Resources

Member Michael Katz is a “man of the cloth” and helps you repair and restore your antique radio with original and authentic-looking grill cloth. He offers vintage designs and styles. All patterns are copied and reproduced from patterns that were originally designed and made for these radios. See https://www.radiogrillecloth.com/

Golden Age Radios is dedicated to the preservation of all types of antique and vintage electronics. In business since 1998, member Alan Finger does full restorations and repairs including both electronics and cabinetry. He also buys and sells quality antique radios and phonographs. See http://goldenageradios.com/

Member John Terrey specializes in books and objects relating to early technology. Take a virtual tour through the Terrey Collection of early radios, music synthesizers, computation and medical electric devices and consider the items in the collection and others that are offered for sale. Reference information is also provided. See https://www.oldtech.com/

Member Mike Urban specializes in restoration and repair of vacuum tube electronics, vintage tube and solid state radios, car radio repair (1930’s to 1970’s), stereos, turntables / phonographs, and solid state (transistor) items. See http://www.urban-antiqueradio.com/

In business for over 40 years, Circuit Specialists provides affordable, high-quality soldering irons for repairing and restoring vintage electronics. They carry a wealth of electronics test equipment, tools, and more. See https://www.circuitspecialists.com/

The Radio Attic is an on-line place to purchase and sell vintage radios and radio-related items with hundreds of items for sale at any time. Sell your radios at the Attic – one low fee
displays your radios until they sell. See http://radioattic.com/

Located in Brookline, New Hampshire, the Brookline Event Center has been the hosting site for the NEVEC Spring and Fall Brookline Vintage Electronics Swap Meets for many years. See https://www.brooklineeventcenter.com/

The MIT Radio Society sponsors a Swapfest on the third Sunday of each month, April through October. This is a place to buy, sell, and swap amateur radio, electronic, and computer equipment. Hams and non-hams alike are welcome. See http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/

An international event run by and for all radio hobbyists and enthusiasts, including “hams”, short-wave listeners, scanner buffs, vintage/antique radio fans, etc. NEAR-Fest is held twice annually, spring and fall, rain or shine, at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield NH beginning on Friday at 0900 and ending Saturday at 1500 hours. See https://near-fest.com/

An electrical and mechanical engineering museum emphasizing the beginnings of radio and steam power. This museum preserves the original Massie coastal wireless station and features early radio technology as a Marconi distress transmitter, the same as Titanic’s, a Marconi 1900 coherer and jigger, and more. See https://newsm.org/

An all-volunteer run museum located in Windsor, Connecticut, offering a fascinating and educational look back in time (and technology). Take a walk through history from Morse Code transmitters to radio & television to personal computers, and everything in between. See https://www.vrcmct.org/

Museum in Warwick, Rhode Island dedicated to preserving our rich vintage computer history, amassing vintage computers representing nearly every nation of the world. See https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/

Museum in Warner, New Hampshire dedicated to land-line telephony with an extensive collection of telephone sets, instruments, artifacts, and memorabilia. See https://www.nhtelephonemuseum.org

Museum in Ellsworth, Maine dedicated to the history of the telephone with real working telephones, switchboards, and switching systems. Visitors get to use wall-mounted, hand-crank magneto phones, dial phones, and manual switchboards See https://thetelephonemuseum.org/

An independent non-profit member supported organization promoting the highest quality of music reproduction and home theater, plus high standards in recording and transmission. See https://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/

The New Jersey Antique Radio Club founded in 1992, which also has a Radio Technology Museum at InfoAge, incorporating The National Broadcasters Hall of Fame. For the club, see http://njarc.org/. For the museum, see http://www.rtm.njarc.org/

The Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club (DVHRC) founded in 1992, which also organizes the biannual Kutztown Antique Radio and Vintage Audio Show held in May and October. See https://www.dvhrc.com/

The Antique Radio Club of Illinois founded in 1980, also sponsor of the annual Radiofest event with seminars and displays on various topics related to restoration, historical presentations and helpful “how-tos” for Radiofest attendees. See https://www.antique-radios.org/

The California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1974 to promote the preservation, restoration, research and publication of early radio and broadcasting history. See https://californiahistoricalradio.com/

Annual gathering in the Rochester, NY area for a multi-day event of fellowship, information exchange, flea marketing and the sharing of communications history and technology. In addition to a series of presentations and the flea market each year an AWA Museum open house provides all to explore changes to the collection displays over the past year. See https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/annual-conference/

Antioch Broadcasting Network Old Time Radio, an Old-time Radio Shows station located in Antioch, IL, transmitting at 1610KHz.  The station plays classic radio shows going back to the 1930s, offering a wide range of shows including comedy, family comedy, detective, frontier stories, game shows, matinee theater, mystery/thriller, police stories, science fiction, and spy stories.  It also offers an internet streaming service at https://radio.macinmind.com/