very expensive, but seems to have sold quite well regardless, as the Royal 1000 is one of the easiest early shortwave transistor radios to find. Happy Independence Day to you too!
nice, i have Pye's first transistor model under their own name, P123BQ, plus UK Ferguson's first one, as for the avc in that one not being very good, it may not have avc, the first Pye transistor set, under the Pam name, model 710 didnt have
the transistors the Pye ones used, made under their own name or their spinoff company Newmarket, have identical casings to ones in yours!
some UK transistor sets used 'split' supply either 2 batteries or a double one with centre tap, which usually fed one side of the speaker, other side going to junction of the 2 output transistors, saving use of a transformer or coupling capacitor
i wouldnt have thought paper caps would give any trouble at such low voltage? i have a few transistor sets with paper caps and they have been no trouble at all, i dont usually replace paper caps if only used in low voltage, low impedance conditions,
That's $583 & change (w/ the battery), in today's money!
Yes, it was quite a pricey item when it was new
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Why so big?