[RadioSvit]

Yes, they were introduced in May-June 1936. But they were called 1937 models.

Thanks Ron. Does this mean that this model began to be sold in 1937, and not in 36 ? Did I understand correctly that the term "model year" is the year of the start of sales, and the term "presentation" is only an announcement of intentions?

[RadioSvit]

Richard, thank you. I like to make videos about our hobby, this is another hobby of mine. ))

[RadioSvit]

Thank you, Arran. I completely share your opinion. But in a short video it is impossible to inform about all the technical nuances and I think that they are interesting only for us - researchers of history and ancient technology. And unfortunately, the vast majority of viewers on YouTube are not interested in this ...

[Ron Ramirez]

Peter

Product "model years" did not correspond to a calendar year.

Philco began using "model years" in May-June 1934; this new model line was called the 1935 selling season. I do not know when other manufacturers adopted the concept of the model year, but all manufacturers seemed to be doing this by the mid to late 1930s. This practice continued for the next few decades, or until television replaced radio as the primary entertainment medium. Yet even then, manufacturers continued to use the model year.

Proof:
1935 Philco sales catalog - https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...june-1934/
1936 Philco sales catalog - https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...june-1935/
1937 RCA radio catalog - https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=21204
1938 Philco sales catalog - https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...june-1937/

There are a few more here:
https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph.../catalogs/

This did not hold true for the 1946 season because of the end of World War II. Consumer radio production did not resume until January 1946. This five to six month period became the 1946 season. The 1947 season then began May-June 1946.

[RadioSvit]

Thanks Ron for the clarification, I understand now

[morzh]

Kinda like my Jeep Wrangler 2020 was being sold in 2019. (Together with 2019).

[RadioSvit]

Duty weekly video review...

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnekv5MhShM&t=405s]

[RadioSvit]

Old Eaton Viking 40A75E1 radio console. Canada. 1940
A short video review from my archival photo and video materials

Today I will talk about my very first radio console, which thanks to a friend I managed to buy in Canada in the spring of 2013 and for which I still feel particularly warm nostalgia. Unfortunately, later we had to break up with her, and our relationship with a friend deteriorated due to a difference in political views... Nevertheless, I am very grateful to him and remember that time with nostalgia...

Due to its large dimensions and exceeding the weight limit of 30 kg, the radio console had to be disassembled into two parts and sent in two parcels for successful delivery to Ukraine. Of course, it turned out to be very expensive, but I think it was worth it. Here he collected everything in one day, and repaired everything in a week.

What kind of radio console is this? This is a Viking 40A 75 e1 of the 1940s from the EATON trade mark from Canada. Seven-tube budget device on metal RCA radio tubes without a high-frequency amplifier, with an optical tuning indicator, with a single-cycle low-frequency amplifier with a power of 5 watts, with a large 30-centimeter speaker, with 5 ranges from 19 meters to 50 meters and Medium waves , and with fixed settings for 5 radio stations in the medium wave range.

When I first got acquainted, I was tempted by the traditional, for the Canadian market, treatment of the case with veneer and even the massif of various types of hard, expensive wood species. Unfortunately, in many places there was a lot of damage to the lacquer coating, and partly even to the veneer, so after some hesitation, I still decided to carry out a complete restoration of the case with the restoration of veneer fragments and a complete replacement of the lacquer coating. I had to spend almost two months, but I think the result is worth it...
Well, after the repair of the chassis and full adjustment of all bands, I was pleased with the quality of reception of radio stations and what is especially pleasant for me - the sound quality. Unfortunately, since I parted with this device in the summer of 2014, I have no opportunity to make new videos and therefore have to use my old archived ones...


[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig0HM2bHzk0&t=73s]

Oops ... YouTube has claimed its rights to the melody from this video and therefore viewing is possible only on YouTube. I apologize to the moderators, this is YouTube's whim, not mine...

[morzh]

Very good looking radio, well-restored too.

[RadioSvit]

On-call video about a new item in my collection, the Marconi 549 radio gramophone

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uahKxSM7qY]

[RadioSvit]

Hello everyone, I'm with you again.
Despite the constant security problems due to the war and the constant shelling of the entire territory of Ukraine with Russian missiles, I cannot deny myself the small joy of distracting myself from anxious thoughts and sometimes doing my collection. Some explanations for the previous video.
I miraculously managed to buy this amazing radio console, which I showed in the previous video, right before the war - in January 2022. And I bought it in a city near Kyiv, in which terrible battles were fought a month later - it is possible that this sale and relocation saved this radio from destruction. The radio is now up and running, but the automatic record player is not working due to the engine not working. You will have to look for and buy a new one or try to rewind one of the three windings, in which I think there are shorted turns because this winding heats up.

[morzh]

Yeah, it'd be cool to rewind that motor and see the record player work.
Is there a way to fit another motor in there? (like the old Soviet ДАП-хх, not sute whether it was ДАП-4 or some other number).

[RadioSvit]

Replacing the engine with a Soviet one or another one will be a big problem, because the engine used here is a very rare type - a hysteresis engine. They have a very quiet and stable course, but I have never dealt with them, so I have no experience. Replacing the paper capacitors with new ones did not give a positive result, but I was surprised by the very low resistance of the working motor winding - only 20 ohms. The appearance also did not add optimism - it seems that the winding got very hot and has inter-turn closure.
       

[Arran]

Peter;
Does this phonograph use a platter that is directly driven by the motor? I have an old Canadian Victor 78 rpm player that is an accessory for a radio, and the platter is connected directly to the armature, you can even reverse the rotation of it if you wanted to play records backwards.
Regards
Arran

[RadioSvit]

No, Arran. This is an asynchronous hysteresis motor, it cannot change its direction of movement and it does not need a starting impulse to start movement. Unfortunately, I have not yet found all the capacitors in order to replace them with the old capacitors. There are a lot of mysteries and I think that there used to be manipulations with capacitor capacities, as well as with engine power supply voltages. I am already almost convinced that there are short-circuited turns in the main winding due to the wrong connection by the previous repairman to the 220 volt network