EEVblog #874 - World's Oldest Electronics Hobbyist!

I'm here with Ted Wale, and you're 105? – I'm 105. And on August the 12th this year I'll be 106. – 106. – Yes. And Ted's got a transmitter. And you've built this little transmitter Ted? – This is a transmitter. – Yep. How long ago did you build that? – Oh, a few years ago I made that. – So you built that a few years ago? So you built that when you were 100! – Uhh... – Maybe? Because you're 105 now. – No I... This one would have been made a few more years ago – A few more years ago! – It was more or less for educational purposes. And I'm working on two transistors, I generally use umm... – And what frequency is that transmitting on? – What is says in there, 90. – 'Round about 90Megs? – See that – Yep – There , it's a coil there's about 3 turns in there. And a tapping on it so it's like an auto radio transformer with the tapping on because its got the condenser next to it. – The box? Where did you get that from? Just a little – Umm, Jaycar – Jaycar box, Yep. – Over in Liverpool – There's screws on it so I can't show you – That's alright. – But I engraved it with an engraver's tool. 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call in shrill eat and submit changes you should have kept this one here is gonna show you going all a call through our screw yep don't get starstruck scheduler lip and i just turned a little horny big I'm gonna be real that's why I like this one because you're just a bit then the pressure of every sou sick more because it won't change exactly in charge of frequency is it was being you coming here you got a pretty shaken underneath and then when you go beer and unless you to damage your second on the dais exactly and another thing to touch more hurt too slowly they'll have sold off the track that's it so it'll pull straight off yes it's very important where you put the airway and sometimes I put me in there not had argued body compression come miss Natalie yep if it was all roar stalkerish correct level all right he is Ted's workshop or jump true how long have you lived here Oh orbiting over for a few years now 50 years for what the big short while you are given 14 close up here but there's some of the things are going to try can often wish there were yeah you got another if the bug was your wish similarly for the other one will show you I think he's rejoining met Ryan driver year the circuit then so you engrave your pcbs not pitch them my mind of all morning with a triple 4444 room or so you know what I mean I know what you mean you know she truly a switching Oh oscillating what he really likely you can use for and the 741 is the Emperor for 100 shares in grave officially yet one here that sold his winning graver and there's one right so you use those to engrave your piece of fish girl likes and there's scrape them off well if you need a steady hand no no really really little bit of practice now and you've got a whole time I me to their that preserve the post office long run smoother something like diversity media and the leg change that annoy where recalibrate him and will not get 28 volts or scale Oh choice 16 or dependent from checking the cab it really is 16 that's a 16-4 of continuity of putting down here and that brings in the a.m scale really we bring all I know all about bridges yes you know which learn bridge I do not waste time breaches is that where bridge yes I know the wind bringing my final version right I might want for the council then we fill your beautiful books at the competition like polish remover here and there they were using mr. measuring underground this field will always feel tables and naked is really windy bridge I could almost pick to the exec sport where any leakage you could leakage occurred and that you saved my little digging up half a straight looking for right now in there with the wind region of your calculation they usually put tipping is the battery charger i can get up to 6 amps for short or oil make sure this is a passive boy push me up to trade you up to 20 volts the tramps disorders little red button i exceeded 72 good there's no I don't like what you've got sick of putting fuses in know we're going to 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yeah much straightforward it is pretty soon takes up so much room i was busy to experiment performed the the government a production of those road trips to actually go free firms was going to put nabe where should we hold on a little bit stronger capers shoulders i could not hear you're submitting mistake to try mixing still small voice all aboard a role I just pull it off here and I got a little round channel put here and he's older 9u you made the right call the floor but that's a recording here yet you ever use your water between your yes yeah with sponge depression yep yeah just wanna hear some will have been years a bit but generally is a with this up if you can get you get you were cleaned up properly got internal reflection or yes yes it does for the side