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Arthur Godfrey QSL Card Arthur Godfrey became an icon to us with his success in early 1940s and 50s broadcast radio and television both on NBC and CBS. He was also a very well-known and highly regarded Ham Radio Operator with the station call K4LIB. When he died in March 1983 his much sought after QSL Card seems to have disappeared with him. We know he was heard chatting regularly on the 40 and 80 meter bands. Lots of ol... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 10/07/2020 |
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WK5R Circuit Boards Welcome to Wk5r Circuit Boards where we Design and sell Upgrade circuit boards for the Power Supplies for most tube type amateur radio transceivers and amplifiers except Alpha and Harris. We also repair the Power Supplies and amps except for Alpha and Harris. These boards come Boards only, kit form, Completely assembled, or we can install them for you. The installed option requires that you make a... READ MORE |
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AM Window Nets List (Provided by the AM Window Web site. Cannot vouch for how often it is updated.)Nets are listed by day of the week, starting with those held daily.... READ MORE |
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Dan's Small Parts Dan's Small Parts has been around for years. He has positively the WORST web site on the planet, but some of the best process on hard-to-get components (including inductors, NPO capacitors, mylar capacitors, older ICs and transistors) meters and much more. All the cool guys can repair radios and TVs, and this is certainly a go-to site.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/23/2019 |
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ENIAC Operating Manual A look at the ENIAC Operating Manual, published 75 years ago this month, reveals just how difficult it was to program the world's first electronic general-purpose computer and how frustrating it must have been for its programmers....These days as soon as any piece of electronic equipment starts to malfunction there's the temptation not to fix it but to replace it - the replacement will pro... READ MORE |
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Radio Locator Welcome to Radio-Locator.com, the most trusted radio station search engine on the Internet. We have links to over 15,300 radio stations' web pages and over 11,000 stations' audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.Just enter your zip code, and be amazed at what you can listen to!... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 05/20/2019 |
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1972 Swan Spring Catalog If you own Swan products, you'll love this catalog. Arguably, Swan's best products are found here, including accessories and antennas.If you have the Swan twins, the 600R & 600T, there is a lot of information here.A big thanks to Andrew, KD5PUR, for sending me a copy of this catalog. Unfortunately, the ravages of time had taken its toll on that copy, but I was able to ... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 04/28/2019 |
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1973 Trigger Electronics Catalog Here are a few selected pages from the 1973 Trigger Electronics catalog. Trigger Electronics was based out of River Forest, IL and was full of ham and CB gear, two-way accessories, audiophile products, kits, books and test equipment. As a teenager, I would wear out these magazines - dreaming - but never had the money to order from them.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 04/28/2019 |
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Burstein-Applebee Spring Flyer, 1975 Thirty fun-filled pages of Super Values for the vintage electronics enthusiast! I received this in the mailbox in 1975, around the time I graduated from high school. I'm not sure how many of these flyers have survived, but this one is in excellent condition. Enjoy!... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 04/28/2019 |
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The Radio Shop The guys on the FoxTango reflector all agree: Buddy's videos on the FT-101 series are a treasure. If you have a Yaesu hybrid, you WILL pick up some valuable knowledge here.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 04/26/2019 |
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Some Stoner CB History Bob Nickels, W9RAN, shares some knowledge about the rare and desirable Stoner SSB Citizen Band products.... READ MORE |
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Advanced Plating - The World's Finest Chrome! This plating, polishing and powdercoating is highly-rated by the best restorers. They are located in Nashville, TN.... READ MORE |
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Straight Key Century Club My SKCC# is 5695. The Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) is the fastest growing group of mechanical-key CW operators in the world. First organized in January 2006, our club has grown rapidly to include thousands of licensed amateur-radio operators from all corners of the globe.Here's how it works:-- Membership is free.-- SKCC numbers are issued for life. Once you get it, it's your... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 03/05/2019 |
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Nostalgic Kits Central The era of electronic kits started (with a few minor exceptions like Stancor) after the end of WWII. In 1947, Heath offered its first kit, a 5 inch oscilloscope. Heath rapidly grew and after a while, other companies embraced the kit business. None were as successful as Heath but they still played an important role in the industry. Perhaps, like me, you built some of those kits. The availability of... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 02/01/2019 |
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Antique Wireless Association The AWA Vision: "To preserve and share the history of technology used to communicate and entertain from the first telegram to today’s wireless text messaging."This site is LOADED site contains is the home of the journal and museum with lots of content to check out.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 01/22/2019 |
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1929 - 1960 Allied Radio Catalogs Allied Radio was founded in 1928. But 6 years prior, "The Radio Shack" company began. Although Radio Shack had been in business since 1921, they did not release their first catalog until 1939. Their wholesale distributor catalog contained radio & electronic equipment, amateur radio & communication supplies, sound systems and service parts. Now you can view the entire 1939-2005 Ra... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 01/22/2019 |
