Originally founded in June 1988 as the New England Antique Radio Club (NEARC), the club is now known as the New England Vintage Electronics Club (NEVEC). NEVEC is dedicated to the preservation, collection, restoration and enjoyment of vintage electronics, including radios, televisions, Hi-Fi receivers, phonographs, Ham, test equipment, electronic components, cabinets, speakers, etc., as well as related printed matter (magazines, user’s manuals, advertising, textbooks, etc.) and radio/television broadcasting memorabilia.

For a $6 annual membership, members will receive the club quarterly online newsletter, RAVEN (Radio and Vintage Electronics News), containing color photos and articles about vintage radios and electronics.

NEVEC also maintains a Facebook group, Youtube site and a members-only groups.io site, conducts bi-weekly Zoom meetings, and holds three swap meets per year.

For a sense of the vintage electronics hobby and NEVEC, check out member Bruce Phillips’ appearance on New Hampshire Chronicle in both 2020 as Former NEVEC President and earlier in 2013 when he was then NEVEC President.

NH Chronicle 2020
nh chronicle 2013

Our Swap Meets

What is a New England Vintage Electronics Club swap meet? It’s a vintage radio and related electronics flea market, an old radio sales event, a vintage collectible electronics hobby get-together, and, more importantly, an opportunity to see, handle, discuss and buy vintage electronics and commiserate with fellow enthusiasts and collectors! It’s a chance for direct face-to-face discussions with individual dealers for getting questions answered, buying that old radio you remember from your childhood or always wanted, and sometimes even swapping something with a dealer.

A swap meet purchase means neither boxing and packaging hassles nor shipping or insurance charges. There’s no waiting for any UPS or FedEx deliveries and NO “damaged in transit” surprises. You simply take your purchases to your car/van/SUV. A swap meet is a good, old-fashioned “cash and carry” shopping. (Note: individual dealers may or may not accept personal checks and/or credit-debit cards…cash always works best!).

Types of vintage electronics and experiences that can be found at New England Vintage Electronics Club swap meets include…

  • Advertising Displays
  • Advice and Conversation
  • AM Radios
  • Amateur Radio Equipment
  • AM-FM Radios
  • AM-SW Radios
  • Amplifiers (Audio, FM, TV)
  • Analog Television Receivers
  • Antique Radios
  • Audio Amplifiers
  • Audio Equipment
  • Basic Radio Repair Books
  • Boomboxes
  • Boosters
  • Calculators
  • Capacitors
  • Catalin Radios
  • Cathedral Radios
  • Chairside Radios
  • Clock Radios
  • Collectible Radios
  • Collector’s Guides for Old Radios
  • Communications Receivers
  • Computers
  • Console Radios
  • Conversation and Advice
  • Converters
  • Crystal Radios
  • Early Radios
  • Early TVs
  • Electronic Parts
  • Enigma Cipher Machine
  • Fiction Books with Radio Stories
  • Free Stuff Table
  • Floor Model Radios
  • FM Radios
  • Ham Radio Equipment
  • Headphones
  • Hi-Fi Components
  • High Fidelity Equipment
  • Homemade Radios
  • Introductory Training Courses in Radio
  • Junk Radios
  • Knobs for Radios, TVs, etc.
  • Manuals
  • Metal Radios
  • Meters
  • Military radios
  • Multimeters
  • NOS Tubes
  • Novelty Radios
  • Old Audio Equipment
  • Old Radios
  • Old Television sets
  • Old Test Equipment
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Parts Radios
  • Phonographs
  • Phonograph Records
  • Plastic Radios
  • Portable Radios
  • Portable Television Sets
  • Preamps
  • Quack Medical Devices
  • Radio Books
  • Radio Chassis
  • Radio Literature
  • Radio Magazines
  • Radio Repair Books
  • Radio Repair Parts
  • Radio Service Manuals
  • Radio Tubes
  • Receivers
  • Receiving Tubes
  • Record Players
  • Reference Books for Radio & Electronics
  • Resistors
  • Restorable Radios
  • RF Generators
  • Rider’s Troubleshooter’s Manuals
  • SAMS PhotoFacts Folders and Binders
  • Schematics
  • Shortwave Radios
  • Signal Generators
  • Signal Tracers
  • Solid State Amps
  • Speakers
  • Superheterodyne Radios
  • Tabletop Radios
  • Tape Decks
  • Tape Recorders
  • Technical Books
  • Television Sets
  • Test Equipment
  • Tombstone Radios
  • Tools for Electronics, Radio, TV, etc.
  • Training Courses in Radio-Electronics
  • Transceivers
  • Transformers
  • Transistor Radios
  • TRF Radios
  • Troubleshooting Information
  • Tube Amplifiers
  • Tube Radios
  • Tuners
  • Turntables
  • TV Signal Boosters
  • UHF Converters for Old TVs
  • Used Parts for Radios, TVs, etc.
  • Used Tubes
  • Users Manuals
  • Vacuum Tubes
  • Vacuum Tube Amplifiers
  • Vacuum Tube Radios
  • VHF Boosters for Old TVs
  • Vintage Radios
  • VOMs
  • VTVMs
  • Wood Radios
  • Xtal Sets

We cannot promise all of these things can be found at every swap meet. Each swap meet is unique and has a different mix of interesting, old vintage electronics for sale. Our dealers are ingenious at finding a wide variety of old and not-so-old electronics to sell at their tables. We never know exactly what will appear at any swap meet. Surprises often happen. It’s always worth a visit just to see what our dealers have on their tables.