Two Short Videos: 1) Wall Radio

Short vid, long vid, we love 'em all...

I'm loving this format of video as a secondary thing.

Maximal, never saw them over here, they seem to have died out somewhere in the middle of the 80s.

Great video, bite-size as a small snack, instead of a regular meal.

I had two of the Tandy brand. I made a radio (and also a transmitter) with it. I knew how to connect, but I never actually grasped how electronics work.

Nice little video! I was thinking this thing looks a bit like someone took a regular radio and put it up on a wall to "explain" how it works (not that there's much to see). It also reminded me of the Philips Electronic Experimenter box that I got for my 9th birthday. It was intended to teach kids about electronics and let them build some interesting circuits like blinking lights, police sirens and radios. I still have mine (though it's in bad shape, almost all the parts are gone and all the springs are rusty because I had a version where they didn't chrome them), I bet it would look good on a wall. There was also a box in the same series with a picture tube; you could make an oscilloscope or a TV with it. Awesome stuff!

Many sources say that FM has a pretty healthy future in the USA. These folks point out that we are the only major market country that requires broadcasters to pay royalties to artists. Digital services do that worldwide, so if one follows the money, one sees a good reason for the disappearance of FM in parts of Europe. On a related point, AM radio in the US continues to hold steady if not grow, thanks to political talking heads. The big names amongst them also stream, but either via a simulcast or a paid-subscription service.

I love this. Wouldn’t mind having either version myself. Where I live we have all kinds of FM STATIONS. Our FM band is jammed full. Some are internet feeds but we still have stations where there is someone in a seat in front of a mic.

That’s still a good idea for a kitchen radio.

I would love to see sirus xm in the u.s. make a wall radio like your idea.

Just a suggestion, Mat - perhaps a "separate" segment type -- not necessarily a deep dive but rather a show-and-tell and a bit of the product history; and note that it's one of these. There are many categories within Youtuber vocabulary -- a "Sneak Peak" or "Interesting Product Review".... rather than the typical bit with full history of the brand, product, competitors, etc. If I may, also -- I think your credits section is an awesome assembly of clips showing just how varied the content of the channel really is. Remember, not all products are going to be as interesting as something as unique as the Seeburg machines of yesteryear, their pure mechanical genius and proprietary formatting, marketing, etc. That doesn't make your channel any less cool - you've presented a plethora of information about this unit; and frankly, unless you were to elaborate on ACDelco being primarially associated with auto parts and General Motors here in the states... there's not much more to add, I don't think. AvE, as well as bigclive both have different segment types; and i'm sure the analytics are interesting to review... for those that are privy to them.

It makes a great display piece, that's for sure. Great to see the scope intro too.

No need to excuse for a shorter video, you did it all the time in the past, just now you are starting to get all self-concious and insecure about what people think. Don't. Just do your thing, that's what your viewers like best.

Yeah, no FM reception here anymore. We do however get pretty good reception from all the Swedish stations where I live. It's sad really, I'd rather listen to that than the 64kbit digital we have..

Hey, a flattened radio!

This video is like one of those little sorbets you get served in between courses in posh restaurants, which I am sure, like me, you frequent! Good idea to throw in the occasional short one; just because there isn’t that much to say about something doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting. When I first saw this device, I assumed the internals were supposed to be hidden behind a picture with just the controls poking through, but evidently not. I suppose this radio would save surface space if it was limited. Interesting video as always!

Fake wood grain? Ship it to LGR, he'll love it :)

You'll find Mat the coloured screws you referred to relate to what's called the IF strip and to identify the various transformers as they are different types. A super heterodyne (or superhet) radio which most analogue ones are downconvert the incoming radio frequency to a much lower one so its easier to process... (around 455KHz normally for AM and 10.7MHz for FM). Enjoyed the video by the way - had an idea of making something similar to hang on a wall many years ago but didn't happen!!

I guess the length of a video is driven by the complexity of the object in question. A dash camera, with all it's features, might need 20 minutes, while a glow in the dark solar-powered bottle opener might need only a few minutes. Just to learn the existence of such items is reason enough.

That looks like something a company would put on KickStarter thesedays that would get 600% of its pledge requirements because of nostalgia and hipsters.