BTW: Autotune does NOT actually tune the antenna network for maximum output, etc.
1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration
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#12Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…
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#13I love that this is a blog post and not a video. I can read in my own time, not disturb others around me, and really peer at the pictures without having to pause at the exact correct moment.
YES! This 1000x! I hate how ever damn thing is a freaking video now! “Let’s review still image quality of latest mcgizmo phones… via video!” “Let’s turn a 3 minute read into a mindless 45 minute video for “engagement””
Text and video are good at different things, telling the same story twice in different formats is rewarding to both you and your audience and there’s lots of overlap.
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#14Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration
#15Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…
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#16Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration
#17Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…
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#18I always am amazed by how chaotic point-to-point wiring is. Diodes hanging here, a capacitor there, with no real sense of organization. It's such a contrast from the ordered appearance of a PCB.
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#19Re: 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration
#20Love this. When I was a kid, my friend and I used to visit radio and TV stores to scrounge old radio chasses just like this. We take them home, not to repair them, but to scavenge them for the parts. We'd use these big ass soldering irons or guns to remove the components, pull the tubes, and remove all the pots and other mechanical parts. Once we had pulled everything we could, the rest would go into the trash. All t…