The internet has changed the way information is shared. Because of it, the amount of information that can be found about radios has exploded. If you collect, you can have your very own website or blog just like I have done here. My site has allowed me to “meet” other collectors and experts. Here is a small collection of radio resources that you might find interesting.
RADIOS FOR SALE
For the largest collection of radios for sale on the internet (mostly tube radios), you may have already seen Steve Adams Radio Attic at http://www.radioattic.com/
Radio Attic also has a huge archive of radios to help you identify your treasure. http://www.radioatticarchives.com/
I got my start selling transistor radios on the internet at the Radio Attic in 2005. Since then, I have sold over 600 radios there. I have also contributed many of the pictures of transistors that are on the archive database. I still support this great site with a small selection of special transistor radios for sale. http://www.radioattic.com/attic.htm?sellerId=52
If you are looking for a shortwave radio, Paul and Cheryl Drake from the Chicago area have a huge collection from all over the world that they share on their site http://www.grundigsw.com/
COLLECTIONS
A great Flickr site houses my friend from Canada’s pictures. Michael Jack has made it his personal goal to obtain every transistor ever made, and he is well on his way. Don’t miss his great pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/transistor_radios/sets/72157603852236876/
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerfrvi/ is the link to Phil McCarther’s collection. He has a picture of the earliest known Royal 500 serial # 00016! He also has other interesting info on Zenith and the Realistic Flavor radios. Don’t miss it.
COMPARISON TESTS
http://radiojayallen.com is an impressive webpage by author Jay Allen who is a real radio nut. He is on a mission to find the best AM radio receiver. He covers this in great detail on his site and I have learned a lot from him. He covers everything from the GE SuperRadios to how to build an AM/SW antenna. Great reading from a very knowledgeable radio resource. Don’t pass this one up.
DX’ING
Need to find a radio station or identify the one you found while DXing? Try www.radio-locator.com/
REPAIRS
Need your transistor radio repaired? It is not easy finding a resource, but I know of a startup that may be able to help you. Try Henry’s Radio Repair at http://www.transistorradiorepair.com
Thanks, Gary
I have a working Zenith Royal 800 radio. Are you interested in purchasing before I list it on eBay? Thanks.
I have a R7000-2 transoceanic need to know the proper alignment of the rotery switches as the gear on the dial drum became disconnected fron the gear that drives the rotery switches. the metal set screw in the nylon piece that held the springs and balls splet the threaded part and sliped apart. I should be able to put the detent back together but before I do that I have to figure what is position one or twelve on the rotary switch. or if you could tell me if the rotary switch is the same in all R7000’s the 7000, 7000Y, 7000-1, 7000-2 thanks Ken Somers wa2jvk@embarqmail.com
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