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Tube Radio Guides: By Manufacturer: Air Chief (Firestone) Air Chief Radios by Firestone Atwater Kent Atwater Kent Radios Atwater Kent Atwater Kent Information Colby Colby Radio Research Laboratory, Auburn NY Crosley Jim's Antique Crosley Radio Page De Forest Dr. Lee De Forest Radio Catalog Detrola Dennis and Bonnie Smith's Detrola Site International Radio (Kadettes) Info on AntiqueRadios.com Midwest Mike Simpson's Midwest Radios Philco The Philco Repair Bench Radiola - RCA RadiolaGuy.com E. H. Scott E. H. Scott Radios Silvertone Silvertone Catalogue 1931-1940 Sonora Sonora Radios Zenith Old Radio Zone (Mostly Zenith) Zenith Trans-Oceanic Resource Library Nostalgia Air Zenith ZenithTransOceanic.com repair, restoration Zenith Trans-Oceanics Padgett's Trans-Oceanic Page General Guides and Information: CatalinRadio.com Catalin Radios Classic Radio Gallery FM-Only Radios RadiolaGuy.com Collector's Resource AntiqueRadios.com Collector's Resource Nostalgia Air Antique and Vintage Radio References Oldradios.co.nz Collection of early radio memorabilia PlasticRadios.com Site devoted to the preservation of plastic tube radios Radio Era Archives Russian Antique Radio Gallery Scott's Vintage Headphone Gallery Vintage (Classic) Broadcast Microphones The Radio Attic Resources, radios for sale and much more. Radio Attic's Archives Thousands of radio photos listed by manufacturer & model. Don Adamson's Antique Radios Page Guides, Photos, Books Winchargers Photos, Ads, and Manuals   Radio Guides by Region/Country: Australia Australian Vintage Radio Brazil Antique Radio In Brazil Adrian's British "Battery Portable" Tube Radios Denmark Hans Egebo's Collection Denmark Radios Germany Wumpus´s Old Radio World German Site - Old-time radio sets, German radios, transistor portables, tape recorders, tubes, tube testers, crystal receivers, wireless history. Soviet Union Soviet Antique Radio Galary International RadioMuseum.org International database by country/manufacture. Membership required for more than basic information. Crystal Radio Guides: Birmingham, Alabama Crystal Radio Group CrystalRadio.net Crystal Radios, Catswiskers, and much more! The Xtal Set Society Dedicated to building and experimenting with crystal Set radios Gollum's Crystal Receiver World Crystal receivers, construction projects and plans, old-time crystal sets, hints, and crystal receiver store. Scott's Crystal Radios Page for Crystal Radio enthusiasts, both users and collectors Transistor Radio Guides: M31 Galaxy of Transistor Radios Sarah's Transistor Radios All Transistor Italian web site entirely devoted to Transistor Radios. Radio Wallah Some fabulous transistor radios from the fifties. ChildhoodRadios.com Transistor radios from the 50's and 60's. Jinkei Ohta's SONY Page Zenith transistor radios Restoration, parts, and history. Ham/Shortwave Receivers: Boatanchor Image Library Listings by manufacture and model. Collins Collectors Association Hallicrafters SX page Hallicrafters SX series receiver photos and info. The Hammarlund Historian History, photos, and manuals. Boatanchor Receiver Reviews The Hollow State Newsletter Primarily tube boatanchors and related gear NIST Radio Station WWV Broadcast of time and frequency information Rich's Boatanchor Photos RigPix Database Information and pictures of radios & accessories (old and new). Crest Radio Museum the largest "pile" of boatanchors in the world? Antennas: Bruce's AM Loop Antennas AM Loop Antenna theory Dave's Loop Antenna Page JD's Loop Antennas Principles and construction Pilot's Better AM Radio Reception Page Radio-Locator Radio station search engine (find locations) Test Equipment: Apparatus Design Company Steve's ADC page Unique Confidance and ADC tube tester collection and tube data sheets. Clough-Brengle Ron's Clough-Brengle History Heathkit The Heathkit Virtual Museum Hewlett Packard Ken's HP Museum A lot of Hewlett Packard. Hickok Hickok Photo History Hickok Tube Testers Padgett's Hickok Tube Testers Page Leeds & Northrup Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.'s Early Laboratory Apparatus. Precision Chris's Old Radios Precision Tube Tester Data. Supreme Instruments Steve's Supreme Collection Collection with photos, manuals, schematics and information about Supreme Instruments vintage tube testers and radio test equipment. Triplett Triplett Corporation Company web site with links to history and collections. Triplett/Readrite Steve's Triplett / Readrite Collection Vintage Triplett and Readrite tube tester and meter collection. Crowthorne Tubes Foreign (and US) valve (tube) testers, AVO, Mullard, etc. The Dim-bulb Radio Tester Description of what it does and how to build one. German Tube Tester Site (in German). Incomplete Idiot's Guide to Tube Testers Description of different testers and comparison chart. James A. Moorer's Antique Test Equipment Page O'Neills Electronic Museum RCA Rider Chanalyst Philip Nelson's information and photos of this all-purpose instrument for the radio repairman. Repairs by Roger Kennedy Repairs and Calibration on all makes and models of tube testers. Star City's Antique Test Equipment EB5AGV's TV-7 Tube Tester page All about the TV-7 Tube Tester Vintage Test Equipment Manuals A few rare manuals and schematics for early tube testers and analyzers. Radios For Sale/Wanted: Copake Radio Werkz Vintage radios and collecting tips. Play Things Of Past Vintage radios, tubes, parts, literature Steve's Antique Radios Collecting and selling old radios and antique test equipment. Waves L.L.C. New York City - Vintage radios, Speakers, Microphones, and more. Radio Classifieds, Auctions, Forums, and Newsgroups: Antique Radio Classifieds: Antique Radio Classifieds National Publication For Buyers And Sellers Of Old Radios And Related Items - Published Monthly. Antique Wireless Association Classifieds On Line Radio Trader searchable antique radio ads for collectors. RadioExchange.net Free ads/Search ads Radio Swap Meet Free Buy/Sell area and classified ad postings. Antique Radio Auctions: Estes Auctions specializing in vintage radios. eBay antique radio auctions. Antique Radio Forums/Message Boards: AWA Forum on Yahoo AntiqueRadios.com Forums AntiqueRadioChat.com Chat the night away about Antique Radios. Most nights after 5pm EST. Canadian Vintage Radio Society Forum Nostalgia Air Forum The PHILCO Phorum for those who collect and enjoy vintage Philco radios. Rap 'n Tap Xtal Set Society Forum Tubes Asylum It's all about the vacuum tube Tube Radio Forum UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Forum Service Manual Forum Can't find it? Ask here (new and some vintage). Antique Radio Newsgroups: Newsgroups are not web page based. For more info on how to access newsgroups: What is Usenet? rec.antiques.radio+phono Google's Antique Radio Newsgroups (Google account required) RadioBanter HAM Radio Newsgroups interface (web based viewing) Other Technology Forums & Message Boards: Old Time Victrola Music Message Board Tutorials/Training/Resources: Bret's Old Radios Antique radio restoration videos. Ian Purdie's electronics tutorial radio design tutorial for amateur, ham radio, & electronic projects Electronics Index by J. B. Calvert Radio Station Locater on-line searchable database w/coverage maps. Antique Radio Repair & Restoration: Antique Automobile Radio Repair Antique Radio Repair Center Binghamton, NY Camden Antique Radio Service Sharpsburg, GA Everything Radio Antique Radio Repair. Firelands Vintage Radios Sandusky, OH Grand Canyon Tube Radio Service and Sales. Great Northern Antiques Restoration and Sales. Johns Vintage Radio Antique radio repair and restoration of vacuum tube radios, Speaker Reconing. Redwood Radio Antique Radio Repair & Restoration. The Speaker Shop repair and restoration of speakers. TaymanElectrical.com Repair and restoration of vintage auto radios. VintageRadioTV.com Vintage Radio, TV, and Electronic Repair. Manuals & Schematics: BoatAnchor Manual Archive (Vintage Test Equipment) Schaltpläne - European radio schematics Steve's Antique Radio Schematics (Free/For Sale) Supreme Instruments (Free Supreme test equipment manuals, data, & schematics) Vacuum Tubes Inc. Tube Tester Manuals W7FG Vintage Manuals (For Sale) Service Manual Forum Can't find it? Ask here (new and some vintage). Vacuum Tubes: On Line Vacuum Tube Database Search by Tube Numbers Find make/model by Tubes Bill Beech's Tube Database Searchable RCA and TungSol tube manuals Åke's Tubedata All kinds of tubes. George H. Fathauer & Assoc. Early Radio & Collector Tubes Frank's Electron tube Pages Radio Daze Large Selection of Antique Radio Tubes, Parts, and Supplies Sylvania Technical Manuals 1943 & 1949 tube data. Tube Collectors Association (TCA) Tube Data Sheet Locator Search for tube data Tube Depot Tube World NOS Tubes VacuumTubesInc.com NOS/Tested Tubes, Manuals, and Books Vacuum Tube Supply NOS vacuum tubes at discount prices VacuumTubes.net Wunderlich Tube Information Antique Radio Parts: Antique Electronic Supply Radio restoration parts Antique Radio Knobs Radio knobs and parts from the 1920's - 1940's. Antique Radios Inc. ARBE-III Universal Battery Eliminator Bob's Antique Radio & Electronics