Traveler Radio 5019 Troubleshooting Interesting Problem

Radio sounds really strong now!!

Nice job big thumbs up mate

Nothing like solving a problem. Hey it's George. Went to flee smart with you once. Doing great. Moved but still have house in NC.

Glad to see another video from you! Shoot me an email when you can, I’d like to come up and see you sometime! I’m in GA now.

I wonder how many radios are thrown out because of silly faults like this?

THOSE DIRTY TUBES SOCKETS! They should taken out and shot!(with WD40) Thanks for the GREAT! videos. Carl

thanh you great video and if you help me In my store there are no stores for the old radio capacitors what are the possible alternatives or current condensers now

Radio works great now! I love tube battery portables. I've taken Zenith tube T.O.'s with my homebrew battery to the beach in Corolla NC on vacation. Folks snap their necks seeing it operate!

I restored a portable Zenith radio years ago and had the same problem as this. I thought it was the 1L6, but cleaned the pins and sockets real good and the radio sparked right up. Good job.

Thank you for posting these videos, I really enjoy learning from them

Great video, but a video about your power supply is mandatory!!

Every one of your videos is a treasure. I always learn something new, plus I didn't have to spend the hours or days fussing & cussing to get there. Thanks.

Very nice little radio and fix! I enjoyed the troubleshooting!

Another good video, Rick. Reminding us that it could always be a simple problem.
73 Harvey KM4JA

I just purchased one just like it. Where would I purchase a small 60 volt battery to go in it ?

Had same problem with a g.e. Radio ,sprayed deoxit 5 into the tube sockets ,and I have a asortment of small brush that will fit into the tube sockets and cleaned no more problem ,thanks for your video

I just got one exactly like that only it's a little bit smaller but it's got the same dial in the same number of tubes I'm going to put some 9 volts in series when I find out what the B voltage is supposed to be

My grandfather had a similar version of that same radio, but never heard it work. He said the B battery was too expensive. I was too young to know that you could series up a bunch of standard 9v batteries to get by. Like 7 would make about 63 volts. It's cool that because of the tiny wire filaments, the radio starts to play almost immediately.

Thanks for this video. Greatly appreciated. I've got one of these on the bench and it's got low voltage on some of the tubes and I'm struggling to figure out what's wrong. I noticed that the 1U4 in Rider's and Sams both show pin 4 as not connected but on the physical socket pin 5 is not connected. Looks like it's never been connected from the factory. Can you confirm yours is the same? I'm thinking maybe the pentode is wired as a triode but not sure. Again thanks for the video. Great to see your process.