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Color Television in 1928! Color Television: 1928!John Logie Baird of Scotland was the first to demonstrate television in full color. He accomplished this in Glasgow, Scotland on July 6, 1928. In commemoration of the 70th anniversary, I [Peter F. Yanczer, K0IWX, SK] have developed a very similar camera and receiver, based on written information by John L. Baird, and J. ... READ MORE |
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Indiana Historical Radio Society The INDIANA HISTORICAL RADIO SOCIETY ( IHRS ) is an association of individuals who are "Preserving for Posterity" memorabilia of the radio industry. Members are avid collectors of vintage, antique, classic or military receivers.Members also collect speakers, tubes, headphones, related advertising items, early wireless magazines, recordings of radio programs, hi-... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 03/04/2019 |
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MIDCARS (Shown: original MIDCARS logo)This is MidCars, the Midwest Amateur Radio Service. We operate on 7258 KHz every day of the year from about 8:30 AM Eastern Time until 2:00 PM or later as conditions permit. We provide a controlled frequency environment where mobile and fixed stations can meet and move to another frequency if they wish to carry on a longer QSO. We always give first priority to mobiles... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 03/04/2019 |
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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 |
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A.I. is a Big Fat Lie! A.I. is a big fat lie. Artificial intelligence is a fraudulent hoax — or in the best cases it's a hyped-up buzzword that confuses and deceives. The much better, precise term would instead usually be machine learning – which is genuinely powerful and everyone oughta be excited about it."The concept of 'intelligence' is entirely subjective and intrinsicall... READ MORE |
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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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Radio Attic Many plastic and wood BC/SW radios are super collectible. Today, they are saught-after for their clean, analog sound and for their art. This site for collectors and restorers has been on the Web for many years, and here you will find excellent examples of many brands of manufacturers from the 1920's up for sale.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 01/20/2019 |
Old Time Radio (OTR) |
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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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Kenwood Hybrids HF Net Kenwood Hybrid Radio Nets: Saturday - 7.235 MHz @ 3:30 EST/EDTSunday - 14.316 MHz @ 18:00 GMTThis site contains important links to repair and restoration resources for the Kenwood hybrid transceivers and twins. ... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 12/19/2018 |
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RAN Technology (Bob, W9RAN) One of my favorite hams, Bob (W9RAN) has put together some SDR products designed just for the vintage radio enthusiast. Bob has not just authored QST and Electric Radio articles; he has more radios, more knowledge and more energy that most of us put together.... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 12/15/2018 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Florida AM Group The Florida AM Group consists of Radio Amateurs in the southeast US devoted to the preservation, restoration and on-air operation of antique Amateur, commercial, HB and Military Radio equipment. We meet on the air regularly and gather several times a year at ham fests and group dinners.Come back to the days of vacuum tubes and hi-fidelity audio, when real radios glowed i... READ MORE |
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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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2018 Sturgis, MI Video Terry, N6TLU, wasted no time putting together his annual video of the AM get-together at Sturgis, MI. Terry and his lovely bride is helped out with the auction and other details of the event. Make sure you check out Terry's YouTube channel, D-Lab Electronics for lots of great troubleshooting and restoration videos.... READ MORE |
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Hamfests & Swapmeets |
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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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CBS Radio Mystery Theater The very professional CBSRMT.com is available 24 hours a day with all 1,399 episodes free to download. A mobile app is even available. My great-uncle Fielden Farrington wrote a number of episodes for the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which was one of the last radio drama survivors. Many of these episodes have the original commericals. Wouldn't you love to hear a 1970&... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/07/2018 |
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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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ARUFON - Amateur Radio UFO Net The ARUFON frequency is: 3.845 on 75 metersThe ARUFON time is: Sundays at 8 PM EDT The ARUFON ***7/24 *Echo Link Node = 712627Fellow Swan user and nice guy, Rich, W1RV, is active on this net.... 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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Lake Erie Boatanchors The Lake Erie Boatanchor group is a bunch of ham radio enthusiasts that have a huge appreciation for old ham radio equipment. There is no organization and no membership.The meetings that we have are NOT hamfests! I wish to emphasize that. The meeting is a place to see friends and bring any old ham radio equipment that you wish to see passed on for use by someone else. All equipment exchanged at ou... 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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Central Indiana Skywarn I can honestly say that our old ARIES infrastructure was in shambles. Mark, N9GDR, has for years now has driven much-needed authority, professionalism and technology into our severe weather reporting. I first met Mark around 1974, when he was a Novice, and I swapped him something for an Ameco AC-1.Central Indiana Skywarn Net linked repeater systemIndianapolis146.970MHz -600kH... READ MORE |
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2017 MCRN Picnic & Swapmeet Danny, W9DWS, made his tower site available for our MCRN get-together on Sep 10, 2016. There was a morning rain that might have kept a few net members from making the trip. He has one of the biggest towers around with a ham shack in the tower. It is 231 feet tall including the antennas. It is a former AT&T relay tower located at LaPorte, IN. Danny is checks in to the Midwest C... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 12/09/2017 |
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Si & Ezra: WBOW in Terre Haute, IN (1925) I was given this photo of Si & Ezra by my Grandmother, Thelma Stone - the sister of noted CBS author and announcer Fielden Farrington. Grandma thought that Si & Ezra were inspired by Lum & Abner, but since this dates back to 1925, it may be the other way around. This photo was given to Fielden while he was starting his radio career at WBOW in Terre Haute, Indiana in th... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 12/07/2017 |
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3890 AM Texoma Traders Net 3890 AM Texoma Traders NetThis net meets on 3890 kHz every Saturday morning at 0700 Central (early check-in beginning at 0630) to encourage the use of AM operation. We offer a great opportunity for you to buy, sell, and trade vintage gear. We have operators in over a 5 state area operating everything from vintage gear, solid-state, converted military and vintage AM broadcast transmitters. Please j... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 08/19/2017 |
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Vintage Sideband Net (14.293 Mhz) Building, Preserving and OperatingVintage Single Sideband Amateur Radio EquipmentVintage Sideband Net participants recognize the importance of preserving the names and accomplishments of the many pioneers of Amateur Radio manufacturing. We keep the flame burning by offering information regarding communications equipment produced by those great organizations. We maintain classic transmitting and re... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/03/2017 |
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Vintage Sideband Net (3840 Khz) THE VINTAGE SSB NET 3840 KHZ + / - SATURDAY MORNINGS 8:30 CENTRAL... READ MORE |
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Midwest Classic AM Net (3885 Khz) The net is dedicated to AM and vintage vacuum tube radio gear. If you need parts or expertise, there will probably be someone on the net who can assist you. If your gear is working, just stop by to say hello! You will meet a friendly and helpful group.The pre-net starts on 3.885 MHz at 6:45 CDT every Saturday morning & the net starts at 7:30 CDT. The net control station can vary from week to w... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/03/2017 |
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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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Central Electronics: CE-Multiphase.com Nick Tusa's site on Central Electronics, the pioneer manufacturer of single sideband equipment for the radio amateur. You will find here resources such as replacement parts, brochures, manuals and technical information on Central Electronics products. ... READ MORE |
![]() UncleBrad 06/01/2017 |
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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 |
![]() UncleBrad 05/06/2017 |
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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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