Capicators, resistors, dial cord, etc. ChildhoodRadios.com Parts, batteries, and collecting guide. The Cone Speaker Page Collecting and restoring cone speakers. Crystal Radios Past & Present Crystal radio parts and supplies. DialCover.com Glass and Plastic Dialcovers, parts, and supplies. Futurlec Capicators, resistors, etc. GrilleCloth.com source of reproduction grille cloth for antique radios JustRadios.com Capicators, recap kits for antique radios Leeds Radio Parts One of the oldest (1923) sellers of electronic parts in the US. Mouser Electronics Electronic Parts/Components Mark Oppat's Old Radio Parts Vintage Radio Parts, Tubes, and Books Play Things Of Past Radio Parts, Tubes, and Literature Radio Daze Vintage Radio Parts, Tubes, and Supplies Renovated Radios Replacement radio knobs, feet, and parts Radio Shack Battery Finder Sundial Wire Cloth covered wire. WJOE Radio Capicators, parts, tech notes The Radio Workbench: Radio Attic's Workbenches Pictures and descriptions of visitor's workbenches. Crystal Radio Work Benches Work Benches of the Crystal Radio "Builders" Chuck's (Philco) Repair Bench Steve's radio workbench (the Antique Airwaves webmaster's bench) The Radio Restorer's Workbench What's needed and what's not. Bill Turner's shop and workbench 1930 Radio Workbench Instructions (Adobe .pdf file 737K) Antique Radio History & Museums: Brick and Morter: Antique Wireless Association (AWA) Museum Bloomfield, New York American Museum of Radio and Electricity Bellingham, Washington The Atwater Kent Museum Philadelphia Hammond Museum of Radio Guelph, Ontario Canada Indiana Historic Radio Museum Ligonier, Indiana U.S. National Marconi Museum Bedford, New Hampshire Museum of Radio and Technology Huntington, West Virginia Pavek Museum of Broadcasting St. Louis Park, Minnesota Radio Museum of Rottenburg Germany Radio & Television Museum Bowie, MD Southern Appalachian Radio Museum Asheville, NC Western Historic Radio Museum 1910-1950 Vintage Radio Equipment and Memorabilia, Virginia City, Nevada Virtual On Line: Early U.S. Radio History Good source for early Telegraph & Wireless information. The Heathkit Virtual Museum Early Electrical Measurements Equipment Kenyon College, Ohio Marconi Collection Online Catalog Museum of History of Science, Oxford National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum O'Neill's Electronic Museum Patent Dates and Patent Search RadioMuseum.org Antique radios, Old Time Radios, Search Radiold Virtual Antique Communications Museum SPARC Virtual Museum Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada The Spark Museum Wow! Plan on spending some time here. Great photos and information. United States Early Radio History Jim Hawkin's WLW Transmitter Page www.BobMayben.com Broadcast gear from yesteryear Antique Radio Clubs & Associations: National/International: Antique Wireless Association - AWA Historical Radio Society of Australia Canadian Vintage Radio Society - CVRS Radio Amateurs of Canada - RAC Norwegian Historical Radio Society Tube Collectors Association - TCA Vintage Radio and Phonograph Society Regional Clubs: Alabama Historical Radio Society Antique Radio Club of Illinois Arizona Antique Radio Club California Historical Radio Society - CHRS Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club - DVHRC Florida Antique Wireless Group Jacksonville Antique Radio Society Heartland Antique Radio Association - HLARA Houston Vintage Radio Association - HVRA Indiana Historical Radio Society Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club New England Antique Radio Club - NEARC New Jersey Antique Radio Club Michigan Antique Radio Club - MARC Northland Antique Radio Club Minnesota Oklahoma Vintage Radio Collectors - OKVRC Ottawa Vintage Radio Club - OVRC Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society Schenectady NY Antique Radio Club Southeastern Antique Radio Society Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society - V.M.A.R.S. (UK) Radio Collector's Web Sites: Allen Cutt's Boatanchors and Radio Collection Art's Antique Radios Eric's Antique Radios George's Antique Radios Iggy's World of Radio (and some phonos) Land of Vintage Tube Radios (Paul Turney) Jeremy's Antique Radios Jim's Antique Radio Museum Midwest Radio Museum Mike Simpson's Midwest collection John C. Pelham's collection www.radiotiques.com Jeffrey Goldstein's collection. Old Radio Zone Phil's Old Radios Nice collection and lots of information. Radio-Guy Radios and some really cool weird stuff. Reverse Time Page Radios and vintage photos. Ron's Radio Heaven Richard's Radios A Brit and his valve radio collection. Sparkbench