wall a lot of small stuff because i use to hear it bigger stuff here you are going to be global enough and you doing water is this you're motivated this should never want to remind up oh you made it that's great where I like this or do you better you sure as you're plugging in a shorter planar reserved for clues of researchers or download and watch their little boy there's nothing to go wrong exactly a Jackie just plug it here yeah we're gonna reverse remodeling sitting trying to get my shrimp so how long ago did you make this drew could retrain assure you you're going 20-30 years and all one more time for the rigors trees yeah we're all good another on attending and there's a real six different skies and a girl every man on the shoulder and describes yeah but you're sure with loser reach very function absolutely yeah you know this multimeter Robbie's you got an ammeter and voltmeter Tramp style yep dropping through am from there where's your dish Floyd is that made in australia to know where shall Russian that's Russian what they're supposed to be educational majors rich really good you know there's no section is removing core promoter why because you're in a border i varied recourse Marco we're sure part 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everything is which 3463 litigious a very hard free from c1 the Marquis any bug and go up on here when I get too close to the crop right hey got some 55 disappointed people over in the blinker 30 section rampura it is variable soil we sure haven't done much of a bear rule battery tested it specifically better in there against the lamp way to get rid of brush included icie transistor 3-iron well that's all transistor thyristor enjoy it manual or transition their parent poop i don't use . privileges for night you're an npn maybe this armonia no fear and yet npn yep although i know this PNP rubbish and what's what's the date on that whatever your story wouldn't it would all morning 71 that's not too old 174 not a 71 no no sugar you want to lawyer or just roared into the the night ranger and work to do nothing yeahh shall abridge is is this john howard where John Howard are your partners for motorola don't have a block or didn't Lord now you you didn't like John out more about your Sherman after everybody like John everywhere there's nothing there who exactly uninstall what's the rules is brought up your honor roll top and co-owner at it this way . . history yep emotionally I was just standard surgery noticed my choices plug packs dragon scales older from one's there is good is never the one you want never is not this one here you give me real 16 I started to clean up before you see these season is and then the matter books there unlike me on make me on charcoal or drawer for drawing with make your own choice on skip chapel we're doing the lives . 70 vote so the two points you're going to get 1.2 yep just enough to charge a double oh it's good enough yeah yeah it works yeah over here in the burg haha see ya Jeff involved working from sold out if in bug nice nice little better put the sheet metal in there in the am pleased to claims and here comes out here who are know what you want your new you pull it up like a nice nice i like it i made these reliever there's actually actress there and there hi i'm here with that Colin Mitchell from talking electronics fine everyone in Australia will instantly recognized and I'm Colin Mitchell and he's talking electronics magazine and if you want to know I get asked all the time where I learned electronics and how i learned electronics well this man had a big-headed say thank you very much good that love is talking about electronics I learned a lot of electronics for the talking electronics magazine and we're here is going to take us through small stuff and we're going to talk about the history of talking electronic

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Keywords: eevblog, video, world's oldest, ted wale, australian, person, hobbyist, sydney, lab, workshop, tour, pcb, assembly, etching, fm bug

Id: 4cU7zCx_liM

Length: 25min 11sec (1511 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 28 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/ToopyTook]

It amazes me that he is still walking and doing some very hand eye intensive tasks at his age. Most of the 90 year old's from my local retirement home can barely walk to the bench only 5 meters in front of them. This is basically the dream when it comes to the age of this man, I wish more people could be this healthy at this age.

[u/jadartse]

My grandmother had an affair with Susan B Anthony

[u/Booblicle]

Cool ol' fella.

[u/hellslave]

Wait… is he wearing his belt over his jacket?

[u/mesk]

He seems healthy as fuck!

[u/loztriforce]

Respect your elders

[u/TanithRosenbaum]

Holy yikes. He's got a lot of power for his age... (yes, pun intented).

Also, when you think about it, he's witnessed the entire history of modern electronics. Right from the start. That gives me pause...