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Just Radios Capacitors We specialize in high voltage capacitors and resistors for tube radios / electronics. We sell high voltage film capacitors, high voltage electrolytic capacitors, silver mica capacitors and AC-rated line filter safety capacitors for tube electronics. We carry 630 volt & 1600 volt Orange Dips and 630 volt, 1000 volt & 6000 volt tubular a... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 01/22/2019 |
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HBR Receiver Web SIte 100+ photos of various HBR Receivers ..... under construction, in use today, and in use years ago.These are the tube type HBR-14, HBR-16, HBR-8, HBR-11, HBR-12, and HBR-13C receivers originally published in QST. Parts, and sometimes entire receivers, can be found at swapfests, on e-Bay, and through the various internet reflectors. There is an HBR Receiver reflector on Allan Waller's qsl.net se... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 01/15/2019 |
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Simon Brown's SDR-Radio Console Software SDR-Radio.com is a Windows console for Software Defined Radio (SDR) receivers and transceivers. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and short-wave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all SDR users.This software supports radio from most major manufacturers, simple soundcard radios such as SoftRocks and the excellent Airspy range.&n... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 11/29/2018 |
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USB AM Monitor Radio Engineering Associates is pleased to offer our AMM-SD1 (Software Display) series of AM Modulation Monitors. These devices represent a breakthrough in accurate, easy to use and highly cost effective instrumentation for measuring and monitoring Amplitude Modulation transmitters and signals.How it works The AMM-SD1 Modulation Monitor uses with a USB connected, microprocessor based hardware... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 10/14/2018 |
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xh Radio Labs XH Radio Labs shares your love of vintage radio gear.John (AC7XH), the owner, has been a licensed amateur since 1957, Extra class. He's also an Electrical Engineer by education.We are a small family-run electronics lab, but we have the capacity to purchase estates and handle large amounts of radio equipment through our auction partner, Schulman Auctions.All of our communication ... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 10/03/2018 |
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Ham & HiFi BUY AND SELL USED HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT, HIFI AUDIO, TUBES, AND MORE!Based in Nevada, I've had good luck with this company. They buy and sell radios, and sell on EBay. They provide a good assessment of what they are selling, really know how how to pack and ship the big ones.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 07/12/2018 |
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uBITx Transceiver Kit The µBitx is a HF (3-30MHz) all-band SSB and CW transceiver kit. It is supplied as a completely pre-populated and tested circuit board by the manufacturer (trading as HF Signals). The purchaser needs to assemble the board into an enclosure and wire up sockets, encoder and potentiometer and provide a power supply in order to get the transceiver working.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/17/2018 |
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Antique Electronics Supply My favorite online resource for parts! Speakers, potentiometers, capacitors, hardware - all shipped fast. ... READ MORE |
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ESRC1 Vacuum Tubes 3.5 million vacuum tube types, valves, grid caps, sockets and capacitors in stock. It is easy for antique collectors, ham radio operators, audio enthusiasts, broadcast enthusiasts and amateur radio hobbyists to buy, sell and trade vacuum tubes, electron tubes, audio tubes, valves, grid caps, sockets and capacitors.Buy, Sell, or Swap your tubes. ESRC1 Vacuum Tubes is always buying vacuum... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 05/21/2018 |
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Schulman Radio Auction I've gotten some really good deals on vintage electronics here. The user interface is a bit clunky and confusing, but you can find collectables for a very reasonable bid. Schulman Auctions uses a St. Louis UPS Store to pack and ship items which are not picked up. Don't cringe: these guys know how to pack, with lots of large bubble packing.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 05/13/2018 |
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1953 Sylvania Tube Substitution Book (PDF) Excellent quality scan of one of the best tube subsitution resources ever made. Print it and save it!... READ MORE |
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American Radio History Six million pages of AM FM & TV Broadcasting history online. Make sure you have a full mug of coffee before you relax with this site. You can view scans of the classic magazines like Popular Electronics and many more.... READ MORE |
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Radio Daze Excellent resource for all kind of restoration parts, including glass, grille cloth, hardware, labels and decals, speakers, transformers and much more.... READ MORE |
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Antique Radio Classified The montly International Publication For Buyers And Sellers Of Old Radios And Related Items. Back issues, books and other products are available online.... READ MORE |
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Electronics Specialty Products N3ZI provids a number of solutions for adapting your vintage receiver or transceiver for digital VFOs. Hammarlund, Swan, Heathkit, Drake, Galaxy and more!I have been using the ESP DDS that is part of the N3ZI design and Ron Hankens puts it in a nice box and interface for most older rigs. It has about 1 V P/P output and it will drive most rigs, Drake series including TR-7's, Swan, etc only sin... READ MORE |
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ManualMan Reproduction Manuals If you're lookiing for a manual for your vintage receiver or transmitter, Pete is the BEST source. In fact, a huge resource of manuals are avaliable for lots of other consumer electronics. The quality of the manuals you will receive is positively the best, at very competitive prices.... READ MORE |
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Electric Radio Magazine Over the years, Electric Radio has established itself as the most popular magazine for vintage amateur radio enthusiasts. This monthly publication features news, how-to and restoration articles, a for sale/swap and lots of books and other items for sale online. ... READ MORE |
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