exray's collection of classics and his unique homebrews. Stan's Antique Radio Collection Stan Saeger's Vintage Radios Steve's Antique Radio Collection Some of my Antique Radios, Tube Testers, and Meters. Steve's Antique Radios (Another Steve, not the webmaster) Stone Village Radio From Marconi to the 1960s Tom's Radio Collection Old Time Radio Shows and Music: OTRCat.com Old Time Radio Catalog - easy to navigate site offering a large selection of shows. Free sample downloads and very reasonably priced CDs available. Many rare recordings available. Marion's Attic Broadcasting on WBCQ, 7.415 MHz 9:00 PM Eastern every Saturday. Playing Edison Cylinder records & Diamond Discs from the 1890's to the 1920's. Antique Phonograph Music Program Every Tuesday, 7pm to 8pm, and Internet stream. Cylinders are played on actual period reproducing devices. Cylindar Preseveration Project - University of California over 5,000 on-line cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. Dad's Old Time Radio purchase and download old-time radio shows. Old-Time Radio Topics for fans of nostalgic old-time radio shows. The 1920's Radio Network 24 hour per day Big Band and Old Time Radio service on line. Old Time Radio Programs listen to old-time radio shows on line. RadioArchives.org High quality recordings. Radio Dismuke 24 hour Internet Radio Stream Radio's Orphan Annie and her Decoder Badges Nice site by John Olsen with photos and history of the pins. R U Sitting Comfortably (RUSC) listen to old-time radio shows. Vintage Radio Programs huge downloadable selection of old-time radio shows. 77 Musicradio WABC was the greatest top forty music radio station of all time. Listen Live (Saturday nights 6-10pm) Low Power AM Broadcast Transmitters: Low Power AM Transmitter Reviews Low Power Radio and Broadcast Company Offers low power am transmitters to broadcast old time radio shows. SSTran Transmitter Kits for AM Radio Broadcast. North Country Radio AM and FM Transmitters Other Vintage Technology Web Sites: Associations/Clubs: Antique Electronics Collectors' Association - AECA Telephone Collectors International Carolina Audiophile Society CollectorsWeekley.com Antiques and collecting resource organized by category. Audio: Audio Asylum Audio resource by audio lunatics. AudioKarma.org Audio Discussion Forums Computers: Old-Computers.com Vintage Computers. The PC Museum Personal Computers. Calculators: Pocket Calculator Show Pocket calculators & calculator watches. Datamath Museum Early calculators and related technology. Antique ICs? Already?: Antique Chip Collection Medical Devices: Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Microphones & Musicial Instruments: Vintage Broadcast Microphones Photos and information The Microphone Vault Comprehensive archive of vintage microphones and current microphones. Plexi Palace Vintage Tube Guitar amps Jukeboxs, Tape/Cassettes: The Boombox Museum Ghettoblaster history and database. The inComplete Jukebox Jukebox Information and History. Light Bulbs: Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site Center Draft Lamps (These are to light bulbs what crystal sets are to radios). Flashlight Museum Pinball Machines & Games: Mr. Pinball collecting, restoration, and pinball events. Internet Pinball Database 4,770 listings with photos & data. Phonographs - Victrolas - Talking Machines: The Cylinder Archive phonograph cylinder records information. Online Discography Project Steven Abrams Vintage Record Database Edison Shop Edison Talking Machines. Garage 'A Records Replacement Phonograph Needles Michigan Antique Phonograph Society Nipperhead Antique Phonographs. Victor Victrola Page Victrola Phonographs made by the Victor Talking Machine Company Victrola Repair Service, St. Johnsbury, VT Teaching & Education: Instruments for Natural Philosophy Early teaching apparatus. Telephone & Telegraph: The Telegraph Office Resource for Wire and Wireless Telegraph Key Collectors Telephone Collectors International Telephone History and Collecting Antique Telephones at AbdyAntiques Antique British telephones from the 1920's to the 1950's. TV/Television: Television History - The First 75 Years Transistors: The Transistor Museum CK722 Museum The first commercial transistor. Mister Transistor's Historic Semiconductors Transistor History Glass: Glassian Ian Macky's Glass Site, insulators, vault lights, glassmaking, etc. Appliances: Fans Tea Pots Toasters Collector Pages Vacuum Cleaners Antique Washing Machines

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Auburn, New York - circa 1926

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